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SecDef Panetta: President Absent Night of Benghazi
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta testified Friday on Capitol Hill that President Barack Obama was absent the night [of the attack on the Benghazi consulate] on September 11, 2012. Panetta said, though he did meet with Obama at a 5 o'clock prescheduled gathering, the president left operational details, including knowledge of what resources were available to help the Americans under siege, "up to us." The 5 o'clock meeting was a pre-scheduled 30-minute session, where, according to Panetta's recollection, they spent about 20 minutes talking a lot about the American embassy that was surrounded in Egypt and the situation that was just unfolding in Benghazi. Obama did not call or communicate in anyway with the defense secretary that night. There were no calls about what was going on in Benghazi. He never called to check-in. Panetta says that the night of 9/11, he did not communicate with a single person at the White House. The information on the death of Ambassador Stevens, however, did make it to the White House. Video also at the link Posted by: Pappy 2013-02-09 |
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