Posted on 09/18/2013 4:02:23 AM PDT by don-o
In the year since the Benghazi terrorist attack took the lives of four Americans, House Republicans have continually pressed the Obama administration for answers regarding events preceding the attack, the administration’s response, and what has been done to protect the lives of Americans going forward. Those efforts will continue with three House committee hearings this week. Here’s more:
The House Foreign Affairs Committee holds a hearing Wednesday, September 18th at 10 am ET titled: “Benghazi: Where is the State Department Accountability?” The committee notes that four employees placed on administration leave following the attack have recently been re-assigned within the department. This hearing “will examine why no one inside the State Department has yet been held accountable for the failures and deficiencies identified” in the Benghazi Accountability Review Board’s report. [TUNE IN HERE ] The House Oversight & Government Reform Committee holds a hearing Thursday, September 19th at 9:30 am ET with Benghazi Accountability Review Board co-chairs Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering and Admiral Michael G. Mullen, USN (Ret.), members of the Department’s security panel that conducted a review, and family members of those killed in the attack. The hearing will focus on the review board’s investigation and questions that still remain regarding the attack and the administration’s response. [TUNE IN HERE] The House Armed Services Committee will hold a hearing Thursday, September 19th at 3:30 pm ET on lessons from Benghazi and the Defense Department’s ability to respond to similar attacks today. [TUNE IN HERE]
Earlier this year, House Republicans released an interim report on Benghazi outlining the findings of five committees of jurisdiction investigating the attacks, and laying out next steps – including additional hearings and an ongoing effort to obtain access to witnesses and information being withheld by the Obama administration. “It is disgraceful that one year later, even though a number of the terrorists who participated in this attack have been identified, not a single one has been brought to justice, Speaker Boehner said last week, pledging that Republicans “will press forward with our investigation until we have answers, full accountability, and justice.”
Mr. Garry Reid
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Special Operations & Low-Intensity Conflict), Department of Defense
Witnesses
Mr. Garry Reid
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Special Operations & Low-Intensity Conflict), Department of Defense
Major General Darryl Roberson, USAF
Vice Director, Operations (J-3), Department of Defense, Joint Staff
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Thanks for picking up these YouTube clips.
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Found these too!
Benghazi Victim’s Father Praises GOP Rep.’s Work in Investigation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fu0ONZeEpg
Benghazi Victim’s Mother: ‘Why Isn’t Hillary Out Here?’
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzSN0xaVgJ0
The committee was slow on the switch.
Hiw theheck do you DO that???
First question out:
if the resources you NOW have in place would have been in place in 2012, would it have made a difference in the response?
Ans: yes
Looked like the room is pretty much void of spectators.
So Libya, in the hands of radicals, wasn’t “hardened” or considered to be “dangerous” enough to warrant additional scrutiny by SoS or Def?
You might be asking how I found the link with the witnesses?
I found the armed services committee page then looked for hearings on the top menu.
http://armedservices.house.gov/
>>> scroll to the bottom and hit the icon “hearing Calendar”
>>> scroll down one third way down and choose
Defense Department’s posture for September 11, 2013: What are the Lessons of Benghazi?
brings you here
Armed Services hearing...
Are there any bright bulbs on this committee? seems like a sloooow start and off the target.
No. I meant find all those clips so fast and then get them posted so fast.
The opening congresswoman mentioned that nine members from the Big Committee For Armed Services want to “sit in” and ask questions.
Could we be lucky enough to see Gowdy, Jordan and some of the others ask questions?
Oversight subcommittee
http://armedservices.house.gov/index.cfm/oversight-investigations
The person who was speaking
Niki Tsongas, Massachusetts
http://tsongas.house.gov/
http://twitter.com/nikiinthehouse
http://www.youtube.com/user/RepTsongas
Speaking now
Austin Scott , Georgia
http://austinscott.house.gov/
http://twitter.com/#!/AustinScottGA08
http://www.youtube.com/user/RepAustinScott
on most reps home page, you can find the link to twitter and you tube
Ambassador hadn’t been in Libya for a year...
True? I didn’t know that! Recalling we had info about why Hillary sent him there then. Had to do with “budget,” IIRC
I hope we are surprised, but I agree with you. I scanned the list at their website and no name leapt off the page.
post 555 - to elaborate, IIRC, a time constraint re: “budget”
Rep. Scott: the ambassador was the target for assassination. [The bad guys] couldn’t get that lucky.
No. I meant find all those clips so fast and then get them posted so fast.
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I have bookmarked several political you tube channels
One of them is National Review Online
http://www.youtube.com/user/NROVideos/feed
Then I just reload the page to see new videos.
I search videos a lot for a popular blog NoisyRoom.net
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