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Subscribe to RSSCongressman Peter King, who serves as Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, tells TODAY's Matt Lauer that the FBI had an "absolute obligation to tell the president" as soon as General Petraeus' name came up in the agency's investigation.
The chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee says she will seek testimony from former CIA Director David Petraeus, who resigned Friday as CIA director after acknowledging an extramarital affair, about the September attack on the consulate in Benghazi, Libya, that left four Americans dead.
“I have no doubt now that we will need to talk with David Petraeus and we will likely do that in closed session. But it will be done one way or another,” Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., told NBC News’ Andrea Mitchell on Monday.
Feinstein also she also may subpoena reports on a trip Petraeus took to Libya in the last year.
“I believe that Director Petraeus made a trip to the region shortly before this (Petraeus affair) became public,” Feinstein said on "Andrea Mitchell Reports." “We have asked to see the trip report. One person tells me he’s read it, and then we try to get it and they tell me it hasn’t been done. That’s unacceptable.”
“It may have some very relevant information to what happened in Benghazi,” Feinstein said.
A week and a half ago, Petraeus went to Tripoli and conducted a personal inquiry into the Benghazi attack, NBC News has confirmed.
Petraeus has not commented on his trip to Benghazi last month.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., tells NBC's Andrea Mitchell that "a decision was made somewhere not to brief" the Senate Intelligence Committee about on the Petraeus affair and compares the scandal to "peeling an onion," saying "every day another peel comes off," revealing "a new dimension"
Petraeus revelation began as cyber-harassment probe
Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens, information management officer Sean Smith and security personnel Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty were killed in the Benghazi attack on Sept. 11-12.
Petraeus, a decorated four-star general who received widespread praise for the surge strategy that helped stabilize the insurgency in Iraq, resigned as CIA director on Friday, citing an extramarital affair.
Numerous federal government officials have told NBC News that the married general had a relationship with his biographer, Paula Broadwell, 40, who authored “All In,” a book about Petraeus’ education.
Feinstein said she received no advance notice of Petraeus’ resignation or the affair.
The affair came to light after an FBI investigation into harassing emails sent to a family friend of Petraeus, Jill Kelley, sources have told NBC News. The investigation traced the emails to Broadwell, who revealed the affair. Petraeus also admitted the affair.
The FBI determined that no criminal charges would be filed as a result of the investigation.
Lawmakers question timing of Petraeus resignation
But now, Feinstein has linked the Petraeus affair with another controversy within the Obama administration – the attack on the Benghazi diplomatic mission in Libya.
The Senate Intelligence committee planned to start closed-door hearings on the Benghazi attack on Thursday with further proceedings expected to follow. Petraeus had been expected to testify at the hearings before he resigned as CIA director.
Republican lawmakers and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney have criticized the administration’s evolving explanation of what triggered the Benghazi attack. Officials early on said it was a spontaneous reaction during a protest about an anti-Islamic film. Later, it was termed a planned terrorist attack.
Questions have also been raised about whether the consulate had adequate security and whether the State Department responded appropriately to requests for more protection.
Feinstein also questioned Broadwell's role as Petraeus' biographer.
“It’s a rather confused situation because at one point she was an Army reservist doing intelligence-related work, at the same time she was doing a journalist’s work, a biography on David Petraeus,” Feinstein said. “It seems to me these two things don’t go together, it seems to me someone who becomes active military should not be writing a book.”
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His Trip Report has to be re-written to support the Democratic Propaganda Machine's Agenda! Why not have Open Hearings on this? More Cover Ups and Lies! {:-(}
Lets. And we can then find out why in the HELL CANTOR was notified back in October.
The media can try and spin Benghazi all they want but eventually the truth will come out. Looks like there will be alot of people getting thrown under the bus in the next few weeks and months.
The real question is: who really gives a $$$$? I certainly don't. But go right on feeling good about yourselves while posting such "expert" garbage. Must be nice not having a life.
How did Cantor know about everything last summer? It sounds like he was part of the cover up.
Conspiracy theorists never learn do they?
Hillary/Warren,
Good idea then we can vote in people like Warren who lie about their backgrounds to get special treatment. Nice attempt at trying to distract. In your eyes party is more important than country.
the bs from the right wingnuts never ends does it?
Let's discuss this - Libya - terrorist nation ... sh*t happens - it is sad - but how many people a day are killed in our own country due to "intelligence" screw ups? ... I mean come on people .. don't you have anything better to do than go down all these tributaries searching for a pot of gold at the end of the mythical rainbow?
Hillary,
More tolerance and acceptance from a left wing nazi. Just bury your head back in the sand.
Yes, more cover-ups and lies. Feinstein wants closed hearings in order to cover up the chain of events while they make it look like there is an investigation.
Right now Ms Feinstein, you are WAY far back in the line of people that want to talk to the General, LOL! I imagine his wife is making his life a living hell right about now!
Like my dad always told me... Pussy ain't for free. It'll cost you something! It brings the best men to their knees in more ways than one!
This affair was known about for a couple of months. The timing of all of this, coming out right before he was to testify about Bengazi is very suspicious. Could it be that they tried to use this to pressure Patraeus to change his testimony regarding Bengazi and when he refused they used this to take him down?!?! This would be in line with the usual dirty tricks in Washington. Not that I am defending what Patraeus did, obviously it showed poor judgement on his part, but the way DC works this could have been kept quiet and he could have kept his job. I think he refused to toe the party line on Bengazi so this was used to take him down and keep him from testifying before Congress. The plan was to have the acting D/CIA will testify and he is a political hack who will likely stick with the administration story. Now hopefully with Patraeus to testify the truth will come out, although with the hearings being closed door that is far less likely.
Hey Bob... you are correct sir... it is sad, and it is unfortunate that Sh*t does happen, and people do die! But I think the looming questions are....
A) Why was there not enough security on ground?
B) Why did the Administration watch a live feed for 7 hours....and not respond?
C) Why were our boys on the ground told to stand down?
D) Why was there no Marine QRF spun up?
E) Why were the spector gun ships available to the air not re-directed?
F) Why were no other air assets within an hour of the Embassy scrambled?
For God Sake, this went on for 7 hours....to have so many assets ready and willing and within an hour or so from there......HOW DID THIS PLAY OUT SO WRONG? Why did 2 Brave Seals ignore orders and act alone, ultimately costing them their lives. Out of all the eyes watching this unfold.....only 2 men had the sense to do something about it? Seriously.... And then finally why was the American Public told for almost 2 weeks about a video that had absolutely nothing to do with the situation at hand.
If it walks like a duck, quakes like a duck, and sh*ts though feathers.... I'd call it a DUCK! Something just isn't right about this, and WE THE PEOPLE WANT ANSWERS.... not BS LIES!
Just another veteran,
Thank you for your service. Its getting pointless arguing with Bobby. He has some misplaced anger and wants to throw out the race card and call people crazy because of the lies that are being put out by this administration. He is a coward.
Hillary,
You can thank Obama for the economy, he owns it now.
Hillary/Warren2016 - OMG, who let you out of the assylum? Please people, don't respond to this whackjob.
I have this sinking feeling that even if Obama himself organized the raid on the embassy that killed our ambassador, his supporters would give two sh!ts anyway.
I was just reading about how Jesse Jackson Jr is going to go to prison for corruption in the BlagoGate fiasco and he was re-elected by landslide in Chicago, even though he hasn't been seen in public in months.
Ain't no black man gonna vote for a white man if there's a black man he can vote for....
I just want to remind the far left name callers here just who wants to talk to whom.
"But now, Feinstein has linked the Petraeus affair with another controversy within the Obama administration – the attack on the Benghazi diplomatic mission in Libya."
I would not want his testimony in public either if I had something to hide.
Right wing conspiricy...lol...from Feinstein...I think not.
You progressives give me the giggles.
Next
What? wasnt the tea party brought into office for jobs jobs jobs. were they not supposed to start reducing the deficit? yea I am sure that was the Mantra in 2010. Well the latest results show unemployment at 8% and the deficit at 16.3 Trillion. TeaParty = American Taliban an epic FAILURE they sold out to Rove and the Koch Klan
The truth is they were expendable. The administration was worried we would get drawn into a 1993 Somalia "Black Hawk Down" situation. Al Qaida, if you recall, drew us in for the specific purpose of shooting down the choppers knowing rescue teams would follow and a massacre would ensue. (Which is what almost happened) If it had this close to the election then it would have had dire consequences on the polls.
Everyone knows this is the scenario and we want the administration to own up to it; however, they never will!
Funny even JS in SD thinks there is a cover up. Correct me if I am wrong but JS you are on the left, no? If so please talk some sense into your other pals on this board.
Dawg Pound
Sounds like you "Dad" was just as repulsive as you are.
All this ruckus about a possible EXTERNAL security breach because of Mr. Petraeus' lack of will power.
Maybe something happened "INTERNAL" (higher echelon pressure, etc.) relating to Benghazi which led him to submit his resignation. Heck, better check his overseas bank accounts and track recent financial deposits.
This whole thing stinks, like a lot of other "stuff" going on in this administration.
I would like to thank the GOP God for sending Mitt back to the Caymans where he belongs.
Hillary,
Are you still babbling? Obama even said he owned the economy. Sorry to break it to you sunshine but Obama has been in office 4 years now and he was just given another 4, so whatever has happened in the last 4 years is something that Obama owns. That includes Benghazi. This is the real world, not the X-Factor.
Why does the GOP hate our troops?
God blessed America on 11/06/2012.
“Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind. ” ~ George Orwell
et tu brute? (meaning "You too, Brutus? from Julius Caesar) ~William Shakespeare
Wow now even Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Feinstein is getting into the BeTrayUS act? Or is she just going out doing some more Democratic Party "Damage Control" for the Obomination?
Chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee says the panel is entitled to see his report, if complete, after the Benghazi attack and that the Petraeus sex scandal investigation is "like peeling an onion....And just think the "Obama Administration" knew about and "Covered Up" these Benghazi-Gate "Crimes" just before the "Election"!
Impeach Obama 2012....At least "President Nixon" had the Honor To Resign!
“One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship.” ~ George Orwell, 1984
Guys, this Benghazi thing is a load of @!$%# and you're just huffing your own product if you think shrieking about it like angry toddlers will change anything.
Nobody cares about the right's hissy-fits anymore. Grow up or shut up.
The GOP loses were God's will. Thank God for Obama!
DAWG POUND.... I got that, and I kinda agree with yeah that's probably the thought at hand while they watched this play out. However.... POLLS BE DAMNED! Every Soldier knows that there is a blank check out there that was signed with his/her name on it that is payable up to and including laying his/her life down for his brothers and sisters in arms, Regardless of the situation of the political outcome.... you don't watch as your battles are killed.... you go in and do something about it, even if it means you catch a bullet! The call should have been answered!
Teakooks,
YOu asked why the GOP hates our troops? Really? Are they the ones that want to cut military spending? Are they the ones that couldnt get the ballots to our troops in time for them to vote? Thats right that is your party of left wing nazi's. Sad that the democratic party has been hijacked by insane left wing liberal nazis.
Can any of you Christians tell me why Joseph Smith isn't in the bible? Is Mitt a heretic or what?
Bush's God killed 1000s of U.S. troops. I think he worshiped the devil.
The GOP hates wounded troops. They call the troops "socialist government workers".
Nah my dad talked to me about the TOTAL Facts of Life! Not just the part that makes babies. Point is women especially are emotional creatures. Rarely, will you find one that can have a physical relationship without the complex emotions that often go with it. Cheating, which is what this is about, has a price... While you may think you've gotten away with it, it often comes home to roost! Whether it robs you of your heart and soul or the loved one's around you!!! A lesson most people don't learn until it is too late!
If you find that repulsive, you need your head examined!
Monster,
I think you are half correct....the left doesn't care what happened and actully they never did evident from the quick (rather lack of) response while our embassy was getting tourched.......could you imagine the uproar through out the world if a bunch of Americans stormed another country's embassy say in NYC?
Dianne Feinstein said she wants to have open hearings like they did during Watergate. In my opinion this is worse than Watergate.
Watch the video. Mrs. Feinstein had a timeline of Benghazi attacks from April to June of this year. She was very organized and I was very impressed with her. I was shocked when she read off the things that happened. All this lead up to the terrorist attack on 9/11/12.
These are the things they are talking about when Ambassador Stevens was pleading for help from the White House & the State Dept. He never got the help he needed.
Of course after the attack Obama blamed it on the youtube video. There are no words.
My heart goes out to Ambassador Stevens and the three Navy Seals. They were sitting ducks just waiting to be slaughtered.
JustanotherVeteran,
I agree with you. We need to hear that but like you having been in the military we both know about the blank check you mention.
I really, believe the administration also remembers the Bin Laden raid all to well and that one almost turned into a disaster with a chopper going down. That one was reminiscent of the Eagle Claw raid under the Carter Administration. Luckily our military brass had planned for that very mishap. Thank God for our boys they did!
NoMoreTeakooks:
Wow, your comment is representative of the ignorant bulls**t once again being spewed by the totally clueless Obama lemmings on this site. I almost feel sorry for your compulsion to support President Santa Clause, even in the face of several serious security snafus that are not going to go away. After Congress hears about the Bengazi fiasco (apparently, Lybian rebel prisoners were being held in the embassy annex), then they can talk about why the news of our drone being fired on by Iran was stifled until after the election. Then comes the biggie; the Attorney General, among others, has known about the Petreaus affair for many weeks. So, how long do you think the "president wasn't informed" crap is going to work for him.
Now, let's see what kind of juvenile namecalling tripe you reply to those facts with....I'm prepared to listen.
If the director of the CIA resigns in disgrace, then takes the fall for Benghazi, the administration will come out smelling like a rose.
Probably promised him a comfortable retirement.
Just sayin'.
Hillary--- What on earth is wrong with you? Psycho a little bit, maybe? I think an Obama exorcism is in order here. I can't believe you would spew such S**T!!! Honestly though, how the hell did the left wing nuts end up such a bunch of whack jobs???? Romney hates wounded troops, really??!!!! That's just pathetic and as low as it gets, even for a left wing nazi!! You make me want to throw up... frickin' Rosemary's baby is who you are Hillary!
J R Brownstien re#1.19, Jesse Jr was "appointed" to his seat after the "Black Coalition" ran his sucessor,Rhode Scholar, Mel Reynold's out on a rail for a sex scandle with an underage intern. Imagine a Democrat giving a crap about one of their own involved in an extra marital affair,LOL? Man how they can pick and choose their poison! If you're a Republican, you are off the ballot and never heard from again,an outcast in disgrace. But, if you're a Democrat, you can be indicted as a sex offender,like Mel Reynolds and be pardoned by Bill Clinton! Or, you can have impeachment precedings for having sex with an intern, like Bill Clinton. And end up as a moral compass to the President! Meanwhile in Chicago,or Obamaland, all the "do nothing" female black Aldermen are rallying around Alderman Sandi Jackson ( JJ Jr's wife) like she was a victim?! Watch for this air-head to be appointed to her husbands seat, and nominated for Obama's old Senate Seat! It's a joke here in Chicago!
Who would have thought, most capitalist, self interested Americans care more about things like economics, welfare, and social policy than they do about the lives of four Americans. You act like this is some sort of surprise? I mean I'm one of them, I hate to say it but in the big scheme of things four lives are MEANINGLESS.
Boy, the Repubs are like a dog with a bone on this one. Betcha they weren't in such a twist when hundreds were killed under Saint Ronny's Reign.
Hello, this a foreign country, we just can't go waltzing in with troops like we own the place. Even if the extra protection had been approved, we still have to get permission from that government to let them in, unless you are going to hire local and even then, could you trust them?
Psst Monster.....Obviously somebody is interested in the involvement of Petraeus / Broadwell and their connections to the "Benghazi-Gate" Cover-Up otherwise there wouldn't be so many "Stories" out in the Alternative, Foriegn and even now the "Wall Street Controlled Corporate Media"!
http://ironicsurrealism.com/2012/10/24/benghazigate-emails-show-obama-knew-terrorists-took-credit-two-hours-after-attack-in-benghaz/
Sorry but no amount of "Shhh'ing from the Obama Choir" is going to put this "Story to Bed so here let me do my fair share of waking you all up......
Want to know the Connection to Petraeus / Obama?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/federal_government/paula-broadwell-army-counterintelligence-reservist-co-wrote-generals-biography/2012/11/10/0fdc0a20-2b62-11e2-aaa5-ac786110c486_story.html
Find out "Who" Paula Broadwell really is here......
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505263_162-57548238/who-is-paula-broadwell/
Read about some of the "Links" to the "Benghazi Cover-Up" here....
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/nov/12/paula-broadwell-benghazi-cia-petraeus
Watch Obama "Milking up" the Publicity over Our Dead from Benghazi.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K10ioQdEv80
Wake Up America Benghazi-Gate makes Watergate look like a Sunday Go To Church Meeting and again "At Least President Nixon Had The Honor To Resign" when caught!
But then again anyone who has bothered to "Check the Facts" or "Cares About The Truth" knows Bailout Barry has "No Honor" at all!
Impeach President Obama in 2012 and send Hillary Clinton to Prison like Scooter Libby!
"[Winston writes in his forbidden diary].....Winston Smith: April the 4th, 1984. To the past, or to the future. To an age when thought is free. From the Age of Big Brother, from the Age of the Thought Police, from a dead man... greetings." ~ George Orwell
"Looks like you're gonna need a bigger bus." ---Martin Brody (paraphrased)
Hillary/Warren is more than likely just a looney left troll...but, if you want to get down with how the military feels about Barry...check out this list. Pretty strong endorsement.
Obama's Military Endorsements:
General Wesley Clark, USA, (Ret)
General Colin Powell, USA (Ret)
Major General Paul Eaton, USA (Ret)
Admiral Donald Gutter, USN, former JAG of the Navy, (Ret)
Admiral John Nathman, USN, (Ret)
Mitt Romney's Military Endorsements:
Admiral James B. Busey, USN, (Ret.)
General James T. Conway, USMC, (Ret.)
General Terrence R. Dake, USMC, (Ret)
Admiral James O. Ellis, USN, (Ret.)
Admiral Mark Fitzgerald, USM, (Ret.)
General Ronald R. Fogleman, USAF, (Ret)
General Tommy Franks, USA, (Ret)
General Alfred Hansen, USAF, (Ret)
Admiral Ronald Jackson Hays, USN, (Ret)
Admiral Thomas Bibb Hayward, USN, (Ret)
General Chuck Albert Horner, USAF, (Ret)
Admiral Jerome LaMarr Johnson, USN, (Ret)
Admiral Timothy J. Keating, USN, (Ret)
General Paul X. Kelley, USMC, (Ret)
General William Kernan, USA, (Ret)
Admiral George E.R. Kinnear II, USN, (Ret)
General William L. Kirk, USAF, (Ret)
General James J. Lindsay, USA, (Ret)
General William R. Looney III, USAF, (Ret)
Admiral Hank Mauz, USN, (Ret)
General Robert Magnus, USMC, (Ret)
Admiral Paul David Miller, USN, (Ret)
General Henry Hugh Shelton, USA, (Ret)
General Lance Smith, USAF, (Ret)
Admiral Leighton Smith, Jr., USN, (Ret)
General Ronald W. Yates, USAF, (Ret)
Admiral Ronald J. Zlatoper, USN, (Ret)
Lieutenant General James Abrahamson, USAF, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Edgar Anderson, Jr., USAF, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Marcus A. Anderson, USAF, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Buck Bedard, USMC, (Ret.)
Vice Admiral A. Bruce Beran, USCG, (Ret.)
Vice Admiral Lyle Bien, USN, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Harold Blot, USMC, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General H. Steven Blum, USA, (Ret.)
Vice Admiral Mike Bowman III, USN, (Ret.)
Vice Admiral Mike Bucchi, USN, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Walter E. Buchanan III, USAF, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Richard A. Burpee, USAF, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General William Campbell, USAF, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General James E. Chambers, USAF, (Ret.)
Vice Admiral Edward W. Clexton, Jr., USN, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General John B. Conaway, USAF, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Marvin Covault, USA, (Ret.)
Vice Admiral Terry M. Cross, USCG, (Ret.)
Vice Admiral William Adam Dougherty, USN, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Brett Dula, USAF, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Gordon E. Fornell, USAF, (Ret.)
Vice Admiral David Frost, USN, (Ret.)
Vice Admiral Henry C. Giffin III, USN, (Ret.)
Vice Admiral Peter M. Hekman, USN, (Ret.)
Vice Admiral Richard D. Herr, USCG, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Thomas J Hickey, USAF, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Walter S. Hogle, Jr., USAF, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Ronald W. Iverson, USAF, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Donald W. Jones, USA, (Ret.)
Vice Admiral Douglas J. Katz, USN, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Jay W. Kelley, USAF, (Ret.)
Vice Admiral Tom Kilcline, USN, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Timothy A. Kinnan, USAF, (Ret.)
Vice Admiral Harold Koenig, M.D., USN, (Ret.)
Vice Admiral Albert H. Konetzni, USN, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Buford Derald Lary, USAF, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Frank Libutti, USMC, (Ret.)
Vice Admiral Stephen Loftus, USN, (Ret.)
Vice Admiral Michael Malone, USN, (Ret.)
Vice Admiral Edward H. Martin, USN, (Ret.)
Vice Admiral John J. Mazach, USN, (Ret.)
Vice Admiral Justin D. McCarthy, USN, (Ret.)
Vice Admiral William McCauley, USN, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Fred McCorkle, USMC, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Thomas G. McInerney, USAF, (Ret.)
Vice Admiral Joseph S. Mobley, USN, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Carol Mutter, USMC, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Dave R. Palmer, USA, (Ret.)
Vice Admiral John Theodore "Ted" Parker, USN, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Garry L. Parks, USMC, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Charles Henry "Chuck" Pitman, USMC, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Steven R. Polk, USAF, (Ret.)
Vice Admiral William E. Ramsey, USN, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Joseph J. Redden, USAF, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Clifford H. "Ted" Rees, Jr., USAF, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Edward Rowny, USA (Ret.)
Vice Admiral Dutch Schultz, USN, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Charles J. Searock, Jr., USAF, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General E. G. "Buck" Shuler, USAF, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Alexander M. "Rusty" Sloan, USAF, (Ret.)
Vice Admiral Edward M. Straw, USN, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General David J. Teal, USAF, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Billy M. Thomas, USA, (Ret.)
Vice Admiral Donald C. "Deese" Thompson, USCG, (Ret.)
Vice Admiral Alan S. Thompson, USN, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Herman O. "Tommy" Thomson, USAF, (Ret.)
Vice Admiral Howard B. Thorsen, USCG, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General William Thurman, USAF, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Robert Allen "R.A." Tiebout, USMC, (Ret.)
Vice Admiral John B. Totushek, USNR, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General George J. Trautman, USMC, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Garry R. Trexler, USAF, (Ret.)
Vice Admiral Jerry O. Tuttle, USN, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Claudius "Bud" Watts, USAF, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General William "Bill" Welser, USAF, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Thad A. Wolfe, USAF, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General C. Norman Wood, USAF, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Michael W. Wooley, USAF, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Richard "Rick" Zilmer, USMC, (Ret.)
Major General Chris Adams, USAF, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Henry Amos, USN (Ret.)
Major General Nora Alice Astafan, USAF, (Ret.)
Major General Almon Bowen Ballard, USAF, (Ret.)
Major General James F. Barnette, USAF, (Ret.)
Major General Robert W. Barrow, USAF, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral John R. Batlzer, USN, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Jon W. Bayless, USN, (Ret.)
Major General John E. Bianchi, USA, (Ret.)
Major General David F. Bice, USMC, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Linda J. Bird, USN, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral James H. Black, USN, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Peter A. Bondi, USN, (Ret.)
Major General John L. Borling, USMC, (Ret.)
Major General Tom Braaten, USA, (Ret.)
Major General Robert J. Brandt, USA, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Jerry C. Breast, USN, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Bruce B. Bremner, USN, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Thomas F. Brown III, USN, (Ret.)
Major General David P. Burford, USA, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral John F. Calvert, USN, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Jay A. Campbell, USN, (Ret.)
Major General Henry Canterbury, USAF, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral James J. Carey, USN, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Nevin Carr, USN, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Stephen K. Chadwick, USN, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral W. Lewis Chatham, USN, (Ret.)
Major General Jeffrey G. Cliver, USAF, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Casey Coane, USN, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Isaiah C. Cole, USN, (Ret.)
Major General Stephen Condon, USAF, (Ret.)
Major General Richard C. Cosgrave, USANG, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Robert Cowley, USN, (Ret.)
Major General J.T. Coyne, USMC, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Robert C. Crates, USN, (Ret.)
Major General Tommy F. Crawford, USAF, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral James P. Davidson, USN, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Kevin F. Delaney, USN, (Ret.)
Major General James D. Delk, USA, (Ret.)
Major General Robert E. Dempsey, USAF, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Jay Ronald Denney, USNR, (Ret.)
Major General Robert S. Dickman, USAF, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral James C. Doebler, USN, (Ret.)
Major General Douglas O. Dollar, USA, (Ret.)
Major General Hunt Downer, USA, (Ret.)
Major General Thomas A. Dyches, USAF, (Ret.)
Major General Jay T. Edwards, USAF, (Ret.)
Major General John R. Farrington, USAF, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Francis L. Filipiak, USN, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral James H. Flatley III, USN, (Ret.)
Major General Charles Fletcher, USA, (Ret.)
Major General Bobby O. Floyd, USAF, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Veronica Froman, USN, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Vance H. Fry, USN, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral R. Byron Fuller, USN, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral George M. Furlong, USN, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Frank Gallo, USN, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Ben F. Gaumer, USN, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Harry E. Gerhard Jr., USN, (Ret.)
Major General Daniel J. Gibson, USAF, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Andrew A. Giordano, USN, (Ret.)
Major General Richard N. Goddard, USAF, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Fred Golove, USCGR, (Ret.)
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Hillary/Warren2016 banned, rereg of multiple accounter Teaparty Low IQ.
This is all show BS, half the country just doesn't give a crap or they wouldn't have voted for Obama. No matter what happens to our people, to our economy, to our seniors or to our whole way of life, they wanted a black face in the Whitehouse no matter what it cost. Stupid is as Stupid does and people like Tyler here have nothing better to do than make smart ass remarks that have nothing to do with nothing.
When more than half your countrymen are crooked, stupid our bought off, your freedom is doomed.
Dianne Feinstein didn't even have the courage to debate her Senate opponent. How will she stand a chance against General Patraeus???
Feinstein is a FAILED Senator. She represents everything that is wrong with corrupt DC.
GO HOME AND STAY THERE, DIANNE.
Hillary/Warren2016; you were just banned so not sure you will get this. But you must be smokin something because you are spouting nothing but crap and full of hate. When Obama took office the unemployment rate was at 7.8%. It hit 10.0% in August of 2009 and remained between 9.0-9.9% for 22 straight month, except for once in March of 2011 at 8.9%. In October of 2011 til Aug of 2012 it was between 8.0-8.9%. Sept and Oct it was 7.8% and 7.9%. This by all accounts is not good. That is on him.
It might be just like getting a bone since Obama can do no wrong and does not take responsibility for what he does, say, or not say.
Hello???? It is an American Embassy and we have every right to protect our US citizens. You definitely get approval from Congress but not when the US Embassy is calling for protection (from my understanding and yes, I could be wrong). Now if we did need approval, Obama could just do what he wants. Remember, he did not get Congress approval for Afganistan.
Hmmmmm, isn't responsibility, accountability and transparency the foundation that Barrack Hussein claims his administration is built on?
ROTFLMAO!!!!!
Just more slogans and bumper stickers from the most corrupt administration in history.
As liberals try to cling to any fragment of success from this president, the world laughs at us. Their desperation to find some type of legacy to attach to Barrack Hussein is entertaining if not laughable.
This administration continues to fail and their only excuse is to blame anyone but themselves. We still don't know who was involved in Border Agent Brian Terrys murder. We still call the terrorist act at Fort Hood "workplace violence". I don’t know about you, but I always hear mass killers screaming Allahu Akbar as they murder innocent people.
Of course the pandering media continues to cover for this incompetent junior senator whose only qualifications to be president were arranging a few picnics in Chicago as a community organizer and writing a couple books, about himself.
The embarrassing deaths of Ambassador Stevens and 3 diplomats will be swept under the rug as the truth will only expose that Al Qaeda is not on the run but getting bigger and stronger. It proves that killing Osama Porn Laden was simply symbolic for his involvement with 9/11. Terrorism is not a picture on a Most Wanted poster. Until this administration accepts that more and more Americans are at risk.
The Petraeus incident is just one spoke in the huge wheel of corruption in the Benghazi scandal. As a Republic, we can only hope our government doesn't cover it up anymore than they already have.
Don't hold your breath.
Bob , Lincoln County , NC post 1.9 - thank you it is making me nuts trying to think like a Republican Hater. Let's see if I can actually do that....
President Obama got a heads-up from Hillary that Stevens had asked for more security/troops because he feels as if there is a hit coming on 9/11/12. Obama said NO- I want to follow George Bush's doctrine and deny that there is an impending attack. Go ahead and let those innocent people in the embassy die.
Is that it wing nuts - is that what you want it to turn out?
Wow, if I'd known there was gonna be so much brass on this thread (#1.53), I would have brought my pick up (and headed to the recycling center to cash in) !!!
Hmmm MIke-680333 would your "List" also include General Carter Ham the former AfriCom Commander just re-leaved from his "Command" by Obama)?...http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2951989/posts
Or maybe Admiral Charles M. Gaouette the Ex-commander of the Carrier Battle Group Stennis who was just removed from command for "inappropriate leadership judgment"?....http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/10/31/1153017/-Did-Obama-Just-Break-Up-a-Mutiny
Or perhaps even General David Petraeus the Ex-Director of the CIA who just magically "Resigned" supposedly over an Inexplicable Affair?....http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1112/83678.html
I am sure this is all "Just A Coincidence" but I think if I was a General / Admiral on your "Romney List".....I'd be looking for a place to "Hide"....Quick....Hahahaha and some claim there is "No Story Here"!
"Everyone believes in the atrocities of the enemy and disbelieves in those of his own side, without ever bothering to examine the evidence." ~ George Orwell
Seem me this whole thing was set up just in time to stop his testimony. If he knows things our government failed to do that led to the deaths of these 4 men at the consulate and he withholds the information he, in my eyes, is a traitor, no matter his war record or his civilian employee record.
Yes, question Petraeus, Clinton, Obama, and anybody elese who was in the room involved with ordering the military to "stand down" for 7 hours and up until the time Ambassador Stevens and the brave Seals were dead, despite their repeated please for back-up, and their subsequent BS statements about the "LA video".
Whose side are Patraeus, Clinton, and Obama on?
What does a resignation supposedly based on a fling with a floozie got to do with it? So what? Certainly a resignation does not relieve a person from testifying or culpability.
Yet another failure and attempted coverup from this administration and it's cabinet. All you people who are saying oh he was such a nice noble guy, a picture of ethics have to be eating your words now. I am not sure about a lot of you people but someone who is not faithful to their spouse is the last person I would trust with the secrets of my country or my life, I could care less what moral fiber he has fooled you with for so many years. A snake is a snake and obviously his true colors have shown through, can't be trusted and obviously never could be. More lives lost to this administrations inept running of our country. Did Petraeus do great things for our country??? Who knows, you couldn't believe anything he said at this point.
Very true Scott. Ever notice Frankenfeinstein looks a lot like a cabbage patch kid? Maybe a garbage pail kid. Politics is theatre for the truly ugly in life, Reed and Pelosi are great examples. Just saying. Hey the left smears like crazy, maybe the intelligence meter should be dumbed down so as to communicate with drones. Short grunts and laughter perhaps.
Seriously though, this administration is the LEAST transparent of all administrations in our life time and going to war without congressional approval is the height of anti constitutional.
We need checks and balances and this president provides smoke and mirrors.
Oh, yahwnnn, you guys don't have much to talk about do you. No face for your party is evident. But this crap here is all about taking the GOP attention off the Deficit negotiation and actually doing something except talking to Fox news. You are gonna take a big hit by a huge majority of Americans, like it or not. We do have the opportunity to lead the world with a meaningful congress and a solution to our economy which will benefit the whole world. It seems our economic problems are much more important than a guys indescretion. And of course a GOP Rep was given info about this and, well, he didn't do anything cause it didn't mean anything to him.
I cant wait to see what happens next. One thing is for sure, an O'bama Presidency is never boring!
2009-2011 was spent bickering about Obama's birth certificate. Not much else got done in congress. 2012 -2014 will be spent wasting time bickering about who's to blame for Benghazi with little else getting done by congress. The facts are simple. The Libyan government law said no US military security for the embassy was allowed. No US armed guards within the embassy was allowed. That Libya would supply armed protection for the embassy. Kind of how our laws are written here for all other embassies within the US. We supply adequate protection. Libya didn't and we paid the price which means needed policy changes for our diplomats around the world or we shouldn't be in those countries to begin with. We should not have had an embassy in Libya until it had been stabilized.
TeaKooks,
Wow, just wow. You hate everything that doesn't blindly follow your way of thinking. Want to explain to the masses here how your way of thinking is American? Or doesn't that sound more ... totalitarian? C'mon now, just because you voted for Obama and he received more ballots with his name marked, doesn't mean you got the right guy in office.
Obama taxes Americans to conduct live-abortions. LIVE-ABORTIONS! I'm sickened by this, but you'll ignore it and pretend like it's a GOP lie because it doesn't support your way of thinking. People who are not teachable are simply people who have not suffered enough yet. But vote him back in, maybe we'll have more teachable people as Obama's team continues to rip apart the constitution.
God bless America, and save our brave men and women from the dangers inside America as well as beyond her.
I just went to Dick's sporting goods and bought the baddest parka I could, because I want to be prepared in case she actually helps persue this to the end game , it will be a COLD day in hell before this line towing lefty ideologue would do anything to soil her teams agenda
With all of the previous comments about an open hearing for a director of the CIA, maybe someone could tell me if there has ever been an open hearing where the director has been cross-examined under oath.
I always wondered what would happen if Carter ever got a second term. Now we get to find out!
Sesame street and Romnesia...O'bamas winning battle cry. Who would have known that Elmo was a child molester and the O'bama administration forgot to tell America anything until after the election.
At this point I am thinking it really doesn’t matter what happens, we will never get the truth. This administration is incapable of telling the truth if they think it will have a negative impact on Obama. I don’t rally understand that either, Obama received 51% of the vote after his failed policies, the worst economy in my life time, no jobs, covering up Fast and Furious, claiming executive privilege to protect Eric Holder and his lies, Solendra, blocking the oil pipeline which would have created numerous jobs, dismisses our allies in favor of Hollywood celebrities, watched an American Ambassador and two military hero’s die without granting requests for help. I could go on forever. We have a person in the Whitehouse playing President who will never take responsibility for his actions or be held accountable. It seems this guy is bullet proof and for the life of me I can’t understand it. So in my opinion stop the dog and pony show, this will only be one more cover up in Obama’s Presidency. I will never again respect the Office of the Presidency as I once did. Obama is an embarrassment, it is apparent to me the bar has been lowered, there is no honor or integrity to speak of. Obama could be replaced by any low life gangster / thug from Chicago and do as well.
Phony unhonorable political theatrics we have witnessed daily from day one of this administration only this came at the end of the election process when the unhonorable get desperate. Never had any honorable traction from moment one. Never will.
Why is Feinstein still bringing it up? Because it still has UNhonorable traction. Nothing more, nothing less.
The question i would like to know is why did the CIA give President Obama one set of intelligence briefings and Mitt Romney another set, which created all the confusion in the first place? Is that the real reason why the General had to pack his bags?
People should sit back and see what this investigation proves.This bantering back and forth about Obama and who backs him and whose a conspiracy theorists is juvenile.
Senator Feinstein should ask General Petraeus what the problem with his zipper is. Take his pension as punishment.
Petraeus should be busted back and stripped of rank for conduct unbecoming an officer which would reduce his pension. Unfortunately he likely has a golden parachute plan now that he has worked for this administration.
Obama and his administration well what can you say, lie, duck and dodge and no transparency is the norm., thick as thieves they are. The same people who voted him in office are the ones who voted the "soon to be indicted reported criminal" Jessie Jackson Jr. into office, knowing he would be indicted right after his election. These people just don't care, they are on the take and they only care about getting theirs. The same ones who voted in Blago and the Panther Gangster Bobby Rush... Only in Chicago and Illinois folks, well until now it appears. The rest of the nation has dummied themselves down to taking second best, just so they can take. The youth in this country will unfortunately see the error in their votes when they are paying for these mistakes, if there is a financial system left. I think we all see how households without a budget faired.... most are living on the streets or needed a bailout, who bails out the government? We taxpayers as usual.
Not a good use of writing. I advise responding to users who aren't banned.
another coverup by the current administration? The current body under the bus is Petraeus......sounds fishy.
Well, two things: 1) any cover up is with the full complicity and support of the liberal media, and their sycophants. 2) most Democrat voters are too self-absorbed and ignorant to care about it....just make sure you keep the gravy train running, and it's all good by them.
yep.. I am sure that the administration told him to cheat on his wife so he could cover up something that happened in a terrorist nation.
Fits right in with all the other garbage spewed by the wingnuts ...
G-D ... many of you disgust not only me - but anyone moderate - no wonder you lost the election - and will lose the house in 2 years .. no wonder.
It is all part of the Benghazi cover-up. Obama's "Iran-Contra" scandal.
Bobby,
We get it, you are a party hack. Sorry pal but a 5 year old could smell something fishy going on with all of this.
irish ... we get it .. you went right through high school .. in the front door - out the back ... in your freshman year ...
No party hack - realist.. sh*t happens - get real ... every day in this country and in other countries... but you want to see a conspiracy.
Look in the mirror bubba .. see that racist looking back at you ? ... recognize him? .. he sure is not a very good American ... now is he...
Bobby,
Now I am a racist? Please provide some proof there. And I am a damn fine American that pays my taxes and loves this country. You pulled the typical lefty routine, insult and toss the race card and hope it makes someone back away. Sorry guy, but your fake outrage doesnt scare me or anyone else.
You are right on one thing, sh-t happens. And I do not want to see a conspiracy but if it walks like a duck.....well you get the picture.
Bob-- you don't find the timing of the release of any information just a little bit convenient? We don't hear boo about anything Benghazi related (except from Fox, and CBS [on the eve of the election, when of course it can't harm Obama] until AFTER the election. The investigation is supposedly completed four days after the election, but nothing is breathed of this until a week after?
I don't know what's going on....I just know I doubt very much the same media courtesy would have been extended regarding Benghazi had a Republican been in office.....
Cantor a republican knew about it and Petraeus a republican did it. How does this make democrats look bad again?
Irish, don't discuss anything with somebody like Bob. You are wasting your time. All they can do is insult people, calling them names and hope to get a response. Don't go down to his level, let him babble and make an a.. out of himself. Best to ignore people like him. They just go away soon.
Marla,
Bob has troble connecting one thought to the next. He seems to think it is all a right wing conspiricy caused by racists. I guess he thinks Ms. Feinstein is a right wing racisits...go figure.
I think the investigation was finished four days before the election...but I may have missed that one.
Next
Bob:
Don't you think it is about time to give the Race Card the Red Card and move on?
We have a nasty fiscal situation that is going to hurt people like you and me far worse than it will affect the rich -regardless of whether they are Liberal or not - if we cannot get some sane method of increasing our output and productivity. And if you have to know, I did not vote for either major party for president. And now we have some dubious timing... and both parties are at fault here.
cheers....
God, did someone smear this page with paint thinner? I swear I'm getting dizzy just reading it!
I would not trust Feinstein to walk my dog. I trust anything coming out of her mouth about as much as I do Nancy Pelosi, which is to say not at all! Her, as head of the Senate Intelligence Committee has got to be one of the biggest oxymoron's in recent history. The other is Janet "do nothing" Napolitano as head of DHS! I hope I'm not giving the impression that I dislike these ladies or anything.
notsosure10-- my bad. That's what I meant-- thanks. Four days before-- not after. Der. I had the word "after" in my head because so much has been sat upon until after the election....I'll be interested to learn what happened in Benghazi now that the media protected Obama and all but insured his victory.
Hahahah and it is only getting worse! Not even NBC can cover "this" scandal up....Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Feinstein: 'We will need to talk to David Petraeus' about Benghazi
Now even Democratic Senator Feinstein is getting into the act!
Can you say Cover Up....Cover Up....Cover Up....Cover Up....Cover Up...Cover Up...Cover Up?
Even Barbara WaWa is getting into the act......
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/12/barbara-walters-elisabeth-hasselbeck-petraeus-view_n_2117651.html
So is "Babwa" going to be called to "Testify" before Diane? Nope the Democratic "Backpedaling" has started even before the "Hearings"......
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-feinstein-petraeus-resignation-benghazi-20121111,0,5885439.story
Impeach President Obama in 2012....At least "President Nixon" had enough "Honor to Resign"!
"Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind. " ~ George Orwell
Bob, Lincoln County, NC
In two years all those who voted for Obama will be feeling the pain of that decision so don't plan on winning the house if he hasn't found some way to stop your ability to vote at all.
Ya now what us Conservatives will say, tough bananas don't look to us to help we're going to be busy taking care of us and ours just like all you that voted for Obama were.
Ed-NavDoc
Couldn't agree more, I am a woman and I hate token incompetent women in high positions because they make us all look stupid. Just like others in jobs they can't do.
bob you're right.anyone who thinks obama is a bad president is a racist. NOT
that kind of made me laugh when you threw that out. childish liberal crap.
Bob's must live in Colorado and is exploring his new found "rights" while using a keyboard next to his shrine to the great Obummer. Drones are so easy to spot.....racist....good grief.....you desensitize the very meaning by billowing it out all the time.....the boy cried wolf......God help us all.
See Bob just proved that when someone does not agree with anyone who is black they must be a racist.
How exactly? And no BS about an illegal war. He got approval from both House and Senate. And please no BS about no WMD and that it was for oil. During Bush Sr. tenure, there was proof of WMD. Not only that but Clinton on February 17, 1998 gave a speech regarding this. He talked about planning an air attack on Iraq for having them and if Hussein did not cooperate. He had them back then. And by all accounts he had them in 2003. He was a bad bad guy that deserved to be taken out.
For anyone who wants to see how many democrats agreed with Clinton and Bush take a look. Interestingly enough, the democrats said that Bush lied. Tells you how little of a backbone Democrats have when standing what they believe in.
I doubt they regret anything within four years. Those who voted for him in large part wouldn't understand a budget or debt if it struck them in the face. Only when their children can't afford to live on their own and get jobs will they realize this administration doesn't understand how an economy works.
EdNavDoc -- Wow. Hate women much? Or is it just women Democrats? You probably trust Bachmann, though, since she's a Republican, even though she gets her instructions from the mother ship.
No, just certain ones in particular. And mostly the stupid, greedy, self serving leftist liberal ones! If I did not mention Bachman, it is only because she is way down the list! And, as I am neither Republican nor Democrat, your implied barb means absolutely nothing.
sorry link did not show up, if not this time it is a snopes.com and type words of mass destruction
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here's what bothers me:
Ok, so if my math is somewhat correct, well over 3000 people died at the hands of terrorist acts while George W Bush was in office. President Obama has thwarted several instances of attempted terrorism both here and abroad, and 9 Americans have perished under his "watch", due to terrorist activities. It's sad to lose any lives, anytime; however, that being said... I just can't remember the right wing outrage during the Bush years. But they just can't seem to focus on anything but the Benghazi tragedy. It's almost like the pinnacle in hypocrisy... coming from a bunch of sore losers. Get over it, President Obama was elected by the majority, both populace vote and electoral... pretty sure you're stuck with him for another 4 yrs, one way or another.
Nonsense PRober The Watergate "Break-in" scandal was also suppressed before the "Election" and Nixon won both populace vote and electoral and yet he was still Impeached within two years.
So what makes you think President Obama won't be Impeached over suppressing the knowledge before the "Election" that he had refused to protect and defend our Ambassador and then posed for Publicity Photo's over his "Dead Body"!
Benghazi-Gate is SOooo much worse than Watergate but even still at least President Nixon had the "Honor" to Resign.....Everyone knows Broken Promises Barry has "No Honor" at all!
Impeach Obama in 2012 and prosecute & imprison Hillary Clinton for breaking "Federal Law" just like Scooter Libby! Send Obama / Clinton (Bush & Cheney) to the Hague for Not War Crimes & Crimes against Humanity in 2013!
"Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows." ~George Orwell
Another old bag of hot wind with nothing better to do!
Actually she and another 533 people DO have things better to do. Like work on the "fiscal cliff" and jobs. THAT is what they are being paid to do. BTW--Congress is the one group of people not being asked to make any sacrifice involving the fixing of our economy. Maybe THEY should lead by example and take a cut in pay, start contributing to their mecial and retirement like the rest of us.
imwhitewolf,
Thanks for the laugh. The day those clowns take a pay cut or pay for their own medical or retirement is the day I fly a single engine cessna to the moon. Its unreal how many of our politicians came into politics with very little money but all of the sudden are multi millionaires. They are all corrupt, doesnt matter what letter follows their name.
imwhitewolf: You hit the nail on the head. All the time Obama was campaigning to raise taxes on the rich and who in their right mind would believe that the Congress people will raise taxes on themselves. If this was so important why wasn't it passed at the same time Obamacare was passed. It was just a political talking point and everyone can bank on it not effecting the 1%. The middleclass is going to be hit the hardest.
Another point: this "Petraeus" thing comes up at a time we need to get some real fiscal reform. Trouble is, we have 537 people in power in DC and damn few of them know a thing about economics. I appears to me they are trying to avoid an item which they know nothing about, save a few "back benchers" who are constantly relegated to menial committees and the like.
Based on the timing, it sounds like a diversion to me.
A very fishy, fecund, and underhanded Diversion.
Both parties do not give a whit about the United States in my opinion. And the sad thing is the "Right" will buy the Fox News rubbish fed to them, and the "Left" will buy the Horse "Feces" being fed to them by Cooper, Olbermann, etc.
Somewhere out there are the facts: problem is the "Elite" - Whatever or whoever that is - does not want any of us to find it.
Whitewolf,
Why should anyone in government care about the economy, debt, jobs or any other silly thing? Elections have consequences, and the American people have spoken. We are only interested in free contraception, abortion, immigration "reform" (amnesty), gay marriage and more entitlements (Obama phones) and the evil rich better give it to us.
That could happen .... about the time chickens screw ducks.
Folks, this Petraeus situation is not that complicated. His wife is old, fat and ugly. He is smart, powerful and in great shape for his age and gets to move around the whole world. These women he has been involved with are much younger, very smart and quite attractive. Unlike Bill Clinton, the General seems to have seems to have pretty good taste. In conclusion, if Bill Clinton's wandering weenie was not enough to keep him from remaining President, why should Petraeus step down and take all this crap. The guy is one the great military leaders of our generation regardless of who he sleeps with. His resignation should never have been accepted. If cheating were a disqualifier, half the congress would be gone and Latin America, Asia, Europe and the Middle East would have no governments.
Congress needs term limits and removal of insider trading, replacing them with people who want to serve for a short time to DO THE RIGHT THING. That goes for EVERYONE, Pelosi, Boehner, all of them.
I like the duck and chicken idea.....even though it is somewhat a "fowl" statement.
Cheers Ameritopia.....Atlas is about to shrug.
JRSYGRL you nailed it. When the well dries up and they turn off the Obama phones and all the other freebies the other 51% will be livid. It is only a matter of time!
"The chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee says she will seek testimony from former CIA Director David Petraeus, who resigned Friday as CIA director after acknowledging an extramarital affair, about the September attack on the consulate in Benghazi, Libya, that left four Americans dead"
So, the logical conclussion to draw from this statement are several theories.
1. President Obama and General Pretraues hated the Four Americans that were killed in Benghazi so much that the lied about the attack just so these people would be killed (Completely delusional thinking).
2. He had sex with this woman and that is what sparked the riots in Benghazi that lead to these 4 Americans getting killed.
3. He had sex with this Woman while at the Benghazi Consulate and Muslims were "outraged" that they did not get there chance to take turns with her.
4. He was having non-stop sex while he was supposed to be surveying the security of the Consulate
5. The President lead the Benghazi attack dressed as a Muslim pilgrim that day
I am sorry, but this "Benghzi attack" drama is dragging out WAY to long. These guys died. They were attacked by murderers and we need to bring them to justice. You can talk all day about security and 'would of", "should of", done this and that. Its Pointless. They had been living in Benghazi with the current level of security for years and NO ONE said a word. The SECOND something happens, all of you idiotic "Armchair Investigators" chime in on these boards to give your "expert" opinion on what level of security we should have had in place. Too bad you didn't mention this last year or the year before that. You just wait for something to go wrong, and then you morons come to these boards and give your expert opinion on what "I would have done" if you were in charge. You would not have done Jack S**t. None of you prevented the WTC bombing or any other attack in this Country so STFU!
hand me the coverup, please dear
starfox7000, have you been living under a rock, this needs to be addressed and people like Obama need to be held accountable....., Obama didn't lift a finger to help those 4 and watched them died, you looser POS!!
Yeah...don't like looser POS's....I like mine tight.
Credibility just took a dump.
"They had been living in Benghazi with the current level of security for years and NO ONE said a word."
Pretty much every part of this sentence is untrue.
(1) Qaddafi died on Oct 20, 2011; barely a year ago. I'm not sure what the date for the establishment of the facility in Benghazi was (apparently it wasn't even fully accredited as a consulate yet), but the US Embassy in Libya (located in Tripoli) had only been re-opened on Sep 22, 2011.
(2) Neither the facility nor the Ambassador's personal staff had been at that current level of security for any great length of time, the security having recently been reduced.
(3) There were numerous requests for increased security both from the Libyan security provider and ambassadorial staff, including the Ambassador himself.
Try to be an American for 10 minutes and look at this objectively. There are some serious problems with this whole Bengazi thing. At this point Obama has been re-elected, so calling it a Republican campaign issue is not going to fly. Feinstein is a Democratic Senator and she smells a rat. Unless one of them testifies under oath about this no crime has been committed. And they are bending like pretzels to try and avoid testifying. But there are some serious judgement issues or worse going on here.
Where are Woodward and Bernstein on something like this?
Read what one of the fathers had to say about his visit with Obama, Hillary and Biden and their cover up explanations of sympathy to this man's family. It was disgusting!
Obama is far from transparent stardrone! An ambassador is dead.....what would Clinton done as president? Any other president would of SMOKED THEM and not waited for an "investigation" after the fact.....they were right there FOR 7 HOURS. Wake up!
Guess what Starfox, this isn't going away. That is the quick answer anytime people of your caliber don't want Obama and his administration to man up to the outrageous things this administration is responsible for.
As far as your STFU comment goes I served 20+ years in the military to defend the rights of people like you which is to bad because you are not worth it. I have earned the right to voice my opinion. If I ever had a punk like you tell me that in person you would be picking yourself up off the floor. Who are you to tell folks what they can or cannot say, you are pathetic.
Yes, that's the crapola the media is feeding us. WHAT I want to know is WHY IN HELL was Cantor notified in October? And Obama the last to know?
because he wasn't the last to know.
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President Obama was too busy campaigning while 4 Americans were murdered-to be running our country which is really the same thing he's been doing for the past 4 years. Buckle up everyone because we're in for a horrible ride the next 4 years.
I'm going to stop on item number one of your time line. Read my lips.
There is not now, there was not then, there never will be an investigation of General Petraeus.
Time line killed and so is the ridiculousness. There must be more than Fox contributing to the level of confusion these conspiracy yoyos seem to develop.
Forgive me but I guess I'm still lost? What does this have to do with the attacks? Did the affair lead to a leak that lead to the attacks? If not what is the direction of linking the two? I get that based on the timeline above and other comments that maybe the POTUS did know about this prior and their is that issue and coverup to what he knew about the investigation and why was Cantor informed, but what is the correlation between this and the attacks?
I wonder because I'm tired of all the BS that has been attached to these attacks. From making it political to all the finger pointing and witch hunts. 4 men died needlessly in a hostile area, and yes we should try to figure out where the breakdown occurred so we don't repeat it but the way this has turned into a spectacle is really upsetting. At the EOD it is bureaucratic BS on both sides that likely lead to the breakdown that lead to their deaths. And yes I think starfox above does have some legit points about the situation but again, not defending either side, can we drop the political BS figure out what, if any one thing lead to what happened and move on? And as I asked above please explain how the attack and the affair are related or have any bearing on one or the other.
It is time
PS - Believe, isn't that SOP for all politicians in one way or another? Essentially do and only do as needed so that you can ensure to be reelected? Whether actually actively campaigning like going to events and debates or "performing" their "duties" to the American people while in office/on the job?
The Democrats will believe any lame schyte BS when it comes from their demigod.
They cannot recognize a lie when it slams them in the face.
This would have been the GOP "October surprise" if Cantor decided to run with it. Cantor decided that wasn't the right way to go for some reason. Cantor made a very wise decision.
Of course sir, that is the already drafted waiting for signatures to be called OFFICIAL .....
Feinstein and Intelligence, the ultimate oxymoron. Or in the case of Feinstein the ultimate moron.
Don't know about that, Common...........between Feinstein, Pelosi, and Boxer it is a close race for ultimate moron.
Wow,,, the election really made you wingnuts pissy. Go f yourself, you'll feel better.
While I do not share Senator Feinstein's political viewpoint and have NO use for Senator Boxer or Rep. Pelosi, I believe Senator Feinstein is one of very few elected "representatives" of EITHER party who actually uses common sense and intellect when investigating events (otherwise known as getting to the bottom of matters), instead of considering how it will look for her party before doing anything (otherwise known as covering your bosses' asses, something politicians of BOTH parties are EXPERTS at) . She is absolutely right on this matter.
comman & gccal, now you know how we felt about your mutt and lyin ryin.
another obamagate?
and msm media sleeps..
Another GOP witch hunt?
NoMore,
"Another GOP witch hunt?" Seriously by a Democrat named Feinstein...cute...and you are dismissed.
Tell Finkel-Stein to go back to Sleep. Now she wants to talk about Benghazi. Four DEAD Americans Too Late. News Flash for Diane, she won't be able to Wipe the Blood Off Hussein's Guilty Hands.
Nixon resigned over "watergate" and nobody died......How far we have come when an entire administration can LIE right to the face of the American people with no consequence.....It will only get worse if we as a people allow it to continue ...
the dumb asses that just voted him back in allowed it to happen. He will not resign, he has no class. With any hope he will be impeached.
And guess who will replace Obama if he goes. Laughing, stumbling, bumbling Joe.. Thanks again Dems..
Do you understand the Watergate scandal at all? What specific impeachable offense has the President made? Funny you call other people dumb with so little understanding of the system and how it works. Are you suggesting that we need to elect only honest politicians? Good luck!
What lie would that be there PV?
sigh.. a group of neandrathals who don't get that democracy works even if your party loses....
No, Joe will go down for his part in the cover up as well. He is just as guilty as Obama.
Wow... talk about dumb asses and bumblers... above this comment, we have 3 more (poster children from the Donald Trump Republican Birther camp). Put a dead turkey on the republican ticket, and they will vote for it. You guys are still pissed that Sarah Palin isn't president yet! Get over it you whiney losers!
When the Democrates start wanting to know what happened. It must be worse than what the "Wing Nuts" thought.
Yep, you do not piss off or run anything past Diane Feinstein without lots of consequences. Obama and his stooges are toast
Hey Bob, You can tell you're an ignorant twit, you can't even spell. It's NEANDERTHALS, NOT NEANDRATHALS..MORON! I bet you pronounce it wrong too. You're just some moron who wants to make people think you're smart and up to date on EVERYTHING, but you are simply a frucking country bumpkin!
Hey Bob, let me guess, you weren't born in NC right? You sound like a transplanted northeast yankee liberal down here for the "financial center of the south" ride.
Maybe it's because no one is lying, the facts are still being researched.
And while the death of 4 people is a shame, where is the outrage over the 4,000 or so US troops killed in Afghanistan and Iraq? And the outrage over many innocent civilians living in those countries? And the outrage over the 80 or so embassy employees killed during GW Bush's presidency?
LESLIE, You cannot be serious.."facts are still being researched." Everything there was to know was known within 2 days MAX. Pull the wool from off your eyes and think with logic. This country's administration is acting more like a dictatorship every single day...These "coverup" things happen with regularity in third world countries and that just where we are headed and right soon.
Leslie, give it a rest. If it weren't for President Bush your guy would never have been elected. And the soldiers that were killed, you lefties love to deminish the sacrafice that they made simply to take the heat off of your little Stalinist. The soldiers that you say President Bush killed were volunteers, and they weren't all children but most were very educated, mature people. Instead of using them to beat republicans over the head with, maybe you should stop and thank God (and I don't mean obama) that there are still patriots in this country who believe we still have the duty to defend our country against our enemies. Obvious this is something your side knows very little of if you're defending obama's part in this cover-up.
Question: What US Law made it US Policy to Overthrow President Hussein. Who demanded that US Law. After being amended what US Military Operations were a result of that US Law.
YOU HAVE 30 MINUTES TO POST THE CORRECT ANSWER BELOW. NO LAME EXCUSES.
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Senate intelligence committe. The Senate has no intelligence!!!!
Senate Intelligence Committee
That's the funniest thing I have read all day!!
The lack of Senate intelligence because of the Democratic majority?
Just asking.
yep, you guessed it.
Senate Intelligence.
An oxymoron.
Using the words SENATE and INTELLIGENCE in the same sentence qualifies one for the silly azz award of the century.
Have you ever spoken with a US Senator?
They are like a recording... no matter what you ask they always say... that is a good question and I am so glad you asked me.
Then in answer they tell a sweet anecdote about their Grandmother who raised them and how their wife scrimped and saved so he could go to law school.
Never gets around to answering the question. NEVER.
TERM LIMITS and throw all of them out NOW.
Put some of them in prison, hang some of them. Maybe this Nation will be able to regain its pre eminence after all of that ?
Don`t worry people , the senate will get to the bottom of this whole mess ! HA ...
Ha is right. And if there are able to get to the truth which is doubtful, they will do nothing about it! Big waste of time, and a diversion to their priority of fixing the economy!
Is this a surprise, this Administration operates on lies and distraction. Now it is Betrayus, next week something else and so on. It, Benghazai, will go the way of the Mexican gun thing.
@chippie, Petraeus is a Republican and was grooming himself to run for V.P. for the GOP.
Not surprising that you don't pay attention.
This whole thing stinks of coverup. I think i smell a rat.
I think i smell a rat.
Nah, that's just Obama. You have 4 more years to get used to it.
I know that we all snipe at others on "the other side" but hey, that's politics. HOWEVER, it will not be too long before this country will go up in flames..literally! Riots in the street are coming. When the Gov has nothing left to give to the folks who's entire income in based on some sort of gov giveaway, they will be on the prowl to get from those who have...that's a promise. The old saying "the South will rise again," is probably more true than you may think.
@Bone, More scare tactics from the GOP/Fox entertainment complex I see. What will bring the masses into the streets and will burn down all the wealthy is the middle class and poor if they are not given a chance to survive. If you do not rein in the out of control extreme right there will be riots.
There's no end to the scandals in the Obama administration. What's up with that.
Not necessarily...overrated
Ummm, news flash "Believe'nAmerica", adultry happens EVERYDAY in this Country. Whether a person in the white house or your next door neighbor. What I would like to know is why are you so concerned about who is sleeping with whom? Are you not getting enough so you are pissed???
This is adultry, plain and simple. It is no business of any of us. They wanted to have and affair and they did. Look on you tube or orther sites on the internet. I am sure you will find many married people trying to get something on the side. If this is that big of a shock to you, go back to living in your isolated little brain where everyone is perfect, just like you!!!!
It's not the adultery stupid, it's the cover up and lies
Rex,
Well, it depends on what your definition of cover up and lies is. I have a feeling it's not the same as Obama's and his minions.
Ummm, it's not really about the affair. Think beyond the box . . . .
What is "beyond the box"? What are you suggesting happened? Specifically
@Believe,
Please tell me what is wrong with this picture...Obama is a Democrat. Petraeus is a Republican that was grooming himself for the Vice President within the GOP party. You think Obama was at fault?
All you GOP posters don't pay attention. You just blindly post the GOP/Fox entertainment complex propaganda. Shameful. Just shameful for America.
@Jack,
I think "justdonna" has a point. If the woman that told the FBI about the "threatening emails", which turned out not to be "threatening", is a right winger... the cat is out of the bag and Petraeus fell on the sword because he was a detriment to the Presidency of the United States. It was the right thing to do.
The GOP tried an October surprise and it cost all of us a great Military mind. The GOP continues to just embarrass the American people.
This whole mess is very clearly a cover up, If this is in fact the case this so called military man should be ashamed of himself, He killed his own men to cover up for an election, shame on all of you. This kinda smells of a Clinton White House cover up, Whitewater, Monica L and what ever else we will never know about. At least he just got a BJ, and to the best of our knowledge ,no one got killed or raped. this president and his crew, may have killed at least 4 people and tried to keep it quite so he could win a election, What a bunch of guys huh. I hope they never have to help me, I may not survive. To all SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN AROUND THE WORLD, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE GREAT JOB YOU ARE DOING AND HAVE DONE FOR US , AT LEAST WE THE PEOPLE SUPPORT YOU. THANK YOU ALL AND A BIG THANK YOU TO YOUR FAMILIES THAT SACRIFICE ALONG WITH YOU. GOD BLESS AND STAY SAFE.
Cover-up of what? We already know they asked for more security and didn't get it. What more do you want to see?
What Obama knew and when did he know it.
What more do we want to see? We want to see who came up with the idea to lie about a video so the Prez could jet off to Vegas and not interrupt his campaign. We want to see why the media is so willing to sit on any story that would make the Prez look bad right before an election. We want to see why the Prez refuses to admit this and the Fort Hood shooting are terrorist attacks. We want to see what's in that Kool-aid you're drinking to not care about being lied to by your government and media.
So the worse case scenario is that the President lied about the attack by saying it was sparked by a video instead of an organized terrorist attack. No one is denying Benghazi was a failure. FoxNews has been playing Benghazi up since it happened....or do you finally admit Fox isn't really news at all. You can bring up Benghazi all you want, but the President was reelected regardless and there was no impeachable offense. You are suggesting I drink the Kool Aid when you are the one in shock that the government possibly lied about something.
Because the people that voted to re-elect Obama didn't and don't care about Benghazi. They only care about what social issue they are championing that will get passed through over the next four years.
The election is over. Get over it. It is time to look forward. You can't change the fact that America disagreed with you. Waive the flag for this great country until the masses disagree with you...and look at how quickly you lower it....pitiful
I believe what people are leading to is an understanding of why these Americans died when it is becoming clear that there were time and resources to prevent it. Rather than "come clean" politicians (R&D) lie about what's going on to avoid taking responsibility (although that IS occurring as more covered up information comes to light.) The public in general is becoming very tired of this. First it was Clinton, then Bush was hounded for nearly his entire administration, and now it's Obama's time. But the outrage precipitating the "political witch hunts" is, in part, substantiated. The Public just wants to be told the truth and neither party is being honest. Hope that helps you understand that though there is political resentment fueling some of these post, there are genuine dead people, fellow dead Americans that need to be accounted for if the deaths were preventable.
Do you really want to know, or are you posting a rethorical question.
Before you even Respond.
YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH (and neither can most of the US Senate and House of Representatives Committee(s)).
This will all come down to a gamble the GOP tried to bring down the President. Why would Cantor be the first person told? And all it did was to bring down a great American General war hero.
The GOP continues to be an embarrassing party for all Americans.
Off subject: Mike Wallace just made a great touchdown catch!
chickens coming home to roost
Cluck cluck to that! :)
Cantor is in big trouble over this.
Oh yes the old fast and furious thing. Obama and holder did a great job of covering that one up. but they will never be able to cover up the blood the hands.
In thou shall not kill,the word kill means murder,because All Life is Sacred&Precious to God,but to man it's Not,as the Killing in Wars are Legal&man has made Capital Punishment,suicide&euthanasia legal&illegal at various times,further proving that All Life is Not Sacred&Precious to man,as it is to God.But for God to keep His promise of Eternal Life for man in God's Kingdom on earth,All killing must be murder as,thou shall not kill says,&illegal&must end as it's sin,otherwise there can be no Eternal Life for man.
Al, just out of curiosity, what about killing in self-defense or to save some other innocent person?
Can't let obama take the fall. Blame it on Petraeus. Hey that's kind of close to obama's real name 'betrayus'
Coined by that ugly useless woman called H. Clinton it was.
She also used 'suspend belief' quite well.
Is it just me, or is the tendancy in the current state that "bring the perpetrators to justice" means - we will take them out, rather than capture them and have them put on trial for their crimes???
Don't try to put that mess on Petraeus. Talk to hillary and osama I mean obama.
He did get reelected. You can stop name calling now and move on.
it is still democracy when your party loses ... geez .. amazing how sick some people are...
Right Bob, and our democracy includes freedom of speech
I'm curious what folks think this alleged Benghazi conspiracy entails? To what extend and to what purpose would the President be involved in a cover-up? The only scenario I see right now is that there was a failure to provide adequate security for our ambassador and other men...the President has admitted that in the end, it is his fault. What more do people want to see?
How about a little accountability! And less excuses and blame from our President that lacks any leadership quality's?
You will find very few people who actually "think" on these boards ... and further - far fewer who even understand what democracy is
IT IS STILL DEMOCRACY WHEN YOUR PARTY LOSES PEOPLE .. GET OVER IT ...
I respect the will and vote of the people but that doesn't mean we cave and agree totally with the ideology of this President?
Lets switch sides for a second. If it had been George Bush that potentially manipulated this story to assure his administration were not held in a bad light right before an election, there would be nonstop coverage and investigation.
Why would the administration want to cover this up with a fabricated story about a movie?
Because it tears down the idea that Terrorism is on the run and the administration has it under control.
My theory is that the Administration was trying to low key this the entire time. Stand down and everything will blow over. Bring in the military and it blows up the middle east and his election chances. So they took the calculated gamble that nothing would happen.
And then the people in Bengazi had the bad form to go and get killed. That brought the spotlights on the administrations reaction to the attack. Which was non-existant. That is when the video coverup became necessary. Blame it all on some UTube video that no one has seen. Its not terrorism, it was a semi-justifiable reaction to a horrible video. They went on record everywhere blaming that video for what happened when they knew 30 minutes in to the attack that it was a coordinated and planned attack by a terrorist group.
It seems that the Petraus affair was unearthed in the summer. But he conveniently resigns right after the election and days prior to having to testify to congress. Then Hillary is "too busy" to speak to Congress right before she wraps up her time as Sec of State. It seems clear that they don't want to purjure themselves. I don't blame them.
The fact that the president was watching this event in real time (if he wasn't out hangin' with Jay Z), denied support, and then lied to the American people for 2 weeks with this "random mob protest over a video" story...
I think those are fairly valid reasons to suspect a cover-up, don't you?
The president watch it from his security cam like he watch Son Bin Laden being killed on the security cam. Obama was the cause of the death of those 4 Americans. It's that simple and the time line of incident is proven that!!!! Wake up!!! Your Great Leader is not that Great Now!!!! Hey, how come they have not release that poor Video guy. Another escape goat for this corrupt administration. I wonder if Obama and his wife ever got their law license back from Illinois Bar Association. Not yet, once corrupt always corrupt.
I'm not sure how this attack has been downplayed. It has been all over the news since it happened and the President was questioned about it directly during the debates. He has claimed he responded to the intelligence he received as he was getting it. I'm sure he was unhappy that the intelligence was wrong. However, your worst case scenarios aren't really that bad. It is not as if he invaded an entire country on poor intelligence ;) Keep your phony conspiracy theories...it is a stretch of the imagination and at worst the President lied about to what extent the attack was planned.
Trolls run in packs. I saw it on Animal Planet.
P.S. -- I'm not talking about Jack. I just had to throw my joke out there after reading all the nonsense, and agreement with many prior comments. You trolls can win the vote count occassionally here on the these chat forums, but the real vote, that one you lost.
I have a problem that the Ambassador requested more security and was denied more then once. after they had been bombed in June. I have a problem that our President sending someone out to tell us a "lie" and he kept that "lie"going for weeks....and with all lies they have a way of falling apart, as this one did. But they tried to keep the lie going...the speech at the United Nations, during the Debates and they kept unraveling .... Then he threw Hillary under the bus....Now this, the timing is off. I feel like I'm watching a movie like...Wag the Dog....they keep throwing all these distractions at us so maybe we will forget what we really looking at.
We were "unofficially" interrogating Muslim terrorists there. That's one of the reasons Benghazi was attacked. Besides the fact that this was a known soft target that we were definitely aware of because of previous threats and attacks. The terrorists new more about the easy target than our President and our own intelligence claims to have known. Feinstein to get to the bottom of it, hell why not just recruit Janet Reno. She did such a nice job at Waco!
Let me understand you. You are saying that it was "a known soft target" and we were "interrogating Muslim terrorists there". Is that what you are saying? More importantly is that what you actually believe to be the truth?
Yes and yes. And yes the truth will come out on both.
It most certainly has.
Naaah ! That is just more regime BS. Why would an Ambassador be involved in that sort of stuff?
He was there to try and get the weapons the US had illegally transferred there and were now feeling the heat of that error.
Also, Obama (if that is his name) saw chance to silence Stevens.
Why ? because Stevens had some embarrassing info about BO which BO did not want made public.
This won't be the first time the protagonists of Obama (if that is his name) have mysteriously left the earth.
She needs to question him in order to know how to best cover up the president's role in the decisions that killed the ambassador to Libya.
I would like for you to enlighten us as to what decision SPECIFICALLY you are referring to?
I think Officer Betrayus might have been "sleeping" on the job which may have preoccupied him and his ability to make rational decisions, which in turn may have contributed in the death of four Americans.
At the risk of divulging top secret information; the agency has some other employees under the General many of whom would have made the call long before he even had knowledge of it.
Yes, sdc.clark, but when there is an attack on a US ambassador the supervision of the crisis would rapidly move to the White House crisis room. The President was almost certainly involved in the decisions.
The attacks leading up to the 9/11 attack are very telling. Then you have Ambassador Stevens pleading for more help to Obama and Hillary in the month before the 9/11 attack. His pleads fell on death ears.
Ambassador Stevens and the three Navy Seals had horrible deaths and it could all have been avoided if only Obama and Hillary would have acted. They were aware of Stevens pleads for help.