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<blockquote data-quote="The Other Side" data-source="post: 1096482" data-attributes="member: 17969"><p>Those are NOT facts from the hearings. Those are the "extrapolations" of testimony from the hearings and taken completely out of context minus the "qualifiers" that explain the total answer.</p><p></p><p>YOU : panetta said there was no contact from Obama after the intial call.</p><p></p><p>Truth: Panetta, the event was OVER in less than 2 hours and we advised the president that we were "staging" resources and confirming permissions to ultilize those resources. Asked again by lindsay graham, and the answer was the same... "the event was OVER".</p><p></p><p>You did not listen to the testimony, and your sources are only the right wing "programmers" that you claim as news sources.</p><p></p><p>You take things that you hear literally, without confirming the information, then run onto this board to post the "thoughts" as if they were your own.</p><p></p><p>Here is part of what PANETTA SAID...</p><p>ater in the hearing, Graham asked Panetta if he thought it was “typical” for a commander in chief to make no follow-up phone calls.</p><p>SEN. GRAHAM: Are you surprised that the president of the United States never called you, Secretary Panetta, and say, ‘how’s it going?’</p><p>SEC. PANETTA: I — you know, normally in these situations –</p><p>SEN. GRAHAM: Did he know the level of threat that –</p><p>SEC. PANETTA: <span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>Let — well, let me finish the answer. We were deploying the forces. He knew we were deploying the forces. He was being kept updated –</strong></span></p><p>SEN. GRAHAM: Well, I hate to interrupt you, but I got limited time. We didn’t deploy any forces. Did you call him back — wait a minute –</p><p>SEC. PANETTA: <span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>No, but the event — the event was over by the time we got –</strong></span></p><p>SEN. GRAHAM: Mr. Secretary, you didn’t know how long the attack would last. Did you ever call him and say, Mr. President, it looks like we don’t have anything to get there anytime soon?</p><p>SEC. PANETTA: <span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>The event was over before we could move any assets.</strong></span></p><p>SEN. GRAHAM: It lasted almost eight hours. And my question to you is during that eight-hour period, did the president show any curiosity about how’s this going, what kind of assets do you have helping these people? Did he ever make that phone call?</p><p>SEC. PANETTA: <strong><span style="font-size: 18px">LOOK</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>, there is no question in my mind that the president of the United States was concerned about American lives and, frankly, all of us were concerned about American lives.</strong></span></p><p>SEN. GRAHAM: With all due respect, I don’t believe that’s a credible statement if he never called and asked you, are we helping these people; what’s happening to them? We have a second round, and we’ll take it up then.</p><p>SEC. PANETTA: As a former chief of staff to the president of the United States, the purpose of staff is to be able to get that kind of information, and those staff were working with us.</p><p>SEN. GRAHAM: So you think it’s a typical response of the president of the United States to make one phone call, do what you can and never call you back again and ask you, how’s it going, by the way, showing your frustration we don’t have any assets in there to help these people for over seven hours?</p><p>SEC. PANETTA: <span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>The president is well-informed about what is going on. Make no mistake about it.</strong></span></p><p>SEN. GRAHAM: Well, that is interesting to hear</p><p></p><p></p><p>Just because Lindsay Graham tried to interupt Panetta and force an answer to make it sound bad, that doesnt give the meaning you imply with your post.</p><p></p><p>peace</p><p></p><p>TOS</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Other Side, post: 1096482, member: 17969"] Those are NOT facts from the hearings. Those are the "extrapolations" of testimony from the hearings and taken completely out of context minus the "qualifiers" that explain the total answer. YOU : panetta said there was no contact from Obama after the intial call. Truth: Panetta, the event was OVER in less than 2 hours and we advised the president that we were "staging" resources and confirming permissions to ultilize those resources. Asked again by lindsay graham, and the answer was the same... "the event was OVER". You did not listen to the testimony, and your sources are only the right wing "programmers" that you claim as news sources. You take things that you hear literally, without confirming the information, then run onto this board to post the "thoughts" as if they were your own. Here is part of what PANETTA SAID... ater in the hearing, Graham asked Panetta if he thought it was “typical” for a commander in chief to make no follow-up phone calls. SEN. GRAHAM: Are you surprised that the president of the United States never called you, Secretary Panetta, and say, ‘how’s it going?’ SEC. PANETTA: I — you know, normally in these situations – SEN. GRAHAM: Did he know the level of threat that – SEC. PANETTA: [SIZE=5][B]Let — well, let me finish the answer. We were deploying the forces. He knew we were deploying the forces. He was being kept updated –[/B][/SIZE] SEN. GRAHAM: Well, I hate to interrupt you, but I got limited time. We didn’t deploy any forces. Did you call him back — wait a minute – SEC. PANETTA: [SIZE=5][B]No, but the event — the event was over by the time we got –[/B][/SIZE] SEN. GRAHAM: Mr. Secretary, you didn’t know how long the attack would last. Did you ever call him and say, Mr. President, it looks like we don’t have anything to get there anytime soon? SEC. PANETTA: [SIZE=5][B]The event was over before we could move any assets.[/B][/SIZE] SEN. GRAHAM: It lasted almost eight hours. And my question to you is during that eight-hour period, did the president show any curiosity about how’s this going, what kind of assets do you have helping these people? Did he ever make that phone call? SEC. PANETTA: [B][SIZE=5]LOOK[/SIZE][/B][SIZE=5][B], there is no question in my mind that the president of the United States was concerned about American lives and, frankly, all of us were concerned about American lives.[/B][/SIZE] SEN. GRAHAM: With all due respect, I don’t believe that’s a credible statement if he never called and asked you, are we helping these people; what’s happening to them? We have a second round, and we’ll take it up then. SEC. PANETTA: As a former chief of staff to the president of the United States, the purpose of staff is to be able to get that kind of information, and those staff were working with us. SEN. GRAHAM: So you think it’s a typical response of the president of the United States to make one phone call, do what you can and never call you back again and ask you, how’s it going, by the way, showing your frustration we don’t have any assets in there to help these people for over seven hours? SEC. PANETTA: [SIZE=5][B]The president is well-informed about what is going on. Make no mistake about it.[/B][/SIZE] SEN. GRAHAM: Well, that is interesting to hear Just because Lindsay Graham tried to interupt Panetta and force an answer to make it sound bad, that doesnt give the meaning you imply with your post. peace TOS [/QUOTE]
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