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Originally Posted by Jim in CT
Have they been "consistent"? Here's another quote from Lovell's recent testimony...U.S. forces "should have tried" to get to the outpost in time to help save the lives of U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. He blamed the State Department for not making stronger requests for action.
""The military could have made a response of some sort," he (Lovell) said.
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/general-sa...030646726.html |
Read your own article...
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A few hours later, the powerful chairman of the Armed Services panel, Rep. Howard "Buck" McKeon, R-Calif., challenged the testimony of Lovell, who was in U.S. Africa Command's headquarters in Germany monitoring the attack.
The general "did not serve in a capacity that gave him reliable insight into operational options available to commanders during the attack, nor did he offer specific courses of action not taken," McKeon said.
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And when pressed during testimony Lovell walked back his statement as I quoted above.
Funny how misleading it is when you only read 1/2 of the story...
-spence