Here’s how CNN is reporting the testimony
“Within 17 minutes, Panetta said, unarmed, unmanned surveillance aircraft were dispatched to give U.S. officials a better idea of what was happening. It arrived about 70 minutes after the attack, he said.
Soon, Panetta and Dempsey met with President Barack Obama, the secretary told lawmakers.
Obama ordered that the Defense Department respond to the attack with “all available DOD assets” and try to protect U.S. personnel, Panetta said.”
Does anyone have a transcript. If the alphabet news is misleading (under statement), this needs to be reported.