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Admission: Special Forces were only hours from Benghazi
WND ^ | 18 hours ago | Aaron Klein

Posted on 06/15/2013 11:30:58 AM PDT by vietvet67

JERUSALEM – In a bombshell admission that has until now gone unreported, Martin Dempsey, chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, conceded that highly trained Special Forces were stationed just a few hours away from Benghazi on the night of the attacks but were not told to deploy to Libya.

In comments that may warrant further investigation, Dempsey stated at a Senate hearing Wednesday that on the night of the Sept. 11, 2012, attack, command of the Special Forces – known as C-110, or the EUCOM CIF – was transferred from the military’s European command to AFRICOM, or the United States Africa Command.

Dempsey did not state any reason for the strange transfer of command nor could he provide a timeline for the transfer the night of the attack.

Also, Dempsey’s comments on the travel time between Croatia and Benghazi were incorrect.

His remarks for the first time confirm an exclusive Fox News interview aired April 30 in which a special government operator, speaking on condition of anonymity, contradicted claims by the Obama administration and a State Department review that there wasn’t enough time for military forces to deploy the night of the attack.

“I know for a fact that C-110, the EUCOM CIF, was doing a training exercise in … not in the region of North Africa, but in Europe,” the special operator told Fox News’ Adam Housley. “And they had the ability to act and to respond.”

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: benghazi; democrats; fastandfurious; impeachnow; irs; obama
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To: vietvet67

Yeah, amazing, ain’t it? I said from the gitgo that there was a Marine assault ship also in the general area. Probably surfing along the coast of Libya. The notion that no one was within quick-time distance has always been bullstuff.


21 posted on 06/15/2013 1:11:44 PM PDT by cherokee1 (skip the names---just kick the buttz)
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To: vietvet67

Give Obama a break. He was headed to Vegas to party with Beyonce and his Hollywood friends at a fundraiser. He didn’t have time to worry about a few Americans being murdered by Al Qaeda.


22 posted on 06/15/2013 1:14:17 PM PDT by Stevenc131
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To: vietvet67

what does this mean for the administration?


23 posted on 06/15/2013 1:28:52 PM PDT by ncpatriot
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To: mylife
The entire Arab Spring is a farce.

Don't be surprised if one day we learn the whole thing was orchestrated by Obama.

24 posted on 06/15/2013 1:58:57 PM PDT by fso301
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To: ncpatriot
what does this mean for the administration?

Business as usual?

25 posted on 06/15/2013 2:14:02 PM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal The 16th Amendment!)
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To: ncpatriot

“what does this mean for the administration?”

Without media asking the hard questions it means zip.


26 posted on 06/15/2013 3:40:16 PM PDT by vietvet67
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To: Leo Carpathian

That’s an amazing account of really happened.

Yes, mad as hell and passing this around.


27 posted on 06/15/2013 3:41:21 PM PDT by vietvet67
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To: mylife

Agreed. More like an Arab winter.


28 posted on 06/15/2013 3:58:35 PM PDT by Rockitz (This is NOT rocket science - Follow the money and you'll find the truth.)
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To: vietvet67
“C110″ explained
29 posted on 06/15/2013 4:48:57 PM PDT by Sarajevo (Don't think for a minute that this excuse for a President has America's best interest in mind.)
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To: vietvet67; MestaMachine
FYI
30 posted on 06/15/2013 5:40:28 PM PDT by Chgogal (Obama "hung the SEALs out to dry, basically exposed them like a set of dog balls..." CMH)
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To: Leo Carpathian

That letter is a hoax. It’s a chain email...author unknown.


31 posted on 06/15/2013 5:44:41 PM PDT by MestaMachine (My caps work. You gotta earn them.)
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To: vietvet67

ping


32 posted on 06/15/2013 7:51:55 PM PDT by Java4Jay (The evils of government are direcFisher House' insttly proportional to the tolerance of the people.)
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To: vietvet67

Denis McDonough - Obama’s chief of staff now...(was on Sunday show this morning)....

One of Obama’s closest advisers is his Deputy National Security Adviser. The person acting the part of Deputy National Security Adviser is one Denis McDonough. While McDonough enjoys the credentials of a well-educated 41-year-old, he has sparse work experience. Working on the hill as a legislative aide before transferring to a liberal think tank (*Center for American Progress) before campaigning for Obama before becoming Deputy National Security Adviser, is good for McDonough but embarrassing to the position which he holds. [...]

McDonough has a reputation around D.C. – as a rabid mind-fixer in his mission to ‘set the record straight’ with democratic politicians and mainstream media types, who dare veer off the political reservation. It’s rather humorous in a way to see a glorified political functionary like McDonough act the part of a seasoned and experienced political heavyweight. McDonough was promoted out of ideological loyalty over convention. Try telling McDonough that and he’ll likely piss ideological vinegar all over you. But the thing with McDonough’s verbal piss, it doesn’t stain things, it can’t… it’s too inexperienced.

http://theconservativetreehouse.com/2013/05/13/the-epicenter-of-benghazi-denis-mcdonough-deputy-national-security-advisor-in-2012-and-white-house-fixer/

“There is a rumor — I want to be clear, it’s a rumor — that at least two networks have emails from the National Security Adviser’s office [Denis McDonough? or Tom Donilon?] telling a counterterrorism group to stand down,” [Newt] Gingrich said.”

Newt Gingrich was specifically talking about his knowledge of a communication known by at least one Senator, and given to two media outlets – who did not use it. It makes sense:

Did Denis McDonough tell people to “stand down” while POTUS and VPOTUS were on the phone with BiBi and unable to be interrupted ?

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*The Center for American Progress is classified as a 501(c)(3) organization under U.S. Internal Revenue Code. The institute receives approximately $25 million per year in funding from a variety of sources, including individuals, foundations, and corporations, but it declines to release any information on the sources of its funding. No funders are listed on its website or in its Annual Report. From 2003 to 2007, the Center received about $15 million in grants from 58 foundations. Major individual donors include George Soros, Peter Lewis, Steve Bing, and Herb and Marion Sandler. The Center receives undisclosed sums from corporate donors.


33 posted on 06/16/2013 1:38:24 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: kcvl

Good article. Thanks.


34 posted on 06/16/2013 1:48:11 PM PDT by vietvet67
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