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.
SEPTEMBER 10, 2012 : (WH SPOKESMAN FINDS QUESTION ABOUT OBAMA’S POOR ATTENDANCE ON INTEL BRIEFS “HILARIOUS”) When Washington Post columnist Marc Thiessen and the Government Accountability Institute reported that President Obama has attended less than half of his Presidential Daily Briefs (PDBs) on intelligence, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney called the findings “hilarious.” ———Obama Reverses Position on Intel Briefs, Drops iPad for Live Meetings, Breitbart ^ | Sept. 19, 2012 | Wynton Hall Wednesday, September 19, 2012 9:44:35 PM · by indpndtguy
Thankfully Issa is shutting Cummings down now.
Cummings purposely avoiding warning period before attacks and removal of military assets despite warnings.
Gee...Cummings gets to “testify” without the burden of swearing truthfulness. How convenient. I guess he’s special because he’s CBC......
If Cummings keeps quoting Dempsey. Issa needs to insist Dempsey testify again. Right now.
Cummings is simply doing what they do...filling the void with anything and everything that may or not have anything to do with this..(distraction).....he’s like a moviestar who sucks up all the air in the room.
Issa knows what he is doing...
9-12 hours? Are you freaking kidding me? There were NO American airpower in the region, Cummings? That is just simply ridiculous. How long would it take to get a B-2 from Texas to Libya?
SEPTEMBER 2012 mid : (WHERE’S THE MEDIA?) I thought that suffering our biggest aviation losses since Vietnam, 8 Harriers and the squadron leader, this week [IN AFGHANISTAN], was massive war news, but is anyone covering it?Are the people on cable or TV covering it? I don’t much of anything on it, on the net.
2 posted on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 10:11:58 PM by ansel12
and what does he mean when he says “you all” ?
btt
How in the world can that man use so many words to say so little?
Hicks: -— “Their view -—”Libyans would not stand if they were aware American aircraft were in the vicinity.””
???
Finally Issa tells Cummings that the ambassador is not the person to ask about the possibility of the military response.
Cummings said folks are here for no reason. Cummings says he is doing all he can to protect witnesses. Another threat?
Yes Cummings, please bring up POS Panetta. They did so much, yet he said they can’t send someone in without knowing the situation. Hello EUCOM, SOCEUR, Sigonella, Aviano, Naval assets.
They sure sent them in to give guns to terrorists quick though.
Plans are made for these situations, the hotter the area, the more, before they go.
Cummings is a POS and it’s not about him.
Please God. Someone cut him off.
Why do you think they put him in this position? To do just this! VERY frustrating. He needs to be shot down FAST!
cummings is an asshat - he's wasting time, hicks keeps giving him the same answer and this idiot cummings just keeps rewording the question. This is outrageous.
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