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Top GOP Benghazi lawyer: 'Nothing' could have prevented American deaths
New transcripts released by panel Democrats ratchet up the fight over how long the congressional investigation is taking.
By RACHAEL BADE 05/16/16 08:17 AM EDT Updated 05/16/16 12:55 PM EDT
The chief counsel of the House Select Committee on Benghazi, before leaving the Republican-led committee earlier this year, said he did not believe the Pentagon could have done more to save American lives during the night of the attack, according to copies of his comments included in a Sunday letter from Democrats to Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.).
Army Lt. Gen. Dana Chipman told former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta in a transcribed interview by the panel in January that nothing could have affected what occurred in Benghazi to prevent the deaths of four Americans in the immediate response to the attacks, the letter released by Democrats states.
I think you ordered exactly the right forces to move out and to head toward a position where they could reinforce what was occurring in Benghazi or in Tripoli or elsewhere in the region, Chipman said, according to the letter. And, sir, I dont disagree with the actions you took, the recommendations you made, and the decisions you directed.
He made similar comments in an interview with the Defense Departments former chief of staff, Jeremy Bash, according to the transcript of that interview: I would posit that from my perspective, having looked at all the materials over the last 18 months, we could not have affected the response to what occurred by 5:15 in the morning on the 12th of September in Benghazi, Libya, Chipman said. So let me start with that positing or that stipulation.
Army Lt. Gen. Dana Chipman told former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta in a transcribed interview by the panel in January that nothing could have affected what occurred in Benghazi to prevent the deaths of four Americans in the immediate response to the attacks, the letter released by Democrats states.
I think you ordered exactly the right forces to move out and to head toward a position where they could reinforce what was occurring in Benghazi or in Tripoli or elsewhere in the region, Chipman said, according to the letter. And, sir, I dont disagree with the actions you took, the recommendations you made, and the decisions you directed.
He made similar comments in an interview with the Defense Departments former chief of staff, Jeremy Bash, according to the transcript of that interview: I would posit that from my perspective, having looked at all the materials over the last 18 months, we could not have affected the response to what occurred by 5:15 in the morning on the 12th of September in Benghazi, Libya, Chipman said. So let me start with that positing or that stipulation.
The release of private transcripts and comments made by a panel staffer represents an unusually aggressive step on the part of panel Democrats. While Benghazi Republicans and Democrats have bickered for months, dismissing each other as partisans, neither side has ever released comments made by staff in private.
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Top GOP Benghazi lawyer: 'Nothing' could have prevented American deaths (HRC GP) (Original Post)
Her Sister
May 2016
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Democratic leadership in the House on Monday called for the panel to be disbanded.
Her Sister
May 2016
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Her Sister
(6,444 posts)1. Democratic leadership in the House on Monday called for the panel to be disbanded.
Democratic leadership in the House on Monday called for the panel to be disbanded.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/house-benghazi-committee-lawyer-american-lives-223207#ixzz48wLnUGkT
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Iliyah
(25,111 posts)2. Won't cease anytime soon since the GOPers are milking the American taxpayers
The continued investigation was bogus from the beginning.
Prayers for the family of the people who were killed.
SunSeeker
(51,797 posts)3. As have found EIGHT prior investigations into Benghazi!!
FUCKING WASTE OF TAXPAYER MONEY