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| Benghazi Transcripts-Ham says no one told him 'no'. Bet no one told him 'YES!" |
| 2014-01-14 |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #3 2 to 1 either Champ or Hillary has something on Ham that caused him to give that evasive answer..... |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2014-01-14 22:50 |
| #2 A White House press release on the eve of the Benghazi attack stated unequivocally: Brennan "convened numerous meetings," and the president and his national security principals discussed "steps taken to protect U.S. persons and facilities abroad." But according to Ham, whose area of operation came under attack, he was not asked what forces he had pre-positioned in the event of an attack and whether they were they sufficient. Perhaps no one wanted to make the call to AFRICOM? You know what with the time difference and all... The best one of all, though: [T]he quick response force that was mobilized, a FAST team of Marines in Rota, Spain, was forced to deplane and change out of their uniforms before flying to Libya, committee members learned. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2014-01-14 11:19 |
| #1 Perhaps General Ham received the 'Keystone XL' response. When he stepped down from his AFRICOM command, General Ham was not quite 61 years old and so had three years left before mandatory retirement age of 64. He was said to have learned about his accelerated retirement when his second in command informed him of it at the office, telling him that it was "immediate" [as in clean out your desk now] and that he [second in command] would be the interim commander pending the arrival of his replacement, which would later be named as General Rodriguez. Rodriguez didn't begin his tenure as commander until April, 2013. Very, very strange change of command I'd say. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-01-14 05:21 |