They were meeting at 5pm in the white hut to discuss the rescue of hostages...oops...at least that was on the initial itinerary.
I distinctly remember, from the beginning of this that PANETTA AND OBAMA were in a regularly scheduled meeting when they were notified. I could be wrong but this is the first time BIDEN Has been mentioned in that meeting, has he just been included? This is what I found from CNC News.
“Panetta was at the White House for a regular meeting on the afternoon of Sept. 11 as the first reports of the attack unfolded, a U.S. official said. By that evening Panetta had consulted with Dempsey and Ham and had ordered a number of U.S. military forces in the region to move closer to Libya.”