He was excellent in first round; missed 2nd round.
MM: This is how Lindsey Graham started off his first round:
Lindsey Graham:
Your testimony Sec Panetta is that you talked to the President one time.
Panetta: I talked to him on Sept 11th with regards to the fact that we were aware that this attack was taking place.
LG: One time
P: right
LG: What time did you tell him that?
P: I think that was approximately about 5.
[This was the pre-scheduled meeting]
LG; Gen Dempsey, did you ever talk to the President at all?
GD: I was with the Secretary at that same time.
LG: You talked to the Pres?
GD: yes
LG: You talked to him how many times?
GD: The same ONE time.
GD & LP stated they never talked to Hillary and never to the Pres again until the next day, “after the attack was over.”
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IIRC, they said that they first talked about Benghazi for about 15 min; then Cairo, about 20 min, and a half hour about other issues.
Panaetta said he then mosied over to the Pentagon to deploy some “forces” to Benghazi. ODD!!!
I never heard anyone ask or mention that the men were detained at the Benghazi airport for 3 hours. In fact, Dempsey seemed to indicate the contrary.
Graham said several times, “But you had no way of knowing how long the Benghazi attack was going to last.”
He also said: “Is there a saying in the military that when you go into harms way that, ‘We’ve got your back’?
GD: Of course. Yes sir.
LG: Don’t you think that saying has been undermined here? How can people in the military and the foreign service believe we’ve got their back when after seven.....Did you know how long the attack was going to last, Sec Panetta?
LP: No idea.
LG: Well, it could have lasted for two days.
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Scant mention of Stevens in the part of the hearing I heard. No questions on when did they learn that Stevens was missing; when did they learn that he was at the hospital; when did they learn that he died.
IIRC, ambassadors have the diplomatic rank of a three-star general?
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“Is there a saying in the military that when you go into harms way that, ‘We’ve got your back’?
The only backs that were and are being covered is their own.
“What difference, at this point, does it make?”
If you had any idea how much this infuriates me! They keep telling me I need to calm down. How, on G-d’s Green Earth, can ANYONE calm down with these murdering, lying, stinking, treacherous, scheming, treasonous, traitor bastards in control of this country????
Excellent, thouworm.
Thank you so much.
Rubio is rocking the Brennan hearing.