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General Carter Ham Fired for refusing to obey orders not to assist the US personnel in Benghazi
2012-11-20
Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta announced on Sunday that General Carter Ham Commander of GOC Africa Command (Africom), headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany. (U.S. Africa Command is one of six unified geographic commands within the Department of Defense unified command structure.) for refusing to obey orders not to assist the US personnel in Benghazi on the night of September 11. Army General David Rodriguez has been appointed by President Obama to become replace him.

Gen. Ham refused to take responsibility for the decision not to provide essential air coverage and other support for the beleaguered personnel at the Consulate. After the information was leaked last week that three urgent requests for support were denied to the Americans trapped in the Consulate and the Annex, President Barack Obama said on Sunday, "The minute I found out what was going on, I gave three very clear directives -- Number 1, make sure that we are securing our personnel and doing whatever we need to." According to the highly decorated, four-star General, Carter Ham, the President is lying...
Posted by:Au Auric

#9  And #6 takes the win - prolly safe to say also for also not being PCorrect + not cheating on his wife.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2012-11-20 22:08  

#8  Byline 28 Oct. BS.
Posted by: KBK   2012-11-20 19:28  

#7  LOL... okay, that's funny.
Posted by: Shipman   2012-11-20 17:01  

#6  Not true! He was fired because his surname is offensive to Muslims.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2012-11-20 14:52  

#5  http://www.gerardgroup.com/
Posted by: Skidmark   2012-11-20 13:25  

#4  Who the hell is Gerard Direct? Have they even been linked before in the last ten years?

I would salt this article.
Posted by: Penguin   2012-11-20 13:19  

#3  It's still RUMINT. The article itself is sloppy.
Posted by: Pappy   2012-11-20 13:12  

#2  So the RUMINT was correct.
Posted by: Besoeker   2012-11-20 12:57  

#1  This is how Benghazi will play out. Those with the right stuff are no longer needed. With our current leadership America no longer will do the right thing. I look for far worse events yet to happen. With similar results.
Posted by: Dale   2012-11-20 12:38  

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