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John McCain, when are you going to resign over Benghazi?
Last edited Thu Jan 24, 2013, 01:16 PM - Edit history (1)
McCain twice said that Chris Stevens communicated to him directly the inadequate security in Benghazi. Secretary of Clinton and President Obama didn't know, according to the Accountability Review Board. But McCain knew and did nothing. So John McCain, when are you going to resign for your failure to prevent the loss of four American lives?
Edit: Excerpt from the transcripts of the hearing, courtesy of Alp227.
McCAIN: Four months after the Benghazi tragedy — it’s a tragedy when we lose four brave Americans — there are many questions that are unanswered. And the answers, frankly, that you’ve given this morning are not satisfactory to me. Were you and the president made aware of the classified cable from Chris Stevens that said that the United States consulate in Benghazi could not survive a sustained assault? Numerous warnings, including personally to me, about the security were unanswered or unaddressed.
It took a CNN reporter looking through the consulate to find Chris Stevens’ last warning. When were you made aware of that cable? When were you made aware of the attack on the British ambassador and the assassination attempts and the closing of the consulates there, and what actions were taken? What was the president’s activities during that seven-hour period?
On the anniversary of the worst attack in American history, September 11th, we didn’t have Department of Defense forces available for seven hours. Two brave Americans died in the last hour. With all these warnings, all these things took place, we didn’t have a single Department of Defense asset apparently available to come to these rescue.
It took a CNN reporter looking through the consulate to find Chris Stevens’ last warning. When were you made aware of that cable? When were you made aware of the attack on the British ambassador and the assassination attempts and the closing of the consulates there, and what actions were taken? What was the president’s activities during that seven-hour period?
On the anniversary of the worst attack in American history, September 11th, we didn’t have Department of Defense forces available for seven hours. Two brave Americans died in the last hour. With all these warnings, all these things took place, we didn’t have a single Department of Defense asset apparently available to come to these rescue.
Followed by:
You knew Chris Stevens very well. I knew him very well. I knew him on July 7th, when I went to Libya to observe the elections. And at that time, on July 7th, he expressed to me his deep and grave concerns about security, particularly in Benghazi. And he continued to communicate with the State Department, and I don’t know who else was privy to those cables of his deep concern about the security there and the need for additional assistance. And I will argue with facts that after that event took place, after the fall of Gadhafi, the, quote, soft footprint was partially, to some degree, responsible for the tragedy that took place. The American people and the families of these four brave Americans still have not gotten the answers that they deserve. I hope that they will get them.
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