Obama and Hillary Absent Night of Benghazi

No Obama:

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta testified this morning on Capitol Hill that President Barack Obama was absent the night four Americans were murdered in Benghazi on September 11, 2012:

Panetta said that Obama left operational details, including knowledge of what resources were available to help the Americans under seize, "up to us."

In fact, Panetta says that the night of 9/11, he did not communicate with a single person at the White House. The attack resulted in the deaths of four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens.

Panetta said that, save their 5 o'clock prescheduled meeting with the president the day of September 11, Obama did not call or communicate in anyway with the defense secretary that day. There were no calls about the what was going on in Benghazi. He never called to check-in.  (Weekly Standard, see video)

No Hillary either:

Neither the secretary of defense nor the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff spoke to the secretary of state during the 8-hour attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya on September 11, 2012. At a Thursday hearing in the Senate, Republican Ted Cruz asked both Leon Panetta and Martin Dempsey, "In between 9:42 p.m., Benghazi time, when the first attacks started, and 5:15 am, when Mr. Doherty and Mr. Woods lost their lives, what converations did either of you have with Secretary Clinton?"

"We did not have any conversations with Secretary Clinton," Panetta responded.

"And General Dempsey, the same is true for you?" Cruz asked. Dempsey confirmed this.  (video at Weekly Standard)

 

No request for support:

General on Benghazi: 'We Never Received a Request for Support from the State Department'.

General Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the State Department never requested "support" in Benghazi:

"Why didn't you put forces in place to be ready to respond?," Senator John McCain asked the general.

Dempsey started, "Because we never received a request to do so, number one. And number two, we --"

McCain iterrupted, "You never heard of Ambassador Stevens's repeated warnings?"

"I had, through General Ham," responded Dempsey, referring to the commander of AFRICOM. "But we never received a request for support from the State Department, which would have allowed us to put forces--"

"So it's the State Department's fault?"

"I'm not blaming the State Department," Dempsey responded. (video at Weekly Standard)

Comments

[Z]

Oh, man....Debbie...there are NUTS in charge of the safety of American citizens.....I keep wondering about the families of those killed in Benghazi. Are THEY not looking for real answers?

or are they paid off? Okay..maybe Stevens' family are lefties like him and they're willing to die on the sword than make their hero look bad,but are the SEALS families asking? WHERE ARE THEY?

[PALADIN]

Obamugabe has been AWOL on this file since the day it happened, and he :

SHOULD BE IMPEACHED FOR DERELICTION OF DUTY.

If ANY U.S. military personnel did the same thing, they would already be in Leavenworth.

[McCloud]

WHAT DIFFERENCE..AT THIS POINT..DOES IT MAKE!!!!!

The media has wasted dozens of Pulitzers (assuming the prize would ever be awarded to someone like Sharyl Atkisson). They are in this for the long haul.