GOP senators assail Gen. Dempsey and Obama for response to Benghazi attack
Source: MSNBC
Panetta told the panel there were two short-duration attacks that occurred six hours apart. “We were not dealing with a prolonged or continuous assault which could have been brought to an end by a U.S. military response,” Panetta said.
Both Dempsey and Panetta said the best situation would have been to have had U.S. forces on the ground before the attack to defend the facility.
Two other Republican members of the committee, Sen. Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire and Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, pressed Panetta and Dempsey on how many times they directly briefed Obama on attack on the day occurred – the answer was once.
Both Ayotte and Graham implied that Obama ought to have asked more questions and been more involved in keeping apprised of the events in Benghazi in real time. On her Twitter account, Ayotte said while the hearing was in progress, “POTUS outsourced #Benghazi response.”
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I can't believe that a sitting US Senator would tweet snarky attacks on our President, especially DURING A HEARING. No wait, I can believe it. It's a Republican, and this is 2013. That's the way they roll.
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They ignored reliable information saying that it was going to happen...
They screwed around on vacation in the days leading up to it, when they should have been issuing warnings and taking precautions...
Oh, sorry. Wrong incident. It was BUSH that did all of that before 9/11.
But the GOP was just as hard on the Bush Administration, hammering them non-stop, one hearing after another, condemning their actions (or lack of) right?
Oh, wait...
