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In response to "Biden blames intelligence for the administration's changing account of Benghazi -- (link)" by Strongbad

And I'll be curious if anyone presses him about "we never heard" any requests for extra security.

Posted by Dr.Vermin (aka dr.vermin) Oct 12 '12, 10:14

As long as "we" = Barack and Joe, that's possibly true.

Otherwise, testimony from yesterday's hearing said... otherwise. Dammit!

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I enjoyed Ryan's look when it was brought up that the House Republicans nixed... - Mel Profit Oct 12, 10:23 11
- The State Department has said that the cuts had nothing to do with the security, or lack thereof, at the embassy. - Stephen Oct 12, 10:29 9
  - Do you have a source for that State Dept quote? I'm not seeing it. - Mel Profit Oct 12, 10:46 8
    - I'm seeing this attributed to Charlene Lamb. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 12, 10:50 7
      - Yes. ML posted it the other day. -- (link) - Stephen Oct 12, 10:53 5
        
        and what's the rest of her answer? - Mel Profit Oct 12, 10:57 4
        
        Still looking for the rest of that answer, but here's a link to other testimony by her (wherein she is pinpointed as the one who denied the requests - Stephen Oct 12, 11:06 3
        
        So a request for additional resources, per her, wouldn't have been correct. - Mel Profit Oct 12, 11:10 2
        
        Actually I think it would be more accurate to say that she refused to extend the US security forces that had been there, despite the requests of those - Stephen Oct 12, 11:18 1
        
        You have to *want* to see it. ;) -- nm - Dr.Vermin Oct 12, 11:20
      - Here it is... - Mel Profit Oct 12, 10:52
- He looked like a kid being forced to eat asparagus. -- nm - David Oct 12, 10:25
Sorry, "we weren't told". -- nm - Dr.Vermin Oct 12, 10:18
That's exactly their answer. -- (link) - Strongbad Oct 12, 10:17 2
- Huh. Weaksauce. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Oct 12, 10:29
- Huh - I never knew the Marines were stationed at embassies to protect classified information (rather than embassy staff) -- nm - Roger More Oct 12, 10:20

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