“In the debate Obama said, “As soon as I was notified of the attack in progress, I was on the phone with my National Security Team.”
Is there a link to the transcript?
Maggie: Are you asking for source of that quote? Debate transcript below.
I heard that Jen Rubin highlighted it on her blog. Bill Henner on Fox picked it up from her or on his own, I don't know, BUT FR beat both of them. THAT fact had never been reported before and no one picked it up as a new fact until the day after.
DEBATE TRANSCRIPT with that Obama quote: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2945950/posts
Q: This question actually comes from a brain trust of my friends at Global Telecom Supply in Mineola yesterday. We were sitting around talking about Libya, and we were reading and became aware of reports that the State Department refused extra security for our embassy in Benghazi, Libya, prior to the attacks that killed four Americans. Who was it that denied enhanced security and why?
PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, let me, first of all, talk about our diplomats, because they serve all around the world and do an incredible job in a very dangerous situation. And these aren't just representatives of the United States; they're my representatives. I send them there, oftentimes into harm's way. I know these folks, and I know their families. So nobody's more concerned about their safety and security than I am.
So as soon as we found out that the Benghazi consulate was being overrun, I was on the phone with my national security team, and I gave them three instructions. Number one, beef up our security and — and — and procedures not just in Libya but every embassy and consulate in the region. Number two, investigate exactly what happened, regardless of where the facts lead us, to make sure that folks are held accountable and it doesn't happen again. And number three, we are going to find out who did this, and we are going to hunt them down, because one of the things that I've said throughout my presidency is when folks mess with Americans, we go after them.