While Sen. John McCain was giving a fiery speech on the Senate floor slamming the Obama administration's handling of the Sept. 11 attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, he missed a committee briefing on the investigation from officials from the State and Defense Departments.
Around the same time McCain declared on the Senate floor the need for a select committee to investigate the attacks in Libya, the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee — of which McCain is a member — was learning additional details about the investigation and the attack from the officials.
In fact, when Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) came out of the "classified, closed-door briefing," he made it clear that he thought McCain's goal of a special congressional committee is unnecessary.
Maine Sen. Susan Collins, the top Republican on the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, agreed with Lieberman and hit McCain for missing the meeting.
Via Politico:
Collins ... backed up her chairman, Lieberman, and dinged McCain, a member of the panel, for missing Wednesday’s nearly two-hour briefing in the Capitol.
Both Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin, "who was there at briefing, and Sen. McCain, who was not, are members of our committee, and I know they would play very important roles," Collins told POLITICO after the briefing.
"I do not see the benefit of creating a brand new committee when we already have the Senate’s chief oversight committee, plus the Intelligence Committee, examining this very important matter."
McCain is the ranking member on the Armed Services Committee. The Chairman of that committee, Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), was at the briefing.
Here's the roster of who was briefing the Senators:
Undersecretary of State Patrick Kennedy
Eric Boswell, assistant Secretary of State for diplomatic security
Michael Sheehan, assistant secretary of Defense for special operations
Major General Darryl Roberson, vice director of operations for the Joint Staff
Henry Hollatz, deputy director of intelligence.
Linda Weissgold, director of CIA's Office of Terrorism Analysis.
Democratic Sen. Harry Reid, the Senate's Majority Leader, has indicated that he wouldn't support that move. Without Reid's support, it's doubtful that McCain's vision of a select committee will happen.
More mental retardation and buffoonery from the Repuglican geriatric gum-flapping quarter (link right up front just for you Dave ):
While John McCain Was Slamming Obama On Libya Yesterday, He Missed A Major Classified Briefing
Of course he wasn't told - especially when he's in the middle of a re-election campaign. This Benghazi business, complete with a philandering CIA director and his bimbos, is beginning to take on the same odor as a couple of other infamous coverup stories involving a POTUS and their corrupt administrations: Watergate and Slick Willie's Lewinsky scandal. In both instances it was obvious that something was really wrong but it appeared that the power of the presidency would prevail in their denials.An article that explains why Obama should have been notified about the Petreaus investigation early on. He actually was ,but the administration's lame story is that he wasn't told.
Of course he wasn't told - especially when he's in the middle of a re-election campaign. This Benghazi business, complete with a philandering CIA director and his bimbos, is beginning to take on the same odor as a couple of other infamous coverup stories involving a POTUS and their corrupt administrations: Watergate and Slick Willie's Lewinsky scandal. In both instances it was obvious that something was really wrong but it appeared that the power of the presidency would prevail in their denials.An article that explains why Obama should have been notified about the Petreaus investigation early on. He actually was ,but the administration's lame story is that he wasn't told.
So ... if and when it turns out that that is not the case ... what are you going to try then ... Viagra ?In the final analysis, our consulant was attacked and overrun, and four good men died because of incompetence and/or derelection of duty on the part of someone in the Obama administration. Congress needs to seriously investigate why this happened and whether or not it was covered up for political purposes by Obama's campaign.
Better that it should turn out in that sequence, than flipped - as it did in 'tard from Texas' case ...People died. Obama lied.
Better that it should turn out in that sequence, than flipped - as it did in 'tard from Texas' case ...
Bush intentionally took this nation into a war on a lie ...
From my perspective one would be far more forgivable than the other ...[/QUOTE
Obama lied to win the presidential election. The Obama team is packed with shameless liars regarding the Benghazi terrorist attack. Hillary Clinton helped Obama lie. Susan Rice helped Obama lie. Leon Panetta helped Obama lie. Who knows if David Petraeus will speak truthfully? We have a president so enamored with power he will openly lie to keep himself in office. This makes Obama a very dangerous man and unfit to remain in office.
Petraeus has already given false testimony on Sept 13, saying the Benghazi attacks were the result of reaction to the infamous internet film. The liklihood of him changing his story a 2d time around is probably slim - but who knows, given that his reputation has already been slimed. Maybe there's another "Deep Throat" somewhere in the Obama administration or the CIA - someone with enough integrity to expose the truth about Obama's role in preventing our forces from providing the security and military force that would have saved lives in Libya.Obama lied to win the presidential election. The Obama team is packed with shameless liars regarding the Benghazi terrorist attack. Hillary Clinton helped Obama lie. Susan Rice helped Obama lie. Leon Panetta helped Obama lie. Who knows if David Petraeus will speak truthfully? We have a president so enamored with power he will openly lie to keep himself in office. This makes Obama a very dangerous man and unfit to remain in office.
Better that it should turn out in that sequence, than flipped - as it did in 'tard from Texas' case ...
Bush intentionally took this nation into a war on a lie ...
From my perspective one would be far more forgivable than the other ...
No one cares because the media doesn't care and the huddled masses continue to get their food stamps, unemployment checks and other govt goodies. One can't help but wonder if the media would have been more outraged if one of their correspondents had died at the hands of terrorists in Benghazi. The public may start to care once the full effects of ObamaCare start to take effect so that arranging a doctor's visit becomes more like dealing with their local Social Security office or the DMV. Once his socialistic policies and his associated lies start to effect them directly (even more so than now) maybe the public will wake up and take notice. Also, for a look into the country's econimic future keep an eye on California and how the liberal agenda being imposed upon them works for the next couple of years. Their citizens will be the first to see how well higher taxes and more govt works on their behalf.In the Age of Obama, truth is largely irrelevant. Lies of monstrous dimensions were told to pass Obamacare. No one cares. Lies surround the Fast and Furious guns-to-Mexico scandal. No one cares. The developing Benghazi scandal is covered in presidential lies. No one cares.
Well, at least one Congressman, Joe Wilson(R-SC) called Obama out. As thanks, the Republican Establishment insisted Wilson apologize. One mustn't hurt Obama's feelings.
Of course he wasn't told - especially when he's in the middle of a re-election campaign. This Benghazi business, complete with a philandering CIA director and his bimbos, is beginning to take on the same odor as a couple of other infamous coverup stories involving a POTUS and their corrupt administrations: Watergate and Slick Willie's Lewinsky scandal. In both instances it was obvious that something was really wrong but it appeared that the power of the presidency would prevail in their denials.
Personally, I can vividly remember feeling that Nixon was going to get away with the coverup until testimony by Alexander Butterfield revealed the existance of the White House Tapes. No doubt we can all remember Bill Clinton's vehement denials - "I did not have sex with that woman, Ms. Lewinsky" - in spite of his history of everything from skirt chasing to sexual assualt. Of course his coverup fell apart when the Drudge Report broke the story about the semen-stained blue dress. We can also remember how the MSM was continually trashing Drudge (as they now do Fox) until he made them all look like fools and sycophants of the Clinton White House.
In the final analysis, our consulant was attacked and overrun, and four good men died because of incompetence and/or derelection of duty on the part of someone in the Obama administration. Congress needs to seriously investigate why this happened and whether or not it was covered up for political purposes by Obama's campaign. If Fox News is the only media organization willing to dig deep into the matter, so be it. It worked for Drudge and the country was better served by his persistence.
The truth shall set you free.Just a few minutes ago on CNN, Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr reported that a high-placed source informed her that former CIA Chief David Petraeus will use his upcoming testimony to amend his previous testimony. According to this source, Petraeus will tell the closed door congressional hearing that he knew "almost immediately" that the September 11 anniversary attack on our Libyan consulate was a terrorist attack committed by the al-Qaeda-linked militia Ansar Al Sharia.
CNN: Petraeus To Testify He Knew Libya Was Terrorism 'Almost Immediately'
The Jeb-ster sees the writing on the wall:
Jeb Bush believes Texas will be “blue” by 2016
And thus the GOP will become a permanent minority party ... the crumbling abode of the rapidly vanishing old white man ...
Oh, I just grabbed one of the first ones that came up when I Googled it this time around - that doesn't necessarily mean that was actually where I heard or read it originallyYou are spending too much time over there at NBC News.
No, a passion for truth - and a distaste for liars - explains my Focks Nooz obsession ...That explains your "Focks Nooz" obsession.
Ahhh ... a classic non-denial denial ...He also says alot of the article "is filled with inaccuracies" but doesn't comment on the "four years".