[Hoot Gibson]

As most of us expected, the White House botched the response to the Benghazi attack in a major way. No wonder they concocted the Youtube video story. Even the official version of events, which has finally been released following the election, makes it clear that Obama punted this issue to avoid answering questions truthfully before the election.

Let the hearings begin.

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Pentagon Timeline Shows Military Response to Libya

WASHINGTON (AP) -- New Pentagon details show that the first U.S. military unit arrived in Libya more than 15 hours after the attack on the consulate in Benghazi was over, and four Americans, including the ambassador, were dead.

A Defense Department timeline obtained by The Associated Press underscores how far the military response lagged behind the Sept. 11 attack, due largely to the long distances the commando teams had to travel to get to Libya.

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and his top military adviser were notified of the attack about 50 minutes after it began and were about to head into a previously scheduled meeting with President Barack Obama. The meeting quickly turned into a discussion of potential responses to the unfolding situation in Benghazi, where militants had surrounded the consulate and set it on fire. The first wave of the attack at the consulate lasted less than two hours.

Ambassador Chris Stevens was killed in the attack. Intelligence, State Department and military officials have released details on the response in an effort to answer Republican criticism that the administration was holding back what and when it knew about the assault.

Panetta and other defense officials have repeatedly said that they did not have armed aircraft or military teams near Benghazi that could have gotten there quickly.

But there have been persistent questions about whether the Pentagon should have moved more rapidly to get troops into Libya or had units closer to the area as the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on America approached. In particular, there was at least a 19-hour gap between the time when Panetta first ordered military units to prepare to deploy - between midnight and 2 a.m. local time in Tripoli - and the time a Marine anti-terrorism team landed in Tripoli, which as just before 9 p.m.

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[Deathstar 80]

I've heard that we had plenty of troops near Libya that could've helped.

And I know this is a little off topic, but I wish David Petraeus was still the Defense Secretary instead of Panetta. I trusted Petraeus more than Panetta.

[Hoot Gibson]

I've heard that we had plenty of troops near Libya that could've helped.

And I know this is a little off topic, but I wish David Petraeus was still the Defense Secretary instead of Panetta. I trusted Petraeus more than Panetta.

Me too. The White House seems to be on a mission to destroy Petraeus's reputation and credibility. Maybe he will write a book to set the record state someday.

[WideRight05]

Holy shit.