Posted on 05/08/2013 6:00:25 AM PDT by kristinn
Hearing details:
WASHINGTON – House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa today announced three witnesses who will appear at a full committee hearing, “Benghazi: Exposing Failure and Recognizing Courage,” on Wednesday, May 8, 2013, at 11:30 AM in 2154 Rayburn House Office Building.
“I applaud these individuals for answering our call to testify in front of the Committee. They have critical information about what occurred before, during, and after the Benghazi terrorist attacks that differs on key points from what Administration officials – including those on the Accountability Review Board – have portrayed,” said Issa. “Our committee has been contacted by numerous other individuals who have direct knowledge of the Benghazi terrorist attack, but are not yet prepared to testify. In many cases their principal reticence of appearing in public is their concern of retaliation at the hands of their respective employers. While we may yet add additional witnesses, this panel will certainly answer some questions and leave us with many new ones.”
Witnesses: Mr. Mark Thompson
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Counterterrorism
US Department of State
Mr. Gregory Hicks
Foreign Service Officer and former Deputy Chief of Mission/Chargé d’Affairs in Libya
US Department of State
Mr. Eric Nordstrom
Diplomatic Security Officer and former Regional Security Officer in Libya
US Department of State
In October 2012, the Oversight Committee held the first hearing on the Benghazi attacks, which exposed denials of security requests and forced the Administration to acknowledge that the attacks were not sparked by a protest of a YouTube video, contrary to claims made by Obama Administration officials.
*** NOTE: Press seating will be reserved, but limited. Please arrive early (hearing room will open to press at 10:30 AM) to guarantee a seat. An overflow area will be available. ***
Hearing Details:
Wednesday, May 8th, 2013
“Benghazi: Exposing Failure and Recognizing Courage”
Full Committee, Chairman Darrell Issa, (R-CA) 11:30 a.m. in 2154 Rayburn House Office Building and streaming live at oversight.house.gov.
The hearing is also scheduled to be shown live on C-SPAN 3 and Fox News.
Live stream at C-SPAN.
Also check Fox News live stream.
Chaffetz is usually awesome.
Go Jason.
Issa and the GOP are doing a GREAT job...opening up doors..letting a little info show...mentioning that they have to have MORE hearings..this is perfectly choreographed..
Sheeesh.
Covering for Hitlery.
I am watching the hearing on television on CSPAN-3.
Obama’s policy is not to escalate or respond. At any time. We are to be destroyed.
Ham gave to go ahead and was relieved right then. This was 0bama.
I’ll bet he never got any commands to rescue from Obozo, who was getting ready for bed.
Oh, no! Back to Cummings. SHUT UP!
Shut up Cummings.
Yeah Cummings, get the docs so you can sanitize and spin it ahead of time.
No suspension Cummings, keep it moving.
Thanks for that info!
When Reagan was President and we bombed Tripoli, France would not allow us to overfly their territory.
F-111's had to fly from England around France and Spain into the Mediterrean. And then back to England. That meant refueling mulitple times.
However, when Reagan was President (especially in his second term), our Army, Navy, and Air Force were significantly beefed up.
Obama is hacking our military to the bone right now in favor of... ...finding more people to put on food stamps...
Interrupting the momentum.
Cummings “lost” a document to stall. SNAKE!
Chaffetz — where did the stand-down order come from?
Ham was in Washington
Hicks— AfriCom or SOCAfrica
Chaffetz choking back tears.
what’s funny is that when Obama was bombing Libya it didn’t take 20 hrs to get there.
Gowdy is fearless!! He's just what South Carolina needs in the Senate to replace goober.
Yeah, can we get back to that question? Nice interruption....
Nice try Elijah but FAIL!
He’ll, lets not stop there. Gowdy needs to replace Boehner.
Great Move! Asking for documents from witnesses the committee does not have.
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