Damn, just when Russ brings out the champagne, another Benghazi "smoking gun" down the drain. In despicable fashion, General Lovell states that the military could have done something but the State Department held them off, giving credence to the nutters claim that the state prevented help. But just as quickly as he made those comments... Armed Services panel, Rep. Howard "Buck" McKeon, R-Calif, basically tells his ass that he wouldn't even know what resources they had available and that his comments are not at all accurate. Must suck when the opposition comes from the right. Someone check on Russ after this... old feller doesn't like when his dots get disconnected.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/white-house-denies-memo-benghazi-attack-23541647
A few hours later, the powerful chairman of the Armed Services panel, Rep. Howard "Buck" McKeon, R-Calif., challenged the testimony of Lovell, who was in U.S. Africa Command's headquarters in Germany monitoring the attack.
The general "did not serve in a capacity that gave him reliable insight into operational options available to commanders during the attack, nor did he offer specific courses of action not taken," McKeon said.
"We have no evidence that Department of State officials delayed the decision to deploy what few resources the Defense Department had available to respond," McKeon said. "Lovell did not further the investigation or reveal anything new, he was another painful reminder of the agony our military felt that night: wanting to respond but unable to do so."
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/white-house-denies-memo-benghazi-attack-23541647