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The commander went on to present a picture of a woefully ill-postured military force whose assets were not in position to launch a timely response or rescue. not just in benghazi, but also across africa and the middle east. no attack aircraft were placed on high alert on september 11th. fighter jets were unarmed and air refuelers were ten hours away in great britain. >> they did what they could with what they had. the bottom line here is they didn't have what they needed to respond. >> u.s. africom commanders were aware of a deteriorating security situation in libya and offered a detachment of...

The night of the attack would have made any difference. quote, the intelligence i had at the time caused me to conclude in my military judgment that attack aircraft would not be the appropriate response tool. so i did not direct a heightened alert. congressman jason chaffin scolded him for not sending the c-17 rescue plane for the wounded until 2:15 the next day. the decision to rely on libyan transfer planes forced survivors aacademying ambassador stevens' body to wait an additional three hours in benghazi. not everyone could fit on the first flight out, and libyan planes were barred from fly...

Welcome back. here's some other stories making news this morning. while being grilled by the senate armed services committee, had any onpanetta strongly defended the pentagon's response to the benghazi attack that left ambassador chris stevens and three other americans dead. panetta told lawmakers there just wasn't enough time to get u.s. forces or attack aircraft to the scene. today president obama will speak at a military farewell service for panetta. michelle obama plans to travel to chicago to attend tomorrow's funeral for 15-year-old hidea pendleton, an honor student and band major ...

Her to lose her job. look there are so many details here. have the obama campaign itself dethey knew anything latant lie.tory which was jon: we're out of time. a word from each of you. should the white house repudiate it? >> the white house said they didn't have anything to do it. when the romney campaign repudiates all the ads they have done from the coke brothers. to whine about negative ads flying back and forth. jon: monica. >> obama campaign basically not addressed this. they haven't even tried to distance themselves from it, maybe julie's point because it is having traction out there. i ...

Bashar al-assad, this as syrian forces bound the northern city of aleppo, firing on the rebels with fighter jets, helicopters, and tanks. despite being outgunned, though, the opposition is holding on. leland vittert is live in our middle east bureau in jerusalem. what is the latest on the ground? >> reporter: every day seems to be less and less good news for the rebels, more and more wins for the government, who as of today seem to have denied the syrian opposition any kind of foothold inside aleppo they won the battle for a key neighborhood. what we are seeing from the latest amateur video is...