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Well, we are finding out exactly what happened, the president again said. I can tell you, as Ive said over the last couple of months since this happened, the minute I found out what was happening, I gave three very clear directives. Number one, make sure that we are securing our personnel and doing whatever we need to. Number two, were going to investigate exactly what happened so that it doesnt happen again. Number three, find out who did this so we can bring them to justice. And I guarantee you that everyone in the state department, our military, the CIA, you name it, had number one priority making sure that people were safe. These were our folks and were going to find out exactly what happened, but what were also going to do it make sure that we are identifying those who carried out these terrible attacks.This so wrong on so many levels.
Fist of all he has not said these things over the last couple of months since the minute it happened.
Second, how can he say that his first directive was to secure our personnel when in fact that clearly never happened! So who did that directive failure fall upon?
The rest of it said in past tense. How do you speak in past tense the minute it happens?