Lawmaker Ignores His Own Facts To Make Debunked Benghazi Claim by Michael McAuliff | Huffington Post | Posted: 05/09/2014 10:59 am EDT Excerpts: WASHINGTON -- "Politicians are notorious for pushing witnesses to say things in hearings that will reinforce a certain conclusion. Somewhat less common is the lawmaker who completely ignores the testimony he elicits. But the creation of the new House select committee to investigate the oft-investigated Benghazi attack offers a fine example in Rep. John Mica (R-Fla.). Last week, Mica, a member of Rep. Darrell Issa's Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, held a hearing during which he questioned retired Brig. General Robert Lovell, who was running the military intelligence operation involved in monitoring the Sept. 11, 2012, assault in the Libyan city on the Mediterranean coast. Mica noted that he and Issa had visited the U.S. military facilities in Germany, Italy and Spain before the Benghazi attack, and that they had been told the military would be able to respond in just such an emergency. Mica pressed Lovell repeatedly, demanding to know whether the general thought forces could have and should have been able to reach the beleaguered outpost. Lovell answered that they could have done so if the capabilities had been in place, and that there should have been a way for the military to respond. He emphasized that he was testifying because he wanted to make sure that in the future, such capabilities would be on hand. But he agreed adamantly with the Republican-led House Armed Services Committee, whose report concluded that the military did all it could do on that tragic night. "That's a fact," Lovell said. But this Thursday, shortly before voting to create the new committee, Mica said exactly the opposite, casting what Lovell would have liked as if it were what actually existed. "We know our military had the ability to save those Americans," Mica said Thursday, in apparent contradiction of Lovell's testimony. 'We know that the State Department had the ability to keep those Americans safe, and no one acted.' " read: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/09/john-mica-benghazi_n_5294767.html ..... IMO: When a republican member of Issa's oversight committee can ignore testimony as to the ability to respond in an attack, as Brig Gen Lovell specified that if all the capabilities had been in place, a response would have been possible...those capabilities were not in place because of the same Oversight Committee's refusal to provide the requested funds for additional troops as more security was needed at the Embassy. It was requested by multiple leaders and soldiers, but was turned down by Issa's group and the attack occurred shortly after, killing 4 Americans. The Chairman Issa and his committee are the people responsible for those deaths by refusing proper security to be added per multiple requests. The deaths remain at the feet of the Oversight Committee and Chairman Issa for failing to realize the gravity of the lack of proper back-up and refusing taxpayer funds for additional troops needed for that protection. The fault lies with the Oversight Cimmittee and its Chairman, not the workers and soldiers stationed at the Benghazi Embassy who begged for more troops for their security. A thorough independent investigation should be held immediately to give the public truthful, complete information on the Benghazi incident that cost 4 American lives thru criminal negligence of the republican Oversight Committee and its Chairman.
But Obama order them not to help . 13 times this has been investigated all with same results .........(*)(*)(*)(*) happens in dangerous parts of the world .
Well there were enough "capabilities" in place to get forces from Souda Bay, Crete to Benghazi in a mere 90 minutes. Why weren't they sent then? General Martin Dempsey said simply, "The State Department did not request it". http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/07/us/panetta-benghazi-hearing/ So there you have it. No one acted because no one requested they act!
