Shocking new report: Obama administration denied 3 calls for help in Benghazi. Two of the former SEALS who were killed in the Benghazi attacks were told to stand down, but the disobeyed the order to go help protect Amb.
Stevens. During the ensuing firefight, according to a new report, urgent pleas for help were denied three times. “Here’s what Fox adds today at, let’s see, Woods and Doherty, those are the CIA, they are the former Navy SEALs and at least two others ignored the orders to stand down. They were called ‑‑ they were told to stand down when they heard shots fired and they radioed and they were informed that by the higher‑ups that they were hearing gunshots and the higher‑ups said yes, but they were told to stand down. An hour later they called again and said, we’re still hearing it and they were ordered again to stand down. Election Night. YouTube. Jennifer Griffin Recounts Harrowing Benghazi Tale as Father of Slain SEAL Demands Answers. Fox News’ Jennifer Griffin appeared on America’s Election HQ today to discuss the Benghazi attacks through the lens of one of her sources, who apparently recounted a number of brutal details about how the situation unfolded on September 11.
Griffin said her source detailed a frantic situation, with Washington repeatedly (and bewilderingly) telling American forces to “stand down,” and with promised reinforcements failing to arrive in spite of being well within striking distance. Retired Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer: My Sources Say Obama Was in the Room Watching Benghazi Attack Happen. Retired Army Lt.
Col. Tony Shaffer said Saturday he has sources saying President Barack Obama was in the room at the White House watching the assault on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya unfold. Two unarmed U.S. drones were dispatched to the consulate and recorded the final hours of the attack, which killed U.S. Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens and three other Americans. Pro-Obama Ad Has Children Singing About an America Where ‘Sick People Just Die’ & ‘Oil Fills the Sea’
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Ad campaign and some of the other most well-known advertisements in the country have a new message: re-elect President Barack Obama, or your children will live in an America where “sick people just die” and “oil fills the sea.” A two-minute black-and-white spot features a chorus of children — “the children of the future” — singing to their parents that “something happened to our country, and we’re kinda blaming you.” ?Z6O6YYwh7fCUFbsCvtRzG3. {*style:<b>1.
Obama Curtails Drilling in Oil-Rich Alaskan Reserve 2. Egypt’s President Supports Call to ‘Destroy the Jews’ 3. Single Women Becoming Democrats’ ‘Core Constituency’ 4. Obama Refuses to Answer ‘Repeated Questions on Whether Requests for Help in Benghazi Were Denied’ CLEVELAND, OH – OCTOBER 25: U.S.
President Barack Obama addresses a campaign rally at the Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport October 25, 2012 in Cleveland, Ohio. With less than two weeks to go before Election Day, Obama and his GOP opponent, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney are crisscrossing the country attempting to sway voters in the all-important swing states. (Credit: Getty Images) Also read: • Joe Biden to Father of Former Navy SEAL Killed in Benghazi: ‘Did Your Son Always Have Balls the Size of Cue Balls?’ Charles Woods Discusses His Son Tyrone Woods and Benghazi Attack With Glenn Beck. A bombshell new report says that the SEALS were told to “stand down” when they heard gunshots at the ambassador’s compound, and that three requests for aid were denied. get the shocking details here.
Editor’s note: We discussed all of the breaking developments on Friday’s live BlazeCast: Original story below. Shocking new report: Obama administration denied 3 calls for help in Benghazi. EXCLUSIVE: CIA operators were denied request for help during Benghazi attack, sources say. Fox News has learned from sources who were on the ground in Benghazi that an urgent request from the CIA annex for military back-up during the attack on the U.S. consulate and subsequent attack several hours later on the annex itself was denied by the CIA chain of command -- who also told the CIA operators twice to "stand down" rather than help the ambassador's team when shots were heard at approximately 9:40 p.m. in Benghazi on Sept. 11.
Former Navy SEAL Tyrone Woods was part of a small team who was at the CIA annex about a mile from the U.S. consulate where Ambassador Chris Stevens and his team came under attack. When he and others heard the shots fired, they informed their higher-ups at the annex to tell them what they were hearing and requested permission to go to the consulate and help out. They were told to "stand down," according to sources familiar with the exchange. Soon after, they were again told to "stand down. " White House claims they are holding themselves accountable for Libya attacks, continue to deflect questions about their failures.
“After we found out that the e-mails were pouring in and the terror attack in Benghazi during the attack, and we had drones and surveillance available, and it was happening in realtime in the situation room, and at 5:00 in the afternoon Leon Panetta was at the White House meeting with the President.
While there were drones over the sky in Benghazi, and people were watching them. We don’t know if the President saw that. We don’t know if the Secretary of Defense. I will tell you with drones in the sky and others watching why there would be an attack in the embassy in the United States and our Secretary of Defense, and our President wouldn’t be watching it is incredible,” Glenn said.
“White House spokesperson Jay Carney said from the Air Force One yesterday ‘We had a variety of information coming in. Yesterday, Hillary Clinton said: “Now, finally, on Benghazi — Look, I’ve said it and I’ll say it one more time. Emails Show Ansar al-Sharia Claimed Responsibilty for Benghazi Attack Within Two Hours. A vehicle (R) and the surround buildings burn after they were set on fire inside the US consulate compound in Benghazi late on September 11, 2012.
(Credit: AFP/Getty Images) UPDATE: The White House responded to the emails Wednesday, with press secretary Jay Carney saying “there was a variety of information coming in.” White House and State Department officials were informed just two hours after the terrorist attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya on Sept. 11 began that a radical Islamic militant group had claimed responsibility, according to official emails obtained by Reuters. Fact Checking Econ Claims Made by Both Candidates. President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney squared off Wednesday night at the University of Denver in Colorado for the first of three highly anticipated presidential debates.
The topic of the evening? Domestic policy (i.e. the U.S. economy). The debate was both lively and pointed, with a handful of memorable sound bites and “zingers,” but there were also a few moments where both Gov. Romney and President Obama strayed into territory that was — to put it politely — less than accurate. Obama Supporters Argue for Teleprompters in Presidential Debates After Romney Beats Obama. A teleprompter displays the last lines of a speech by US President Barack Obama, after he spoke on the economy in 2011. (Photo: AFP/Getty Images) There are many ideas floating around as to why President Obama underperformed in last Wednesday’s debate against Republican challenger Mitt Romney. Obama has to wait until campaign rally to challenge Mitt Romney.
After getting thoroughly destroyed in the debate Wednesday, Barack Obama decided (better late than never?) To go after Mitt Romney. Of course his ‘attack’ was just as lame as it was during the debate. Will it do him any good? September Jobs Numbers Report. Unemployment drops to 44-month low to 7.8%However, many are questioning the numbers due to “contradictory data points” such as the total employment level soaring but the low net numberGovernment says 873K people found work — but reports only 114K new jobs were addedFormer GE CEO alleged fraud, sending a tweet saying “these Chicago guys will do anything”Popular finance blog Zero Hedge even called it a “preelection ‘massaging’ farce” In what will be one of the most influential jobs reports of the election season, unemployment fell from 8.1% to 7.8% in September, dropping below 8 percent for the first time in nearly four years.
The private sector added 114,000 new jobs in September. While another report will be released three days before the election, Friday’s report is the one that will provide the bulk of material on the campaign trail during the election’s crucial final month. Obama’s October surprise? Unemployment drops to 7.8% President Obama’s re-election chances just got a major boost with unemployment rate dipping under the 8% barrier for the first time since early 2009 when Obama took office. But is it all good news? Not exactly. Stu took a look at the numbers and explained why it’s not as great for Obama as he’d like you to think.
40 Reasons Obama Should Not Be Re-Elected Independent Journal Review. Forty Reasons Obama should not be re-elected! 1) Obama took 700 billion dollars out of the Medicare program and put it into his wildly unpopular health care program. This is despite the fact that even Obama has admitted, Medicare in particular will run out of money, and we will not be able to sustain that program no matter how much taxes go up. 2) Barack Obama’s stimulus plan cost more than the Marshall Plan, the Louisiana Purchase, and putting a man on the moon — combined and it was a complete and utter failure — more than 800 billion dollars that accomplished nothing of significance. Is the White House asking private companies to break the law? Unemployment numbers were released this morning, and they were actually good.
Or were they? 5 of the Biggest Lies Told By Obama, Biden & Clyburn at the DNC. FACT CHECK: Obama and the phantom peace dividend. WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama laid claim to a peace dividend that doesn't exist when he told the nation he wants to use money saved by ending wars to build highways, schools and bridges. The wars were largely financed by borrowing, so there is no ready pile of cash to be diverted to anything else. Obama‘s ’Dreams From My Father’ Purged of All References to Communist Frank Marshall Davis. You might recall TheBlaze’s series of reports on Dr. Obama has millions of fake Twitter followers. By David Jackson, USA TODAY Updated 2012-08-24 11:42 AM President Obama and Mitt Romney President Obama's Twitter account has 18.8 million followers -- but more than half of them really don't exist, according to reports.
Obama Calls Romney a ‘Bullshitter’ in Rolling Stone Interview. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama speak to one of Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s sons at the end of the last presidential debate at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Fla. Importance of election. Americans For Tax Reform Releases a List of the Top 5 Worst Taxes Obamacare Will Impose in 2013. The Grover Norquist-founded Americans for Tax Reform, a 501(c)(4) lobbying group that opposes “all tax increases as a matter of principle,” on Friday released a list of what, they say, are the top five worst taxes The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (i.e. “Obamacare”) will impose on Americans in 2013.
Niall Ferguson on Why Barack Obama Needs to Go - Newsweek and The Daily Beast. Importance of election. What is the President’s batting average? Glenn: Obama a danger to the United States of America. Candy Crowley Clarifies Why She Corrected Gov. Romney During Tuesday’s Debate. Friday Night Lights Author Buzz Bissinger Explains Reaction to Romney Endorsement on CNN With Howard Kurtz. How will history remember the responses to Libya from the two Presidential candidates? Senate Budget Committee Republican staff under Ranking Member Jeff Sessions Releases Chart Showing the Difference Between Job Growth and Welfare Participation. White House in Crisis. African American pastor calls for blacks to end “slavish devotion to the Democrat Party”
Glenn interviews Bishop E.W. Jackson. Lying liars and the lies they tell in the White House. Rudy Giuliani calls out CNN host for defense of White House on Libya. Charles Krauthammer Excoriates Fellow Panelists For Protecting Obama From Libya Criticism. US House Blocks Obama Administration’s Plan to Send $450 Million to Egypt. ‘Absolutely Uncertain’ Obama on Israel Documentary Logs Nearly 700,000 Hits in 3 Days.
Prime-time pick: Conservative Ryan solidifies Romney's team. Paul Ryan’s 78-Year-Old Mother Betty Joins Him on the Campaign Trail for Medicare Talk. Obama Admin. Argues Suspending NDAA‘s ’Indefinite Detention’ Provision Does Irreparable Harm to U.S. ‘Obama’s Other Race Speech’: See the Key Parts (Plus Full Video) of Controversial 2007 Speech. AFSCME video shows Romney trash collector bashing him – but Romney once collected trash. Fact Check: First Lady's False Fairy Tale of Struggle. Charles Krauthammer on Michelle Obama DNC Speech: ‘I Didn’t Buy a Word of It’
Michelle Obama’s Radical Past Involvement in Third World Center at Princeton. Michelle Obama really loves America (yeah, right) Saudi billionaire did help Obama into Harvard. As the World Burns: How the Obama Administration Mishandled the Muslim Uprisings Independent Journal Review. Fourth Estate stumbles on altar of Obama.