Feinstein: Petraeus willing to testify on Benghazi

Former CIA Director David Petraeus has indicated a willingness to testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee about the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, according to the head of the committee, though it has not been decided when he will testify.

"He is very willing and interested in talking to the committee," Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said to reporters today. "It's just on Benghazi. Our hearings are on Benghazi and the intelligence that preceded Benghazi and the intelligence that determined the security."

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Petraeus was originally scheduled to testify before the committee in a closed hearing this week since he gave the orders in September to send a CIA team into Benghazi in a vain attempt to rescue Americans. Two members of that team were killed on that mission. However, it became unclear whether Petraeus would testify after he abruptly resigned from his position as CIA director on Friday after admitting to an extramarital affair.

Yesterday, acting CIA Director Michael Morell and State Department officials briefed some members of Congress in a closed briefing, while today House Intelligence Committee members are being briefed by both the FBI and the CIA.

[samXXkiley]

coucou,
the testimony of David Petraieus will perhaps clarify obscure points on attack of Benghazi. That said, is all truths are good to say? precisely in regard to this attack, the future will tell.
"au revoir"

[wfw3536]

Maybe we'll find out more about this cover up that resulted in 4 brave Americans being killed because of the incompetence of the Obama administration. We need to find out if the president gave the order to stand down by our military to take action during the several hour battle. Watergate was terrible, but no one died in that cover up. How sad it is for our country that except for Fox the rest of the national media wants to keep this story cover up.

[carlr144]

General Petraeus
PLEASE testify as the hero and 4 star General that you are. Do NOT let "them" throw you under the bus. They will in an instant to save Obama
and admin.

Make me, a Korean veteran, and so many others PROUD to have served or country.

Four people died, NO help was sent, remember "leave NO one behind"
What more can I say

carlr144
Korean Veteran

[peter_out]

Start at the top. First swear in Obama and then ask, "Did you personally give the order to "stand down" to American security all the whiol Ambassador Stevens and navy Seals were being slaughtered" "If not, who did?"

[StephenNelsonCross]

It would be interesting to see anyone post links to any TOP Republican who supports any of the garbage that Fox and Rush and other "entertainment" outlets have spewed. These hearings as stated are about reports and requests weeks PRIOR to the attack. None of the respected panelists are alledging anyone abandoned the people there. In fact we rescued most of them!

[lamorpa]

May as well. The partisan fanatics trying to find a huge situation here are going to be sorely disappointed. The more facts that are presented, the more reality will be shown. It is perfectly obvious to the sane minded that this was a real, but small foreign situation with a bad outcome. No big villains, no big secrets. Move along...

[matt6052]

Reserve Major Broadwell has brought more discredit to the armed forces than anyone I can recall. Even the sergeant who massacred the civilians in Afghanistan was clearly not representative of American soldiers. Broadwell is a West Point/ Harvard graduate who is a published author and a Phd candidate. She facilitated and participated in misconduct with a CIA Director that eventually caused his untimely and disruptive resignation.

[rksharma-2009]

I know that this may not be a right topic, but I think General Petraeus did not need to resign. Yes he had a personal moral failure, which happens everywhere, because he is just a human being. If he did not compromise the security of the country, then this is nothing. He was involved with an American Woman. Even churches did not let their priests go after they committed adultery and even serious crimes. We all have some personal level failures, because we all are human beings. Yes General Petraeus need to answer questions about Bengazi, as this was part of his job to protect those people. Why did he fail, did 330 million dollars tax cuts that republicans had initiated for the security of these embassies had anything to do with this? We need to know. Those who are trying to make this a political war, need to know one thing. Under President Obama, the country has done great and provided total security compare to under George Bush when it was a party time for all the arms manufacturing companies, who got windfall of money inventing things that we never needed and stuck the bill to the tax payers.

[rksharma-2009]

MIKXXXXX

You are absolutely right. In fact 9/11 hearing under Bush administration was a shame. Bush and his entire administration should have been prosecuted for war crimes that they have committed, and I wish we had done this. President Obama was handed one of the worst economy, which may have been the reasons that he did not want to handle such matters. However, we progressives should unite and put a pressure to have banks prosecuted as well as all those who took us to an illegal war.

[jschm2681]

and drag Hillary and Paneta back from Australia to testify. This fiasco has gone on long enough and there is enough evidence to show the Obama admin didn't take proper precautions for their ambassador on 9/11, and tried to bury the story with the lies of a movie clip via Carney, and Rice.
Rice should be fired. Carney is just a mouthpiece for the president. Will we get to the bottom and why did the media try to bury the story before the election? There maybe impeachment level crimes here but the Dem controlled senate would never hear of it.

[netndx]

boo hiss CBS for your coverage on Benghazi!