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Watch Conservative Media's Favorite Benghazi Myth Fall Apart (Rep. Cummings/Mullen/Pickering)
Watch Conservative Media's Favorite Benghazi Myth Fall Apart
Mullen And Pickering Destroy Notion Obama Withheld Military Assistance
Retired Admiral Mike Mullen and former Ambassador Thomas Pickering today debunked the conservative media myth that the Obama administration failed to deploy adequate military resources to Benghazi, Libya, in response to the September 11, 2012, attack on a U.S. diplomatic mission. Mullen told members of Congress that the "military did everything they possibly could that night." Pickering agreed, testifying that the military is not always "positioned to come in short notice to deal with those issues."
Mullen and Pickering led the State Department Accountability Review Board (ARB), which issued an independent report in December about the attacks. Both men are testifying today at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing led by Republican Rep. Darrell Issa, who, along with members of the conservative media, have attempted to politicize the attacks to criticize the Obama administration.
During his questioning time, Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) noted that Republicans have suggested the Obama administration "withheld assistance on the night of the attacks for political reasons." As Media Matters has documented, conservative media -- led by Fox News -- have echoed Republicans in persistently using this line of attack when criticizing the Obama administration over Benghazi.
Mullen, who served as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 2007-2011, debunked the myth, stating that the "military did everything they possibly could that night. They just couldn't get there in time." Mullen also detailed the "many forces that moved that night" and said a military response "is not something you can just wish to happen instantly. There's a lot of planning, preparation" to "do it as rapidly as one can do it." From his testimony:
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Rest of article and transcript excerpts, here: http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/09/19/watch-conservative-medias-favorite-benghazi-myt/195971
Mullen And Pickering Destroy Notion Obama Withheld Military Assistance
Retired Admiral Mike Mullen and former Ambassador Thomas Pickering today debunked the conservative media myth that the Obama administration failed to deploy adequate military resources to Benghazi, Libya, in response to the September 11, 2012, attack on a U.S. diplomatic mission. Mullen told members of Congress that the "military did everything they possibly could that night." Pickering agreed, testifying that the military is not always "positioned to come in short notice to deal with those issues."
Mullen and Pickering led the State Department Accountability Review Board (ARB), which issued an independent report in December about the attacks. Both men are testifying today at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing led by Republican Rep. Darrell Issa, who, along with members of the conservative media, have attempted to politicize the attacks to criticize the Obama administration.
During his questioning time, Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) noted that Republicans have suggested the Obama administration "withheld assistance on the night of the attacks for political reasons." As Media Matters has documented, conservative media -- led by Fox News -- have echoed Republicans in persistently using this line of attack when criticizing the Obama administration over Benghazi.
Mullen, who served as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 2007-2011, debunked the myth, stating that the "military did everything they possibly could that night. They just couldn't get there in time." Mullen also detailed the "many forces that moved that night" and said a military response "is not something you can just wish to happen instantly. There's a lot of planning, preparation" to "do it as rapidly as one can do it." From his testimony:
-snip-
Rest of article and transcript excerpts, here: http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/09/19/watch-conservative-medias-favorite-benghazi-myt/195971
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And the millions they have spent on the 40+ votes to repeal The AHCA (ObamaCare).
If there is one thing that the GOP knows how to do it is waste taxpayer money.
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