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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nRetired Brigadier General Robert Lovell who was “running” intelligence at AFRICOM (the Pentagon’s African Command) on September 11, 2012, the night that the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya was attacked, testified to the House Oversight Committee today. From the Washington Times<\/a>;<\/p>\n Retired Brig. Gen. Robert Lovell also told the House Oversight Committee that the decision not to respond with military action was likely have been made outside of the Defense Department. He said the military should have tried to mount an operation because there was no knowing how long the attack would last or whether it would expand.<\/p>\n \u201cGo, go, go,\u201d the general said.<\/p>\n He said the military was waiting on a request from the State Department \u2014 a request that never came.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Hasn’t this administration seen all of those bad movies about what happens when the Defense Department waits for the State Department to give them permission to act? But, I’m sure it’s not completely the fault of Hillary Clinton and the State Department. Leon Panetta and General Dempsey were in the White House during the attack on the consulate compound, and they could have made a dramatic appeal (like those in the same bad movies) to apply military force to the situation. Panetta and Dempsey are too focused on being political hacks to worry about lives lost. Besides, if they start looking bad, they always turn on Clinton after she gets elected and redeem themselves.<\/p>\n The Defense Department has maintained it did not have assets available to respond quickly enough to make a difference on the night of the attacks. Some units were ordered to get ready to deploy to Tripoli, the country\u2019s capital.<\/p>\n […]<\/p>\n Under questioning from Rep. Elijah Cummings, Maryland Democrat, Gen. Lovell acknowledged that those efforts did happen. He said his message was that the military should have been better prepared, not that it didn\u2019t try at all.<\/p>\n \u201cMy point is that there\u2019s more that we should be able to do,\u201d the general said. He said the problem wasn\u2019t with the military, but that the interagency communication and interaction broke down.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n This might end someone’s presidential aspirations, but I wouldn’t count on it. But, MSNBC Is Now Admitting There MAY Be Something To This Whole Benghazi Thing<\/a>. But I’ll never bet against the low-information voters again.<\/p>\n But don’t bother checking at the Washington Post<\/a> for news on the testimony, they’re still talking about the capsized Korean ferry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"