Retired Brig. Gen. Robert Lovell told the House Committee on Government Oversight and Reform that U.S. forces “should have tried” to get to the embassy in time to help save the lives of Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans who were killed by militants in twin attacks the night of Sept. 11, 2012. He said the State Department should have made stronger requests for action. Lovell was monitoring the attack from U.S. Africa Command’s headquarters in Germany. He says it was clear that the attack was hostile action. “Four individuals died. We obviously did not respond in time to get there,” he said. Lovell was asked whether the military was allowed to adequately respond. Lovell said that from his perspective, it was not. “The military could have made a response of some sort,” Lovell said. Lovell described the mood in Africa Command during the attack: “It was desperation to gain situational awareness.” Lovell told the committee it was clearly not an attack borne of the protests.
Posted on: Sun, 04 May 2014 12:00:01 +0000
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