Obama-Clinton rally in Orlando. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton in Orlando, Florida on October 20, 2008. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
So we now read different accounts of the attack in Benghazi? It wasn’t the video.
State Dept reveals new details of Benghazi attack
By BRADLEY KLAPPER | Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — All was quiet outside the U.S. Consulate as evening fell on Benghazi and President Barack Obama’s envoy to Libya was retiring after a day of diplomatic meetings.
There was no indication of the harrowing events that night would bring: assailants storming the compound and setting its buildings aflame, American security agents taking fire across more than a mile of the city, the ambassador and three employees killed and others forced into a daring car escape against traffic.
Senior State Department officials on Tuesday revealed for the first time certain details of last month’s tragedy in the former Libyan rebel stronghold, such as the efforts of a quick reaction force that rushed onto the scene and led the evacuation in a fierce gun battle that continued into the streets. The briefing was provided a day before department officials were to testify to a House committee about the most serious attack on a U.S. diplomatic installation since al-Qaida bombed the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania 14 years ago.
The account answers some questions and leaves others unanswered. Chief among them is why for several days the Obama administration said the assault stemmed from a protest against an American-made Internet video ridiculing Islam, and whether the consulate had adequate security.
Read more at Yahoo.
If this was Bush, what would be happening today. Will the media keep protecting this administration? Who is at fault?
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