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Top military leader disputes diplomat on Benghazi
Yahoo News ^ | 12 Jun 2013

Posted on 06/12/2013 11:25:23 AM PDT by mandaladon

WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Wednesday that four members of Army special forces in Tripoli were never told to stand down after last year's deadly assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, disputing a former top diplomat's claim that the unit might have helped Americans under siege. Army Gen. Martin Dempsey said timing and the need for the unit to help with casualties from Benghazi resulted in orders for the special forces to remain in Tripoli. Four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens, died in two separate attacks several hours apart on the night of Sept. 11. Gregory Hicks, a former diplomat in Tripoli at the time of the attack, told a House panel last month that the unit was told to stand down. Dempsey said that was not the case. "They weren't told to stand down. A 'stand down' means don't do anything," he said. "They were told that the mission they were asked to perform was not in Benghazi, but was at Tripoli airport." Republicans insist that the Obama administration is guilty of a cover-up of the events despite a scathing independent report that faulted the State Department for inadequate security at the diplomatic mission. GOP lawmakers also have questioned why the military couldn't get aircraft or forces to Benghazi in time to thwart the second attack after the first incident that killed Stevens. Sens. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., and Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., questioned Dempsey about Hicks' testimony at a hearing on the military budget.

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KEYWORDS: abdication; abjecttreason; benghazi; benghazistanddown; benghazyctonlin; dempsey; dempseybenghazi; navyseals; obama; obamasleptwewept; obamaspeople; terrorism; threatmatrix; treason; typicaldnctreason
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"They were told not to board the flight, so they missed it," Hicks said. Pressed on why, he said, "I guess they just didn't have the right authority from the right level."...................Can't get a straight anwswer from these SOB's
1 posted on 06/12/2013 11:25:23 AM PDT by mandaladon
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To: mandaladon

Dempsey is a disgrace to the uniform! His nose is so far up Obama’s a$$ that I am surprised he hasn’t suffocated.


2 posted on 06/12/2013 11:27:15 AM PDT by vette6387
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To: mandaladon

If the special Forces were not told to stand down, what did they do to rescue our Embassy people?


3 posted on 06/12/2013 11:29:59 AM PDT by mandaladon (The truth about Benghazi is all I want)
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To: mandaladon

Dempsey’s statement is disingenuous and stupid......just like him.


4 posted on 06/12/2013 11:33:00 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: MestaMachine

Ping!


5 posted on 06/12/2013 11:33:32 AM PDT by penelopesire (TIME FOR OBAMA TO ANSWER FOR BENGHAZI UNDER OATH!!)
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To: vette6387

Well its obvious any General who does not have his nose planted firmly up Obama’s butt by now has been run off.


6 posted on 06/12/2013 11:34:03 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: mandaladon

What does the General think of the rape tapes?

What about leaving Americans behind AND ON TV being
gang raped to send MANPADs to al Qaeda?

Which side is the General on?
The US Constitution OR Obama arming al Qaeda and Ikhwan?


7 posted on 06/12/2013 11:34:27 AM PDT by Diogenesis
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...orders for the special forces to remain in Tripoli

And that's different from "stand down" how, exactly?

8 posted on 06/12/2013 11:36:08 AM PDT by william clark (Ecclesiastes 10:2)
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To: mandaladon

A four star general quibbling after Americans were murdered in Benghazi. This shameful behavior would not be tolerated from a Private. What a disgrace.


9 posted on 06/12/2013 11:39:29 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: mandaladon
Why cant they interview the soldiers themselves? Political Theater and setting up for another scandal.
10 posted on 06/12/2013 11:40:33 AM PDT by keving (We get the government we vote for)
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To: vette6387

Dempsey is a lying SOB. He should be relieved of duty. NOW!


11 posted on 06/12/2013 11:45:53 AM PDT by tennmountainman
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Dempsey is a disgrace to the uniform! His nose is so far up Obama’s a$$

Psst listen flood the oval office waist deep.

12 posted on 06/12/2013 11:48:19 AM PDT by SilverMine (IF the US gøvt says it is a lie.)
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To: tennmountainman

Prosecute the people who could have come to the rescue and didn’t. Then they will give up the person who told them to “stand down”.


13 posted on 06/12/2013 11:49:04 AM PDT by CPO retired
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To: mandaladon

It took 9 months to invent this crap response?!?!

They should have asked any 15 yr old!

They can make up more convincing excuses in a nanosecond.


14 posted on 06/12/2013 11:50:21 AM PDT by G Larry (Let his days be few; and let another take his office. Psalms 109:8)
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To: tennmountainman

Dempsey is bought and paid for. He has no honor. When the Military was the most honorable representation of America, men like Dempsey were not promoted to positions where their dishonorable character could influence troops. Now, under the current regime, the more degenerate one is the more likely to be promoted because they are vulnerable and will do as they are told regardless of oaths to OUR Constitution.


15 posted on 06/12/2013 11:50:53 AM PDT by MHGinTN (Being deceived can be cured.)
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To: mandaladon

This is one of the saddest days in our nation’s history. The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs quibbling. Unbelievable. It makes me want to puke.


16 posted on 06/12/2013 11:58:07 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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I think it’s called ‘dissembling’, which is to say it is a form of deception, deceit, a lie by another method.


17 posted on 06/12/2013 12:00:23 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Being deceived can be cured.)
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To: MHGinTN

He’s using technical terms in general questioning to lie.
What a Prick.


18 posted on 06/12/2013 12:06:08 PM PDT by steve8714 (Any homosexual man can marry any woman he wants. Just like the President.)
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To: steve8714

Exposing his honor-less dark soul. he is the perfect democrip enabler.


19 posted on 06/12/2013 12:08:10 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Being deceived can be cured.)
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To: mandaladon

I see Dempsey is performing his role as NutHugger in Chief.


20 posted on 06/12/2013 12:09:27 PM PDT by servo1969
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