[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15089]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         TERROR ATTACK IN LIBYA

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, it's been 2 months since four 
Americans were murdered by terrorists in Benghazi, Libya. For 2 weeks 
the administration claimed this was a spontaneous protest in response 
to a movie, but now we know that was all a charade.
  The administration knew within 2 hours that the terror group Ansar 
al-Sharia was claiming responsibility for this well-planned ambush and 
assassination. Allegedly, the administration also watched the attack 
occur in the White House's Situation Room, and that's when a request 
for military help was made and denied.
  CIA operatives were twice told to stand down instead of helping the 
Ambassador. Why did the Ambassador's calls for help go unanswered? The 
American people need to know this: What happened? Why didn't the U.S. 
help the Ambassador when he was under attack? And what individuals 
killed the Ambassador? And what has the United States done to track 
these outlaws down, hold them accountable for this--yet another attack 
on 9/11?
  And that's just the way it is.

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