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Who ordered the Special Forces at Tripoli to 'stand down?'

Who ordered the Special Forces at Tripoli to 'stand down?'


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I don't know
 
I think it was someone at State or The Order came from the White House. But Not specifically from the President, but at this point he can't be ruled out.



General Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the State Department never requested "support" in Benghazi:
"Why didn't you put forces in place to be ready to respond?," Senator John McCain asked the general.

Dempsey started, "Because we never received a request to do so, number one. And number two, we --"

McCain iterrupted, "You never heard of Ambassador Stevens's repeated warnings?"

"I had, through General Ham," responded Dempsey, referring to the commander of AFRICOM. "But we never received a request for support from the State Department, which would have allowed us to put forces--"

"So it's the State Department's fault?"

"I'm not blaming the State Department," Dempsey responded.
 
I also happened to find this on Fact Check. Org while rehashing Embassy Security funding.....evidenced. ;)

Biden claimed that Ryan “cut embassy security in his budget $300 million below what we asked for.” That’s an exaggeration. The fiscal year 2012 funding was $264 million less than the administration had requested, and the funding isn’t only for security. It covers construction and maintenance as well.


Biden: Number one, the — this lecture on embassy security — the congressman here cut embassy security in his budget by $300 million below what we asked for, number one.

The Obama administration requested $1.801 billion for embassy security, construction and maintenance for the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, according to The Hill newspaper. And House Republicans came back with a proposal to cut spending to $1.425 billion. Ultimately, the Republican-controlled House agreed to increase funding to $1.537 billion after negotiations with the Senate.

Biden also claimed that the administration wasn’t aware of security concerns among U.S. officials in Libya before the attack on the consulate in Benghazi that killed four Americans. The vice president said: “[W]e weren’t told they wanted more security there. We did not know they wanted more security again.

We can’t say whether requests for more security — which were denied — reached the top. But American officials who worked in Libya over the summer placed the blame on a deputy assistant secretary of state — not top administration officials — when testifying before Congress this week.

Eric Nordstrom, the top regional security officer in Libya over the summer, said: “All of us at post were in sync that we wanted these resources.”

Andrew Wood, a Utah National Guardsman who was leading a security team, testified: ”We felt great frustration that those requests were ignored or just never met.”

They placed the blame squarely on Charlene Lamb, deputy assistant secretary of state for international programs, according to Foreign Policy magazine.....snip~

FactCheck.org : Veep Debate Violations
 
If I knew who ordered the Special Forces to stand down, I would have been testifying in front of Congress yesterday.
 
If I knew who ordered the Special Forces to stand down, I would have been testifying in front of Congress yesterday.

I can't remember the name of the guy who Hicks said was on the Phone trying to get Libyan Assets.....but one would think he would know since he was on the Wire and contacting all before Classified info and Equipment was destroyed. But we do know Senator Cruz got this Answer out of Panetta and Dempsey. But we do know the Secretary of State or CIA does monitor all calls. (course I am sure China, Russia, and Israel are too)


Panetta, Dempsey: No communication with Clinton

At a Thursday hearing in the Senate, Republican Ted Cruz asked both Leon Panetta and General Dempsey if they had been in contact with Hillary Clinton

CRUZ: In between 9:42 p.m., Benghazi time, when the first attacks started, and 5:15 am, when Mr. Doherty and Mr. Woods lost their lives, what conversations did either of you have with Secretary Clinton?

PANETTA: We did not have any conversations with Secretary Clinton

CRUZ: And General Dempsey, the same is true for you?

Dempsey confirmed.....snip~

2012 Benghazi Attack | Newslines

Had to be State or WH.....IMO!
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Psst! Psst!

It was zimmer.....
 
I can't remember the name of the guy who Hicks said was on the Phone trying to get Libyan Assets.....but one would think he would know since he was on the Wire and contacting all before Classified info and Equipment was destroyed. But we do know Senator Cruz got this Answer out of Panetta and Dempsey. But we do know the Secretary of State or CIA does monitor all calls. (course I am sure China, Russia, and Israel are too)


Panetta, Dempsey: No communication with Clinton

At a Thursday hearing in the Senate, Republican Ted Cruz asked both Leon Panetta and General Dempsey if they had been in contact with Hillary Clinton

CRUZ: In between 9:42 p.m., Benghazi time, when the first attacks started, and 5:15 am, when Mr. Doherty and Mr. Woods lost their lives, what conversations did either of you have with Secretary Clinton?

PANETTA: We did not have any conversations with Secretary Clinton

CRUZ: And General Dempsey, the same is true for you?

Dempsey confirmed.....snip~

2012 Benghazi Attack | Newslines

Had to be State or WH.....IMO!
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There seems to be a cover up in progress.
 
1. We don't know who
2. We can be fairly safely assured it wasn't the Pentagon
3. There absolutely was a cover up, and SecState absolutely did stand over the coffins of our fallen and lie about the manner of their death to the nation in order to support a Presidential Campaign.
 
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