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Benghazi diplo rips W. House ( House Hearings on Benghazi Attack & Killing)
NY Post ^ | Last Updated: 3:45 AM, May 9, 2013 | GERRY SHIELDS & GEOFF EARLE, Post Correspondents

Posted on 05/09/2013 7:11:01 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach

WASHINGTON — The US diplomat who was second in command in Libya during the fatal attack on the Benghazi consulate fought back tears yesterday when he told lawmakers about his colleagues’ final moments — and said he was “stunned” by administration claims it was sparked by a spontaneous protest.

Gregory Hicks, the first person to testify to Congress who was on the ground in Libya during the fateful night of the Sept. 11, 2012 siege, told a House committee that he was incredulous just five days later when UN Ambassador Susan Rice said on Sunday talk shows that the assault was not a terrorist attack.

“My jaw dropped,” Hicks said. “I was embarrassed.”

Hicks riveted the audience in a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing room as he recalled the night.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: benghazi; benghazihearing; benghaziwbhearing; greghicks; hillary; libya; obama; tripoli
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1 posted on 05/09/2013 7:11:01 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: MestaMachine; TigersEye; Marine_Uncle; justa-hairyape; onyx; SunkenCiv; Grampa Dave; ...

fyi


2 posted on 05/09/2013 7:12:28 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach ((The Global Warming Hoax was a Criminal Act....where is Al Gore?))
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

But the LSM is studiously spiking any coverage of these hearings.


3 posted on 05/09/2013 7:13:32 AM PDT by Redleg Duke ("Madison, Wisconsin is 30 square miles surrounded by reality.", L. S. Dryfus)
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To: annieokie; penelopesire; maggief; Protect the Bill of Rights; thouworm; SE Mom; Nachum; onyx; ...
And the angels wept.

Anyone wanting on or off this ping list, please advise.


4 posted on 05/09/2013 7:14:30 AM PDT by MestaMachine
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To: MestaMachine
And the angels wept.

Amen Mesta. Once the ride is over for the guilty, and at this point have to consider all democrats guilty, the angels will pull their swords as each of these guilty pass into eternity. Going to be a rude awakening for many. God, I ask forgiveness for having judged them.

5 posted on 05/09/2013 7:21:38 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

courtesy ping Ernest.


6 posted on 05/09/2013 7:22:32 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Hey...It was Sept 11th....like 9-11...

But it was also 2 months before the election and the deceit went on and on...And you know the orders came straight from the top.

7 posted on 05/09/2013 7:27:24 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Gregory Hicks’ 30 Minute Recount of Benghazi Attack
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajmNFLEserY&feature=player_embedded


8 posted on 05/09/2013 7:29:18 AM PDT by Lorianne (fedgov, taxporkmoney)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

attack on the Benghazi consulate took how many hours ? WHERE WAS OBAMA ?


9 posted on 05/09/2013 7:40:19 AM PDT by molson209
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
"...fresh evidence emerged that senior Obama administration officials knowingly misled the country about what had happened in the days following the assaults."

(Conclusion:)

"It is now clear to me that:

a) Hillary Clinton lied under oath to Congress.
b) Barack Obama went to sleep knowing that a U.S.
Ambassador and other Americans were under terrorist attack.
c) Barack Obama awoke refreshed the next day to begin fundraising. d) The entire Executive Branch lied repeatedly to the American people to save Obama's chances for reelection...."

IMHO, it wasn't just the election, Obama is in league with The Muslim Brotherhood, Hillary certainly is. In the America of Old, Obama would be impeached and thrown into prison along with all those who aided the Benghazi betrayal, especially Hillary Clinton, the most treacherous woman in our government, down right unscrupulous.

10 posted on 05/09/2013 8:04:28 AM PDT by yoe
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To: MestaMachine

on please, Mesta.


11 posted on 05/09/2013 8:09:07 AM PDT by Mountain Mary (f)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

The way some are saying that the hearings were conducted were not effective at all. The Republicans were not acting like “prosecutors” pulling out the facts. They wasted a lot of time and gave too much face time instead of meaningful questioning of the witnesses. We knew the dems would do that, but figured the pubbies would use their time wisely.


12 posted on 05/09/2013 8:16:40 AM PDT by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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Lets get the link to the thread you started with the four segments on here too.....excellent ,...by the way:

Gregory Hicks WHISTLEBLOWER Benghazi Testimony to Congress, May 8 2013 --Youtube links

13 posted on 05/09/2013 8:20:23 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach ((The Global Warming Hoax was a Criminal Act....where is Al Gore?))
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To: b4its2late
I strongly disagree....

The witnesses were already under a lot of pressure....and disclosed much information prior to this "hearing" ---which really was intended for them to make public in their own words ---without ADDITIONAL PRESSURE --to the public.

Democrats definitely would have handled this as attacking prosecuters!

14 posted on 05/09/2013 8:26:00 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach ((The Global Warming Hoax was a Criminal Act....where is Al Gore?))
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Yeah, I definitely see that. I just hope it goes further and doesn’t end with this hearing.


15 posted on 05/09/2013 8:29:11 AM PDT by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Hearings were a big dud.


16 posted on 05/09/2013 8:34:23 AM PDT by ex-snook (God is Love)
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To: b4its2late

At several points in the hearing the two guys running it said they would be asking some of the “higher ups” to be there so that they could get their side of the story.

I happened to catch it at 11pm last night just as they were getting started (repeat). I thought I would watch a bit and then fall asleep. It was 2:30 am by the time I figured I should just set the DVR and watch the rest later. Riveting.


17 posted on 05/09/2013 8:37:25 AM PDT by 21twelve ("We've got the guns, and we got the numbers" adapted and revised from Jim M.)
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18 posted on 05/09/2013 8:37:46 AM PDT by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
— Then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Jan. 23, 2013:

“I wasn’t involved in the talking points process.... As I understand it, as I’ve been told, it was a typical interagency process where staff, including from the State Department, all participated, to try to come up with whatever was going to be made publicly available, and it was an intelligence product.”

“With all due respect,the fact is we had four dead Americans. Was it because of a protest or was it because of guys out for a walk one night who decided to go kill some Americans? What difference at this point does it make?”—Hillary Clinton


19 posted on 05/09/2013 8:55:50 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (I'm afraid to go visit any American college because of all the foreign students with bombs.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
— Then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Jan. 23, 2013:

“I wasn’t involved in the talking points process.... As I understand it, as I’ve been told, it was a typical interagency process where staff, including from the State Department, all participated, to try to come up with whatever was going to be made publicly available, and it was an intelligence product.”

“With all due respect,the fact is we had four dead Americans. Was it because of a protest or was it because of guys out for a walk one night who decided to go kill some Americans? What difference at this point does it make?”—Hillary Clinton


20 posted on 05/09/2013 8:59:49 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (I'm afraid to go visit any American college because of all the foreign students with bombs.)
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