![]() The outcome of that meeting was straight forward, as stated in the Select Committee’s report, “The President made clear that we ought to use all of the resources at our disposal to try to make sure we did everything possible to save lives there.” (Panetta Transcript at 24) received word of the attack immediately and, as remarked in the Select Committee’s report, that notice took about one hour to get to the Pentagon.īy 5pm the President, Secretary of Defense, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and National Security Advisor were convened in the White House. However, the Diplomatic Command Center at the State Department in Washington, D.C. (Hicks April 2013 Transcript at 18) AFRICOM learned of the attack just 30-minutes after it began. Embassy in Tripoli learned of the attack. The Select Committee report reveals that three-minutes after the first wave of assault began at the Special Mission Compound in Benghazi (roughly 3:42pm in D.C.), senior diplomats in the U.S. As the brave Americans who fought valiantly that night demonstrated, you just keep fighting and hope a relief force will arrive before you run out of ammo or out of luck. There is no ‘magic crystal ball’ telling you when an attack will end or if you will survive. The Special Mission Compound and Annex were under attack, and no one could have possibly known how long the battle would continue. who chose to talk and spin while actually doing nothing.Īpparently those who chose that night to debate videos and uniforms, and who have never smelled the smoke of battle, think Americans are stupid enough to buy their after-the-fact excuses for why they did not even attempt to rescue over thirty Americans facing multiple assaults.Įxcuses after-the-fact simply do not cut it. Their report starkly contrasts the heroism of GRS personnel, Diplomatic Security Agents and Team Tripoli fighting to protect America lives in Benghazi, with the total incompetence and dereliction of duty of so-called “leaders” in D.C. These facts recount actions and in-actions before, during and after the attacks. (Panetta Transcript at 47)Īfter a thorough investigation, delayed and repeatedly obstructed by House Democrats and the Obama Administration, Chairman Trey Gowdy and his Republican committee members managed to piece together and document volumes of facts. Not surprisingly, the same “talking point rationale” is used repeatedly – “tyranny of time and distance”. The theme that hits home throughout the report is the litany of excuses from the Obama administration as they struggle to explain away their failure to act. These first words of truth, spoken frantically by a Diplomatic Security Agent in Benghazi while under attack, are quoted for all to read as the first sentence of the House Select Committee’s comprehensive report Part I, “Terrorist Attack on U.S. He graduated from Baylor University and earned his JD from the University of South Carolina.“If you guys don’t get out here, we’re all going to f-ing die.” ![]() Gowdy is an experienced trial lawyer and a former state and federal prosecutor. He was involved in the Benghazi and Russia investigations, two of the most significant congressional investigations in the last decade. He also served on the Judiciary Committee as the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. He served on the Intelligence and Ethics committees as well. Gowdy chaired the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. Author of the New York Times best seller ‘Doesn’t Hurt to Ask: Using the Power of Questions to Communicate, Connect, and Persuade' and the New York Times best seller 'Unified: How Our Unlikely Friendship Gives Us Hope for a Divided Country' with Senator Tim Scott.ĭuring his tenure as a member of the House of Representatives for South Carolina’s 4th Congressional District, Mr. Most recently, Gowdy contributed to FNC's Midterm Election Coverage. Gowdy joined the network as a contributor in January 2019. Trey Gowdy currently hosts FOX News Channel’s (FNC) Sunday Night in America with Trey Gowdy (Sundays, 7PM/ET) and The Trey Gowdy Podcast on FOX News Audio.
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