BREAKING: Obama made no phone calls on night of Benghazi attack, White House says

Washington Times ^ | February 14, 2013 | Stephan Dinan

[gwgn02]

President Obama didn’t make any phone calls the night of the Sept. 11 attacks on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, the White House said in a letter to Congress released Thursday.

“During the entire attack, the president of the United States never picked up the phone to put the weight of his office in the mix,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Republican, who had held up Mr. Obama’s defense secretary nominee to force the information to be released.

Mr. Graham said that if Mr. Obama had picked up the phone, at least two of the Americans killed in the attacks on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi might still be alive because he might have been able to push U.S. aid to get to the scene faster.

The White House has said Mr. Obama was kept up to date on the attack by his staff, though after being alerted to the attack in a pre-scheduled afternoon meeting he never spoke again with the defense secretary or the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

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[KC_Lion]

Generalissimo Ubama tries to reason with the Rouge Israeli Prime Minister whos foolish propaganda efforts cause Americans to be attacked in Libya and Cairo!

Just look at the rising Anti-Semtic opinions in the world and our own country. Do you think Ubama's People likes us Jews in anyway?

Hell the F*****g Greek Nazi Party is partying in Athens and the Egyptian Nazi Party was put into power with Ubama's blessing.

Do you think he really fears Impeachment?

[Mouton]

Epic Failure of leadership

[Fireone]

This is their way of relieving him of the responsibility of giving the “stand down” order.
If he didn’t give it, who did?
Paging HRC!

[KC_Lion]

WHY WAS THE STRIKE FORCE IN SICILY ORDERED TO STAND DOWN!?!?!

Did anyone in that Kangaroo court of a senate ask that question?

[Triple]

Important to note:

He chose his inaction. There were emails coming in to his blackberry from his state/intelligence/military emergency response personnel.

His blackberry must have been buzzing like crazy.

[Triple]

Important to note:

He chose his inaction. There were emails coming in to his blackberry from his state/intelligence/military emergency response personnel.

His blackberry must have been buzzing like crazy.

[Triple]

Important to note:

He chose his inaction. There were emails coming in to his blackberry from his state/intelligence/military emergency response personnel.

His blackberry must have been buzzing like crazy.

[Bon mots]

[TomGuy]

From this FR thread: Obama's September 11 Phone Call (during Benghazi attack)

Obama, Netanyahu: Hour phone call Tuesday night; White House denies snub

By Lynn Sweet on September 11, 2012 8:18 PM | 

President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed Iran and other issues in a hour-long phone call on Tuesday night, the White House announced--along with a statement that Netanyahu, contrary to news reports, never asked for a meeting with the president.

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During the second debate, he said:

OBAMA: So as soon as we found out that the Benghazi consulate was being overrun, I was on the phone with my national security team, and I gave them three instructions. Number one, beef up our security and — and — and procedures not just in Libya but every embassy and consulate in the region. Number two, investigate exactly what happened, regardless of where the facts lead us, to make sure that folks are held accountable and it doesn’t happen again. And number three, we are going to find out who did this, and we are going to hunt them down, because one of the things that I’ve said throughout my presidency is when folks mess with Americans, we go after them.

This was just prior to the exchange 'get the transcript Candy'.
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[Emphasis added]

[TigersEye]

It wasn’t ordered to stand down per se. 0bamugabe simply did not authorize a CBA. His silence caused some DoD subordinate to tell them to stand down because they lacked authority to move. Nothing more or less than that. 0bamugabe turned his back and that was that.

[mlizzy]

President Abortion’s heart is cold as stone.

[Road Glide]

An unattended phone resting atop an empty chair...

[onyx]

I wish!

[onyx]

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[353FMG]

Don’t hold your breath until our spineless congresscretins would even begin to consider taking action.

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

Why call, when you know it all?

[onyx]

Yep, we’re on the same wave length.
Over and out!

[amom]

Note to self post 40.

[Missouri gal]

NOT taking responsibility is as culpable as ordering their deaths. Obama MUST be held accountable and YES I mean impeach his sorry carcass!

[Clyde5445]

So do I.