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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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KEYWORDS: benghazi; benghazicoverup; colbristol; fastandfurious; georgebristol; impeachnow; irs; obamasfault; partisanmediashill; partisanmediashills; quidproquo; standdown; zerogoesunderthebus
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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.

Someone is lying or someone else told LTC Gibson to stand down or someone is playing a semantics game.

1 posted on 07/31/2013 6:53:04 PM PDT by xzins
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To: xzins

Was there a rescue ... or not?

If not, he is liar because CBA
is ONLY issued by the undocumented, unaccountable,
foreign born, pRes_ _ent, who was busy watching
the rapes and murders on live TV.


2 posted on 07/31/2013 6:55:45 PM PDT by Diogenesis
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To: xzins

You would think a SOF commander would have more balls...


3 posted on 07/31/2013 6:57:31 PM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: Diogenesis

Someone is lying is my take on this.

That’s why they were so anxious to muster him out into retirement before he could testify, and even misrepresented his retirement date. (Probably on terminal leave.)

“He didn’t want to have to lie, so they pretended he retired” is my take on this.


4 posted on 07/31/2013 6:58:44 PM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for their victory!)
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To: xzins

JSOC is a military WITHIN the military —they get their high-priority missions STRAIGHT from the Gay Muslim, and you can be sure that the pressure is always VERY intense, to say nothing of how it is after this huge G.F. from hell.

HE IS BUCKING FOR GENERAL AND THIS IS ALL LEGAL SEMANTICS.

I would have expected this from an Air Force General, sure, but from a Marine Colonel somehow this chapter is a very, very bitter pill.

Semper Fi, Colonel...?

(bitterly shaking head)


5 posted on 07/31/2013 6:58:46 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: xzins

My gut feeling is that Bristol is not being straight with us. I really don’t want to think that a Marine is doing that. But I accept the possibility.


6 posted on 07/31/2013 6:58:48 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there)
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To: 2banana

Maybe he wants a star as his reward for reading a script.


7 posted on 07/31/2013 6:59:21 PM PDT by henkster (The 0bama regime isn't a train wreck, it's a B 17 raid on the rail yard.)
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To: xzins

Impeachment File on Benghazi Coward “B. Hussein Obama,” formerly known as Barry Soetoro, currently a Legal Citizen of the Sovereign Nation of Indonesia.


8 posted on 07/31/2013 6:59:34 PM PDT by Graewoulf (Traitor John Roberts' Commune-Style Obama'care' violates U.S. Constitution AND Anti-Trust Law.)
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To: xzins

Mind boggling. They were ordered to help, but didn’t bother to?

Color me skeptical.


9 posted on 07/31/2013 6:59:36 PM PDT by null and void (You don't know what "cutting edge" means till you insult Mohammed.)
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To: henkster

He is retiring, but that really means nothing for a bird colonel. He could be brought back on active at a later more propitious time at the drop of a hat.

Then he could get his star.


10 posted on 07/31/2013 7:01:53 PM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for their victory!)
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To: gaijin

I felt the same way when a retired Marine judge in Orange County threw out a Constitutional eligibility challenge.


11 posted on 07/31/2013 7:02:24 PM PDT by null and void (You don't know what "cutting edge" means till you insult Mohammed.)
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To: xzins

The ambassador was in Benghazi and they were in tripoli protecting a building


12 posted on 07/31/2013 7:03:41 PM PDT by morphing libertarian
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To: xzins
Someone is lying

Yes, I'd say way more than one person is lying.

13 posted on 07/31/2013 7:03:44 PM PDT by jazusamo ("I am so old that I can remember when most of the people promoting race hate were white." T. Sowell)
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IMO, wherever the Ambassador is, that IS where the embassy is.


14 posted on 07/31/2013 7:05:34 PM PDT by bigheadfred (INFIDEL)
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To: ChildOfThe60s; Lancey Howard; jazusamo; Jim Robinson; Girlene; bigheadfred; smoothsailing; ...
My gut feeling is that Bristol is not being straight with us. I really don’t want to think that a Marine is doing that. But I accept the possibility.

Something here isn't "always faithful"

15 posted on 07/31/2013 7:06:00 PM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for their victory!)
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To: ChildOfThe60s
Honesty, respect, valor, honor, dignity, duty.. It's all dead. If I want to see all of these things, I watch a Royal wedding in Britain or the North Koreans march.

This is what WE'VE turned into:


16 posted on 07/31/2013 7:06:32 PM PDT by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America (If Americans were as concerned for their country as Egyptians are, Obama would be ousted!)
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To: bigheadfred
IMO, wherever the Ambassador is, that IS where the embassy is.

That sure as heck is where a good portion of their mission is!

17 posted on 07/31/2013 7:07:36 PM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for their victory!)
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To: xzins

Yep someone is lying here.


18 posted on 07/31/2013 7:07:57 PM PDT by Red Steel
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To: Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America

To hell with that

Read this

http://www.2ndmlg.marines.mil/News/NewsArticleDisplay/tabid/3874/Article/146951/texas-marine-recognized-for-valor-in-afghanistan.aspx


19 posted on 07/31/2013 7:09:05 PM PDT by don-o (He will not share His glory, and He will not be mocked! Blessed be the Name of the Lord forever!)
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To: xzins

The CYA briefing has been vetted and well rehearsed.


20 posted on 07/31/2013 7:09:05 PM PDT by TADSLOS (The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
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