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Old 10-26-2012, 02:36 PM
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Embassies and consulates are two different things. There was no consulate until it was opened in Tripoli on August 26. Christopher Stevens spoke at the opening ceremony.

“I’m happy to announce that starting on Monday, August 27, we are ready to offer a full range of consular services to Libyans,” stated Stevens at the ceremony in Tripoli. “This means non-immigrant visas, as well as assistance to Americans residing in, or visiting, Libya.”

The State Department website lists no consulate in Benghazi.
You're wrong. The State Dep't has officially had an embassy in Tripoli since May 15, 2006. Embassies offer consular services, as well as the other diplomatic functions, unlike consulates which only offer only consular services.
http://libya.usembassy.gov/about-us.html
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Old 10-26-2012, 02:45 PM
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Old 10-26-2012, 05:11 PM
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You're wrong. The State Dep't has officially had an embassy in Tripoli since May 15, 2006. Embassies offer consular services, as well as the other diplomatic functions, unlike consulates which only offer only consular services.
http://libya.usembassy.gov/about-us.html
Uh huh, and how long have they had the consular section opened, or according to the website, re-opened?
Since August 26, when Stevens said "we are ready to offer a full range of consular services to Libyans".

If there were already a dedicated consulate in Benghazi, why would he say that? And again, where is anything on the website saying there's a consulate in Benghazi? If they were offering these services, you'd think that information would be on their website so folks would know where to go, wouldn't you?
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Old 10-26-2012, 06:20 PM
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See, like for Turkey, they have all the addresses listed.

http://turkey.usembassy.gov/us_consulates3.html
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Old 10-26-2012, 06:33 PM
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Uh huh, and how long have they had the consular section opened, or according to the website, re-opened?
Since August 26, when Stevens said "we are ready to offer a full range of consular services to Libyans".

If there were already a dedicated consulate in Benghazi, why would he say that? And again, where is anything on the website saying there's a consulate in Benghazi? If they were offering these services, you'd think that information would be on their website so folks would know where to go, wouldn't you?
The embassy in Tripoli was closed during the uprising and all personnel evacuated. The speech you quoted referred to its reopening.

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Old 10-26-2012, 07:43 PM
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Those four guys got hung out to dry, and Obama lead a cover up. If not him, who told Carney to tell us that the attack was over a film? Hillary can already tell us what kind of mufflers are on the bus, but she will shut her trap and take it just like Bill does. This is nothing new, Obama has never had any honor that I've seen. The men who died were heroes, and shamefully betrayed.
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Old 10-26-2012, 07:59 PM
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Since you apparently decided not to read the thread, TD, I'll repeat:

"What do eyewitnesses say about the events in Benghazi? Were they related to the insulting video, or is that a red herring? And was the assault planned for the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, or was it spontaneous?

According to reporting by David D. Kirkpatrick and Suliman Ali Zway of The New York Times, eyewitnesses have said there was no peaceful demonstration against the video outside the compound before the attack, though a crowd of Benghazi residents soon gathered, and some later looted the compound. But the attackers, recognized as members of a local militant group called Ansar al-Shariah, did tell bystanders that they were attacking the compound because they were angry about the video. They did not mention the Sept. 11 anniversary. Intelligence officials believe that planning for the attack probably began only a few hours before it took place."
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/18/us...zi-attack.html

If someone said that Obama raped a white woman, you'd believe it because you want to believe it.

That is unless she got pregnant. Then it wasn't legitimate rape.
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Old 10-26-2012, 08:00 PM
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Those four guys got hung out to dry, and Obama lead a cover up. If not him, who told Carney to tell us that the attack was over a film? Hillary can already tell us what kind of mufflers are on the bus, but she will shut her trap and take it just like Bill does. This is nothing new, Obama has never had any honor that I've seen. The men who died were heroes, and shamefully betrayed.
Straight faux BS. You need to look beyond what Hannity and his parrotheads are saying.
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Old 10-27-2012, 08:31 AM
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Straight faux BS. You need to look beyond what Hannity and his parrotheads are saying.
I've told you a dozen times that I can't stand, nor do I watch Hannity. What part of that are you struggling with?

No, I didn't read the entire thread, it's 24 pages long and I have a life. I was just giving my opinion. For now, we can still do that in this country.
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Old 10-27-2012, 10:04 AM
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Feel free to waste your time, Jay. No struggles here.
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