REP. ELIJAH CUMMINGS: Admiral Mullen, in your review, did you have access to all military information, data, and people necessary to evaluate the military's response?
MULLEN: I did.
CUMMINGS: And I understand from your interview transcript that you conducted this examination not once but twice. Is that correct?
MULLEN: The first time Mr. Cummings was to -- with actually, with all members of the ARB, we went to the Pentagon to review it in detail. And then the second time I went back by myself when this became an issue that there were certainly questions being raised about it. I went back again to verify and validate what I had done before and I found nothing different in that, the military response. The military did everything they possibly could that night. They just couldn't get there in time.
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MULLEN: It goes to our core, when people are in trouble, to do everything we possibly can to help them out. And there were many forces that moved that night, including a special operation force in Europe that ended up in a base in southern Europe, a large special operations force from the United States which moved under direction as soon as -- as soon as they were given orders. A group of Marines that essentially were sent in from Spain into Tripoli the next day. It literally became -- this is not something you can just wish to happen instantly. There's a lot of planning, preparation, as rapidly -- to do it as rapidly as one can do it.
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CUMMINGS: So admiral, what do you say in response to those members who continue to this day to imply that the military somehow fell down on the job?
MULLEN: They didn't fall down on the job and I just completely disagree with that view.
Saturday, September 21, 2013
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It looks like the Benghazi attack will be a wingnut meme for years to come. The meme includes the claim that the military was ordered to "stand down" and some assertions that military help could have arrived in time to prevent the death of Amb. Stevens. The testimony of former CJCS Adm. Mike Mullen demolishes those parts of the meme:
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http://www.dailypaul.com/296187/dennis-kucinich-obamas-benghazi-response-political
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/kucinich-benghazi-obama-clinton/2013/05/12/id/504056
Some of the liberals are accusing Kucinich of playing into the hands of the Cruz-types.
I hope they all opposed Obama on Libya and I hope all in both parties oppose the CIA running guns and influence out of Benghazi.
These are the scandals.
the CIA running guns and influence out of Benghazi.
These are the scandals.
I've heard about the gun running but has it been confirmed?
http://www.wnd.com/2013/08/cnn-confirms-wnd-reporting-on-gun-running-in-benghazi/
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