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Command. and within that support element, you could have logistics, you could have attack aviation, you could have training and equip missions so we could put some the additional firepower into those forces on the ground that are willing to fight. we can conduct medical, we can conduct a whole bunch of operations that would allow for a really proximate and persistent presence that would allow operations to be conducted. we could use that as a staging base for joint special operations, into specific targets. so you could build that, help train and equip, and take it it to the next level. it's n...

Like. this is from september of last year. >> the counter terrorism campaign will be waged through a steady, we relentless effort to take out isil using our air power and partner forces on the ground. the strategy of taking out terrors who threaten us and supporting partners on the one front lines is one we successfully pursued in yemen for years >> the problem this was a major staging base for our drones. >> right. and we don't have anybody on the ground to figure out where the drones need tow strike. >> this is what happens when you take options off the table. when you say we're just going t...

Defense secretary leon panetta and joint chiefs chairman martin dempsey discussing potential responses with president obama. 11:10 unarmed u.s. surveillance drone arrives over consulate. by 11:30 p.m. all surviving americans have left the consulate and headed to the annex. the whereabouts of ambassador chris stevens is unknown at that point. he, of course, did not make it to the annex and was later taken from the embassy to a benghazi hospital where he was pronounced dead. from midnight to 2:00 a.m. benghazi time, secretary panetta gives orders to what's called a fleet antiterrorism platoon es...

General hamm, i directed several specific actions. first, we ordered a marine fleet antiterrorism secure team, a fast team stationed in spain to prepare to deploy to benghazi. a second fast platoon was ordered to prepare to deploy to the embassy in tripoli. a special operations force, which was training in central europe was ordered to prepare to deploy to an intermediate staging base in southern europe. and a special operations force based in the united states was ordered to deploy to an intermediate staging base in southern europe as well at siganela. some have asked why some other types of ...

Algeria did send one unarmed drone over the bp facility to provide surveillance capability. they did not send any ground troops. the algerians essentially went it alone, killing more than 15 kidnappers according to algerian sources. and they say 30 hostage. what is clear after this incident is the growing al qaeda threat in north africa. >> al qaeda is still there. they are still a threat. they are a threat in yemen. they are a threat in somalia. they are a threat as we speak in mali. >> instability in mali has created the opportunity for a staging base and safe haven for terrorists. again it'...