Post by peterd on Aug 1, 2013 5:55:32 GMT -8
Report: Marine commander says no stand-down order in Benghazi attack
A Marine operations commander told lawmakers Wednesday he gave troops in Libya permission to respond to a September 2012 attack on a U.S. mission in Tripoli.
Testifying in closed session before the House Armed Services Committee, Col. George Bristol contradicted claims by some congressional Republicans he had issued a stand-down order following the attack, in which U.S. Ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stephens and three other Americans were killed, The Hill reported.
Read more: www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2013/07/31/Report-Marine-commander-says-no-stand-down-order-in-Benghazi-attack/UPI-95121375252200/#ixzz2aj32fMaT
A Marine operations commander told lawmakers Wednesday he gave troops in Libya permission to respond to a September 2012 attack on a U.S. mission in Tripoli.
Testifying in closed session before the House Armed Services Committee, Col. George Bristol contradicted claims by some congressional Republicans he had issued a stand-down order following the attack, in which U.S. Ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stephens and three other Americans were killed, The Hill reported.
Read more: www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2013/07/31/Report-Marine-commander-says-no-stand-down-order-in-Benghazi-attack/UPI-95121375252200/#ixzz2aj32fMaT