Posted on 05/08/2013 6:00:25 AM PDT by kristinn
Hearing details:
WASHINGTON – House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa today announced three witnesses who will appear at a full committee hearing, “Benghazi: Exposing Failure and Recognizing Courage,” on Wednesday, May 8, 2013, at 11:30 AM in 2154 Rayburn House Office Building.
“I applaud these individuals for answering our call to testify in front of the Committee. They have critical information about what occurred before, during, and after the Benghazi terrorist attacks that differs on key points from what Administration officials – including those on the Accountability Review Board – have portrayed,” said Issa. “Our committee has been contacted by numerous other individuals who have direct knowledge of the Benghazi terrorist attack, but are not yet prepared to testify. In many cases their principal reticence of appearing in public is their concern of retaliation at the hands of their respective employers. While we may yet add additional witnesses, this panel will certainly answer some questions and leave us with many new ones.”
Witnesses: Mr. Mark Thompson
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Counterterrorism
US Department of State
Mr. Gregory Hicks
Foreign Service Officer and former Deputy Chief of Mission/Chargé d’Affairs in Libya
US Department of State
Mr. Eric Nordstrom
Diplomatic Security Officer and former Regional Security Officer in Libya
US Department of State
In October 2012, the Oversight Committee held the first hearing on the Benghazi attacks, which exposed denials of security requests and forced the Administration to acknowledge that the attacks were not sparked by a protest of a YouTube video, contrary to claims made by Obama Administration officials.
*** NOTE: Press seating will be reserved, but limited. Please arrive early (hearing room will open to press at 10:30 AM) to guarantee a seat. An overflow area will be available. ***
Hearing Details:
Wednesday, May 8th, 2013
“Benghazi: Exposing Failure and Recognizing Courage”
Full Committee, Chairman Darrell Issa, (R-CA) 11:30 a.m. in 2154 Rayburn House Office Building and streaming live at oversight.house.gov.
The hearing is also scheduled to be shown live on C-SPAN 3 and Fox News.
Live stream at C-SPAN.
Also check Fox News live stream.
Chaffetz..another bombshell.. No one asked permission to fly into Libya....
Dropped on Obama’s door. Bam!!!!!
Chaffetz: “There was NEVER any attempt to mobilize assets!”
“Did we request over-fly rights during the attack?”
“No.”
WOWOWOWOW!!!!
Fox keeps cutting away from the actual testimony - now they are breathlessly covering the Cleveland case.
I really feel for those girls, but Benghazi is of national importance.
Crikey, now they’re yapping about that Jodi Arias person.
Bring it, Jason.
Flew for months over Libya. NATO was in the area.
Ditto dragnet2 ... Ditto!
Kick a$$ about NOT asking for military help!!!
glad someone finally yielded to Chaffetz
Chaffetz is given time and asking great questions GO Chaffetz
OK. Chaffetz just made me go WOW!
Damming!
Go Chafetz!
We never even had a request for fly over.
YES, Issa is wonderful.
Chavvets is on fire!
God bless him!
YES!
Government never asked for permission.
Me too.
is that the 4th or 5th KA-BOOM thus far???
Chaffetz: Did we request flyover permission the day of the attack?
Hicks: No.
Chaffetz: Would you have known if we had?
Hicks: Yes.
We made NO ATTEMPT to get air cover in there.
BOOM!
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