Posted on 09/08/2013 1:02:57 PM PDT by oxcart
The U.S. State Department denies a claim by an official who says he has been punished for speaking about a fatal attack on a U.S. million in Benghazi, Libya.
In an appearance Sunday on ABC's "This Week," former Deputy Chief of Mission in Libya Gregory Hicks said he feels punished by the State Department for speaking out about the Sept. 11, 2012, attack, in which U.S. Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens and three other U.S. citizens were killed.
"I feel that I have been punished. I don't know why I was punished. I don't know why I was shunted aside. Put in a closet if you will," he said.
The State Department sent a statement to ABC denying that Hicks was punished.
"The State Department has not punished Mr. Hicks in any way. We appreciate his exemplary service on the evening of September 11. His departure from Libya was entirely unrelated to any statements he may have made relating to the attack in Benghazi, and we are working with him on his next permanent assignment," the statement reads.
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Exactly, all Syria ever was is a diversion that will be blamed on us regardless of how it turns out. Same as the debt ceiling, same as amnesty. These commie clowns are always a half dozen steps ahead of us at every corner.
He is.......being punished for speaking out.
Maybe it will come home to roost when the surface-to-air missiles start slamming into commercial airliners. After arming the Mexican drug cartels, Obama’s minions hit the big time with shoulder fired rockets to the Islamic terrorists in Libya. There’s only so much of this incompetence the MSM can handle.
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