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Marine commander (Col George Bristol) says no stand-down order in Benghazi attack
UPI.com ^ | Jul 31, 2013 | UPI

Posted on 07/31/2013 6:53:04 PM PDT by xzins

A Marine operations commander told lawmakers Wednesday he gave troops in Libya permission to respond to a September 2012 attack on a U.S. mission in Tripoli.

Testifying in closed session before the House Armed Services Committee, Col. George Bristol contradicted claims by some congressional Republicans he had issued a stand-down order following the attack, in which U.S. Ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stephens and three other Americans were killed, The Hill reported.

Bristol, who commanded Joint Special Operations Task Force-Trans Sahara at the time of the attack, said he gave the Tripoli security team leader, Lt. Col. S.E. Gibson, permission to act freely in response to the attack, The Hill said, citing a description it had received of the committee's members-only briefing.

Gibson told Congress last month he was ordered not to send his team to Benghazi because they were needed in Tripoli in the event of an attack on the U.S. Embassy.

Republicans argue the United States wasn't prepared to respond adequately to the Benghazi attack.

They accuse the Obama administration of downplaying or covering up the administration's handling of the attack, its lead-up and aftermath during the heat of the 2012 presidential campaign.

"Colonel Bristol has experience that could be valuable in deepening our understanding of the events of that day," a committee source told The Hill.

"Of particular interest to the committee is what our posture was in the weeks and months that preceded the attack," the source said.

Bristol, a seasoned combat commander, stepped down from his task force commander post in March.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: benghazi; benghazicoverup; colbristol; fastandfurious; georgebristol; impeachnow; irs; obamasfault; partisanmediashill; partisanmediashills; quidproquo; standdown; zerogoesunderthebus
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To: RedHeeler

Take your blood pressure medicine first, but dig into ALL those links, even the ones behind the photos and the removed “images” .


161 posted on 08/02/2013 6:06:06 PM PDT by Yosemitest (It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
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To: 2banana

I’ve been saying this for weeks. When GEN Ham joined hillary’s “what difference does it make” camp, I knew the fix was in for Bristol saying the same thing.

Both men clearly value their lives and careers above the truth on the Benghazi murders.

We are not, nor ever will be, allowed to know what really happened and why our brave American men were murdered.


162 posted on 08/02/2013 10:09:17 PM PDT by Prole
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To: CyberAnt
No stand down order

but, No order to move either

No lies there

I resisted joining the politicians game when Vietnam was raging, and if I was young now I would do the same with this idiotic "WOT"

the US government is evil and rotten, Id rather stay home and mind my own than be one of the disposable bodies for the rotten disgusting politicians to do their evil deeds in some godforsaken hell hole

life is too short for that

but utmost respect to those who choose to play that game for their own noble reasons

163 posted on 08/02/2013 10:15:03 PM PDT by KTM rider ( Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb)
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To: Yosemitest

bookmark for later. great compilation of info


164 posted on 08/03/2013 8:08:24 AM PDT by azkathy (OBAMA IS WEARING OUT MY CAPS LOCK!!!)
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To: azkathy
Check this out:
165 posted on 08/03/2013 9:28:13 AM PDT by Yosemitest (It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
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To: xzins
"A Marine operations commander told lawmakers Wednesday he gave troops in Libya permission to respond to a September 2012 attack on a U.S. mission in Tripoli.

I am confused.....

166 posted on 08/03/2013 10:37:35 AM PDT by yoe ("They Come To America" order it now: http://www.theycometoamerica.com/buy-dvd/)
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To: KTM rider

You are correct .. without the signing of the CBA, there was nothing more to be done.

You only give a “stand down order” if you have previously given a “go order”.

Obviously, Obama did not sign the CBA; so there was NO GO order.


167 posted on 08/03/2013 1:05:42 PM PDT by CyberAnt (AMERICA: "... I'm terrified it's slipping away.")
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To: ChildOfThe60s
Amen to that, FRiend! Well said!


America demands Justice for the Fallen of Benghazi!

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

168 posted on 08/03/2013 7:05:43 PM PDT by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
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To: gaijin
Gaijin, what is the source of that quote?


America demands Justice for the Fallen of Benghazi!

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

169 posted on 08/03/2013 7:12:50 PM PDT by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
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To: xzins

They had almost a year to get their stories straight.

Guess we’ll never know.


170 posted on 08/03/2013 10:21:01 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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To: xzins; All

Well if the COP told the LTC he could respond as he saw fit, and a VIP told the LTC to stand down, who’s the VIP???

We still have not barked up the right tree yet in this WHOLE investigation...Someone is not doing their JOB, and we’ll all end up doing KP...

All kidding aside, there is still no real definitive word from the GEN HAMM (AFRICOM) and ADM Gyotte (Carrier Battle Group Commander, in the area)...They were relieved of command that very day of the attack...

I’d love to hear what they have to say...But then again...If they re-appear, they may end up being Fort Marcy Park’d before we ever do...


171 posted on 08/03/2013 10:45:10 PM PDT by stevie_d_64 (It's not the color of one's skin that offends people...it's how thin it is.)
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To: SADMILLIE

You don’t know that 0thugga is a homo?

Seriously?

Or are you referring to someone else?


172 posted on 08/03/2013 11:10:47 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
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To: livius

I admittedly am ignorant about how the military works, but if there were assets in Libya, why would they have needed the CIC (so called) to give an order? The CIC alone would have had to give a CBA / Cross Border Authority order though if the assets were outside of Libya.


173 posted on 08/03/2013 11:12:43 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
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To: Lancey Howard

Portrait of conflicts to come....


174 posted on 08/09/2013 8:44:48 AM PDT by onedoug
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