The South Carolina Republican, who chairs the Select Committee on Benghazi, has hit road blocks at the Pentagon for his quest to interview men and women of the military who were on call the night of September 11, 2012 when four Americans died during a seven hour terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya.
I interviewed Gowdy on WMAL in Washington, DC Thursday morning, along with my co-host Brian Wilson.
Wilson asked Gowdy to respond to the latest Fox News reports which include anonymous military personnel who say they were told not to intervene that night in Benghazi, even though his unit was ready and prepared to make a difference and, possibly, save American lives.
Gowdy said he was intent on interviewing these witnesses but he has not been able to identify them because the Pentagon is blocking his way. He went on to lambaste the latest exchange of letters with the DOD.
The political appointee Gowdy was referring to was one Stephen Hedger who has recently been appointed as the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs. Prior to joining Defense, Hedger was a political operative for Democrat Senator Claire McCaskill on Capitol Hill.
Government Executive highlights part of the letter Gowdy describes as "fiction" in his interview: