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<blockquote data-quote="DriveInDriѵeOut" data-source="post: 1199395" data-attributes="member: 44954">First, Mullen disputed that a small military group in Tripoli had&nbsp; been told to “stand down” instead of going to help in Benghazi. Mullen&nbsp; explained that the four-person team had been told to stay in Tripoli&nbsp; because there were concerns about the security of the embassy there.&nbsp;Second, Mullen addressed claims that friend-16s could have been deployed&nbsp; to fly over the consulate to disrupt the attacks. Mullen said given the&nbsp; placement of the planes and the need to refuel potentially as many as&nbsp; two times en route, that the timing made it impossible for the planes to&nbsp; provide aid.&nbsp;“There really was a time distance physics problem,” Mullen said. “The&nbsp; military is willing to go into high risk places, it just wasn’t going&nbsp; to happen in time.”“There’s no one I’ve ever met in the military that wouldn’t want to get&nbsp; help there instantly,” Mullen said, but the “physics of it, the reality&nbsp; of it, it just wasn’t going to happen for 12 to 20 hours.”<a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2013/09/democrats-push-back-on-benghazi-97036_Page2.html#ixzz2fOfSXdMi" target="_blank">politico</a>
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[QUOTE="DriveInDriѵeOut, post: 1199395, member: 44954"] First, Mullen disputed that a small military group in Tripoli had been told to “stand down” instead of going to help in Benghazi. Mullen explained that the four-person team had been told to stay in Tripoli because there were concerns about the security of the embassy there. Second, Mullen addressed claims that friend-16s could have been deployed to fly over the consulate to disrupt the attacks. Mullen said given the placement of the planes and the need to refuel potentially as many as two times en route, that the timing made it impossible for the planes to provide aid. “There really was a time distance physics problem,” Mullen said. “The military is willing to go into high risk places, it just wasn’t going to happen in time.” “There’s no one I’ve ever met in the military that wouldn’t want to get help there instantly,” Mullen said, but the “physics of it, the reality of it, it just wasn’t going to happen for 12 to 20 hours.”[URL="http://www.politico.com/story/2013/09/democrats-push-back-on-benghazi-97036_Page2.html#ixzz2fOfSXdMi"]politico[/URL] [LEFT] [COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/LEFT] [/QUOTE]

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