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Kerry Vows 'to Leave No Stone Unturned' on Benghazi
2013-05-10
[An Nahar] U.S. Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you know Kerry
Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat, conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State...
 on Thursday vowed to "leave no stone unturned" to find out what happened during an attack on a U.S. mission in Libya last year in which four diplomatic staff were killed.

But he refused to wade into the issue more fully during a trip to Rome, after U.S. diplomats testified on Wednesday that the State Department could have done more to safeguard the Benghazi diplomatic outpost.

Pleading that on his whirlwind overseas tour he had only seen "the most cursory headlines", Kerry said he was "really not in a position to start making judgments" about the revelations at a congressional hearing.

"The State Department will leave no stone unturned," Kerry vowed though, adding his chief of staff, David Wade, was responsible for liaising with U.S. politicians on the attack.

Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans were killed in the September 11 assault, when hordes of heavily-armed forces of Evil stormed the compound and a nearby annex.

Gregory Hicks, the deputy head of the mission and the first U.S. official who was on the ground to speak publicly about what happened, testified that he and many others knew from the start that it was a deliberate act of terror.

He told Wednesday's hearing of the House Oversight and Government Committee that he was shocked when the U.S. administration publicly argued otherwise.

The testimony by "whistleblowers," as the committee's Republican chairman Darrell Issa called them, is the latest in a months-long series of hearings to put the attacks and the U.S. response under a microscope.

The attack happened during the tenure of Kerry's predecessor, Hillary Clinton
... sometimes described as The Heroine of Tuzla and at other times as Mrs. Bill, never as Another Henry L. Stimson ...
, but the new chief U.S. diplomat said: "I'm absolutely determined that this issue will be answered, will be put to bed."

"If there's any culpability in any area that is appropriate to be handled in some way with some discipline, it will be appropriately handled."
Posted by:Fred

#17  And Benghazis......
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2013-05-10 22:54  

#16  If the American public does not care, there will be more hits like Boston, until the public decides to wise up and see that govt policy is enabling Bostons to happen.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2013-05-10 22:52  

#15  The ongoing Benghazi cover up is leaving no turd unstoned. The majority of the US electorate doesn't care, they've already proven that.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2013-05-10 16:39  

#14  Perhaps Kerry and Plugs Biden have considered their future prospects when the Hildabeast is Prez, and decided to let the truth out on her part in this debacle to improve their chances?
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2013-05-10 16:15  

#13  Turn the stones, means Bury them as deep as needed.

Obama CAN'T have any evidence against His Holyness surface.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2013-05-10 15:35  

#12  Allowing others to turn the stones for weeks awaiting for the area to become secure.

Lone Ranger yes loved the OJ reference
Posted by: Jan   2013-05-10 11:10  

#11  Trying to find another Obama?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2013-05-10 11:02  

#10  Starting with the stones in Montana that may be hiding those Teabagger malitia types that were really behind it.
Posted by: AlanC   2013-05-10 10:59  

#9   Leave No Stone Unturned

This expression alludes to an ancient Greek legend about a general who buried a large treasure in his tent when he was defeated in battle. Those seeking the treasure consulted the Oracle of Delphi, who advised them to move every stone. The present form dates from the mid-1500s. The actual man who wrote "Leave no stone unturned" was Euripides, an ancient Greek playwright.

Headline should read:

Kerry consulted the Oracle of Delphi on Benghazi
Posted by: Ebbutle Spereque4724   2013-05-10 10:31  

#8   "leave no stone unturned"

Looking for rocks to hide under, I'll wager.
Posted by: SteveS   2013-05-10 10:22  

#7  To include the stones in his skull?
Posted by: no mo uro   2013-05-10 09:48  

#6  Yes P2K, nothing like a junior MAJ Staff Judge Advocate from division sitting in on a Brigade level operations briefing, siting ROEs and providing unsolicited legal opinions and trumps to the Bde S-3 operations order. Been there, watched it happen in total disbelief.
Posted by: Besoeker   2013-05-10 09:27  

#5  ...probably far fewer than our uniformed lawyers signing off on ROEs that violated Art 99 para.(8)(9)of the UCMJ in the last five or six years.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2013-05-10 09:19  

#4  Director CIA's General Petreaus' concerns for modifications to the Agency talking points now surfacing. Appears he kept his concerns pretty much to himself, exiting the back door with full pension and benefits following his zipper scandal. What an amazing coincidence.

As a senior officer with decades of time in uniform, I wonder how many Article-15/32 investigations he has signed off on which resulted in UCMJ action, career ending discharges, or imprisonment ?

Posted by: Besoeker   2013-05-10 09:15  

#3  Kinda' like OJ Simpson leaving no stone unturned - on any golf course - until he tracked down his wife's killer.
Posted by: Lone Ranger   2013-05-10 08:32  

#2  If the issues were not so serious, his statement might almost be laughable.
Posted by: Besoeker   2013-05-10 07:56  

#1  He will leave no stone unturned building a wall for Champ to hide behind
Posted by: Shusorong tse Tung5840   2013-05-10 01:20  

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