Hicks’s Full Account of Night of Benghazi Attacks
Full testimony at yesterday’s House of Representative’s subcommittee by Gregory Hicks, former deputy chief of mission in the U.S. embassy in Libya:
At Drudge:
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At Memeorandum:
Official Offers Account From Libya of Benghazi Attack — WASHINGTON — A State Department official presented a minute-by-minute account on Wednesday of what happened during the seige of the diplomatic compound in Benghazi last Sept. 11, offering the first public testimony from an American official …
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Michael Hirsh / NationalJournal.com:
Benghazi: Incompetence, But No Cover-up — The hearings deepen the tragedy, but not the scandal. — There was tragic incompetence, plainly, in the Obama administration’s handling of the Benghazi attacks, and even possibly some political calculation. It is a record that may well come …
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John Podhoretz / New York Post:10 minutes ago
Failings of Bam & Hill laid bare — After a remarkable House hearing yesterday, we can say this with almost complete certainty: The Obama administration knew perfectly well that last year’s Sept. 11 attack on Americans and American facilities in Benghazi was a terrorist act …
Tom Bevan / Real Clear Politics:NEW!
A Coverup Laid Bare — Thanks to House Republicans, Americans finally got to hear from the State Department officials the Obama administration never wanted to testify. They are now called “whistleblowers,” but that’s only because their accounts of what really happened in Libya on Sept. 11 …
Washington Post:Diplomat: Request for Special Ops team in Benghazi denied
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Lindsey Boerma / CBS News:Benghazi “whistleblowers” head to House committee
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:Hicks: Higher-ups at State told me not to talk to GOP congressman about Benghazi; Update: “Effectively demoted”
Joel Gehrke / Washington Examiner:Benghazi whistleblower: ‘I’ve been demoted’ for challenging Susan Rice’s claims
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:Benghazi Witness Says State Dept. Told Him Not To Meet With Congressional Investigators
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CNN:Benghazi: WH blasted
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