Posted on 05/08/2013 6:00:25 AM PDT by kristinn
Hearing details:
WASHINGTON – House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa today announced three witnesses who will appear at a full committee hearing, “Benghazi: Exposing Failure and Recognizing Courage,” on Wednesday, May 8, 2013, at 11:30 AM in 2154 Rayburn House Office Building.
“I applaud these individuals for answering our call to testify in front of the Committee. They have critical information about what occurred before, during, and after the Benghazi terrorist attacks that differs on key points from what Administration officials – including those on the Accountability Review Board – have portrayed,” said Issa. “Our committee has been contacted by numerous other individuals who have direct knowledge of the Benghazi terrorist attack, but are not yet prepared to testify. In many cases their principal reticence of appearing in public is their concern of retaliation at the hands of their respective employers. While we may yet add additional witnesses, this panel will certainly answer some questions and leave us with many new ones.”
Witnesses: Mr. Mark Thompson
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Counterterrorism
US Department of State
Mr. Gregory Hicks
Foreign Service Officer and former Deputy Chief of Mission/Chargé d’Affairs in Libya
US Department of State
Mr. Eric Nordstrom
Diplomatic Security Officer and former Regional Security Officer in Libya
US Department of State
In October 2012, the Oversight Committee held the first hearing on the Benghazi attacks, which exposed denials of security requests and forced the Administration to acknowledge that the attacks were not sparked by a protest of a YouTube video, contrary to claims made by Obama Administration officials.
*** NOTE: Press seating will be reserved, but limited. Please arrive early (hearing room will open to press at 10:30 AM) to guarantee a seat. An overflow area will be available. ***
Hearing Details:
Wednesday, May 8th, 2013
“Benghazi: Exposing Failure and Recognizing Courage”
Full Committee, Chairman Darrell Issa, (R-CA) 11:30 a.m. in 2154 Rayburn House Office Building and streaming live at oversight.house.gov.
The hearing is also scheduled to be shown live on C-SPAN 3 and Fox News.
Live stream at C-SPAN.
Also check Fox News live stream.
Here's something I found even more scary than that. I had to step away from the TV for about 15 minutes a couple hours ago. I figured Rush Limbaugh would be covering the hearings on his program, so I tuned into his show to stay in the loop until I could get back to the TV.
Rush was telling his listeners that he thought the hearings were in a break or done for the day (this was at least two hours before the 10 minute break in the hearings). But it didn't matter because the hearings weren't being broadcast live by anyone anyway, not even C-SPAN. Then he went right from giving out all of that misinformation to talking about Jason Collins, the gay NBA player...again.
Thus far, He hasn’t.
Course not...He’s not in love with the liars either!
My post was not a slight against you. I apologize if you thought so.
As we all know, the msm is nothing but the propaganda wing of the dhimmicrat party. Diversion is the ploy they use to avert low info voters.
Wish I knew for sure. I know why I think they didn’t.
But getting some of the basics is the way to run a railroad. WHO WHAT WHERE WHEN WHY.
In that order.
Did Hicks just say they did send in help?
Thank you.
That was part of the testimony and HERO TREY GOWDY is re-addressing it now!
< NOW ya get it.
Thank you.
I know I need to also participate.
:)
-PJ
Trey Gowdy “ Tell me Mr. Hicks, do you know of any crime scene that improves with time? “ Bwahahahahahaa!!!! I love him! Calling out the FBI for not getting to Benghazi until may days later....
Who decided not to ask these vital questions? Sorry, I guess I will have to go read through stuff etc and see if I can gleam how this occurred.
Did Gowdy kick some butt? Again, I apologize, just trying to get a sense of how the day went....thank you
Here is more...
There were four versions of Nakoula's movie.
Only the final one was forwarded, by persons unknown, to Sheikh Khalid Abdullah the cleric in Cairo who aired it on TV. Nakoula, the maker of the original film, was not the one who uploaded the final version, Innocence of Muslims, to the internet.
You can hear some interesting things about the timeline of all these iterations of "the movie" in the Youtube video linked below. Start at 9:30 and watch to 16:00 for the meat of that.
Gowdy is nailing the ineffectiveness of the state department.
“Are you aware of a single crime scene that has improved over time”. haha
Only time the audience has made a sound. They all broke out laughing. Gowdy rocked this question.
I thought it was like a month later!
Amb Rice story about the video made it harder for FBI to get to crime scene.
Indeed.
Sorry everyone. But if the Republicans wanted answers, they
would not be letting Dems go off subject like they have and ignore the basic questions that lead to all answers.
They are doing a lot better than I expected, but they keep sidestepping the core issue.
Asbestos on.
Gowdy totally kicked butt. “Are you aware of any crime scene that gets better with time?” Audience burst out laughing.
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