Six U.S. senators continue to push officials in the Obama
administration for information related to the 9/11 Benghazi terror
attack. In a statement released just before the weekend, Senators John
McCain, Lindsey Graham, Kelly Ayotte, Rob Portman, Saxby Chambliss, and
Ron Johnson, all Republicans, say Defense Secretary Leon Panetta isn’t
revealing why there were not sufficient forces ready to protect
endangered Americans.
“Over
the past month, we and our colleagues have sent 13 separate letters to
senior Administration officials, including President Obama, seeking an
explanation for why no U.S. armed forces were available to go to the aid
of the four American citizens who died during the September 11 attack
on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi,” write the senators in a joint
statement. “Today, we finally received from the Secretary of Defense the
first response to our many letters. Unfortunately, Secretary Panetta's
letter only confirms what we already knew – that there were no forces at
a sufficient alert posture in Europe, Africa or the Middle East to
provide timely assistance to our fellow citizens in need in Libya. The
letter fails to address the most important question – why not?”
The senators contend that since the day of the attack was September 11, defense forces should have been at the ready.
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