Posted on 02/07/2013 9:53:27 AM PST by Sub-Driver
Panetta: Obama Absent Night of Benghazi Daniel Halper February 7, 2013 12:05 PM
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta testified this morning on Capitol Hill that President Barack Obama was absent the night four Americans were murdered in Benghazi on September 11, 2012:
Panetta said that Obama left operational details, including knowledge of what resources were available to help the Americans under siege, "up to us."
In fact, Panetta says that the night of 9/11, he did not communicate with a single person at the White House. The attack resulted in the deaths of four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens.
Panetta said that, save their 5 o'clock prescheduled meeting with the president the day of September 11, Obama did not call or communicate in anyway with the defense secretary that day. There were no calls about what was going on in Benghazi. He never called to check-in.
‘Who gave the order to stand down?? Panetta?? He doesn’t have that authority. He’s in a non-military capacity.’
Have to disagree with you. As Sec of Defense, he is th
e direct boss of everyone in the military, only person who outranks him is the president.
Read that the Ambassador WAS involved in a gun-running scam that went awry. He knew too much. Possibly he could have blown the lid off of this. Thats why he feared for his safetyand requested more security, which was denied. I think they wanted the Ambassador taken out to keep him quiet.
That’s exactly what I think. It seems real clear to me, probably to Graham and others too.
I claim first post of Barack stand down Obama, but I think Barack AWOL Obama flows a lot easier and can be used for more than one incident
What blatant lies.
Panetta pansy ping......
Just how much more of this BS do we have to endure before we impeach this thug who is unfit to lead??? Congress isn’t fighting hard enough. Pi**es me off big time. Where did our country GO??
So sad So true. I’m not a Bush fan. This story should be the screaming headline above all else. Not gonna happen.
Dismayed doesn't cut it. Every American is mad as hell tonight. MSM is covering this up as usual. . . I can think of about ten permutations about what Benghazi was really about. Will we ever find out? Will the survivors ever talk?
I have “friends” and relatives who actually BRAGGED about voting for this WORTHLESS BASTARD!!! WTF!!!!
I’ll bet Reggie Love knows where he was.
“Ill bet Valerie Jarrett shielded him from the incident, trying to protect his re-election..”
And the frigging “MEDIA”!!!!
“The man is lazy.”
Affirmative Action PERSONIFIED!!!!
“You forgot that since Biden is a white male, hed be accountable for his actions. 0bama is totally immune, as weve witnessed over the last four years.”
You hit that nail right on the head. I would like to take every race card that exists and ram it up each and every bleeding heart honky’s ass, SIDEWAYS!!!!
I am 100% not surprised at reading this. No wonder they put off having Hellary testify for 4 months; a majority of the countries attention span is minimal nowadays and this information will never be on the Alphabet channels, I’ll bet.
When Obama goes down, I hope he takes that talentless New Jersey I-talian with him!
“How did this idiot get re-elected????? How is he not impeached and ran out of the country on a very sharp edged rail?”
He is black. He is a democrat. Next question.
Do you have a second source for this?
Also, could the ammo be going..... overseas....
Agreed. It’s all about the bottom line-—not the truth or the country.
I think Obama's actions were heavy handed on purpose. His choices were a message to Ambassadors, Seals, and Military officers that their lives are dependent on Obama;s 'whims'... The message:
Seals might be tough, but if Obama won't allow the system to protect it's own - they die. Same for the foreign service people.
It's not subtle.
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