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Related: About this forumGOP Star Witnesses Debunk Right-Wing Benghazi Conspiracy Theories
GOP Star Witnesses Debunk Right-Wing Benghazi Conspiracy Theories
The whistleblowers at todays House Oversight Committee hearing on what really happened in Benghazi, Libya last September were supposed to break the dam that would lead to President Obamas eventual downfall, in the eyes of conservatives. Instead, these witness actually served to debunk several theories that the right-wing has pushed on Benghazi, leaving the hearing a fizzle for the GOP:
1. F-16s could have been sent to Benghazi
Part of the prevailing theory surrounding the events the night of the Benghazi attacks is that the Obama administration did not do enough militarily to respond to the crisis. Gregory Hicks a Foreign Service Officer and the former Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Libya claimed during his pre-hearing testimony that fighter jets could have been flown over Benghazi, preventing the second wave of the attack from occurring.
Ranking Member Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) questioned that statement, asking Hicks whether he disagreed with Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff Gen Martin Dempseys assessment that no air assets were in range the night of the attack. Hicks didnt disagree, saying he was speaking from [his] perspective and what veteran Libyan revolutionaries told him, rather than Pentagon assessments.
2. Hillary Clinton signed cables denying additional security to Benghazi
House Republicans came to the conclusion in their interim report on Benghazi that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton lied to them about what she knew and when during her testimony this January. This includes her statement that at no time was she aware of requests for additional security at the diplomatic facility in Benghazi prior to the attack.
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Full article here: http://thinkprogress.org/security/2013/05/08/1982151/witnesses-debunk-benghazi/
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GOP Star Witnesses Debunk Right-Wing Benghazi Conspiracy Theories (Original Post)
Tx4obama
May 2013
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UCmeNdc
(9,600 posts)1. GOP out to Bloody up Hillary
Republicans are trying to take away Clinton's shine.
BlueDemKev
(3,003 posts)3. Naw, really? You THINK??
Congressional Republicans told us they are merely trying to "get to the truth" of what happened!
You mean they lied!?!
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)2. I wonder if Joe Scar is going to bang the Benghazi drum again tomorrow...
Richard Wolff beat him up pretty good on today's show...