Obama Doesn't Want to Know When Embassies Need More Security

Obama Doesn't Want to Know When Embassies Need More Security

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney dodged a question about whether the President has asked for any change in procedure when Embassies request more security. Carney said that the President and the administration is waiting for recommendations from the investigatory committee that was requested by the State Department.

Q I want to follow on Ann’s question. She asked if the President was upset when he learned that he had not been told about these requests for extra security and that kind of thing. Has he now asked to be informed about such security requests? Or has he given any instructions that they should not be turned down, or that he or his designate should be informed?

MR. CARNEY: It is absolutely the case the President is intensely focused on and committed to bringing to justice those who killed four Americans. He is focused on the investigations continuing so that they can follow the facts all the way to the end so we know what happened and why. He is committed to ensuring that we take the appropriate actions after the Accountability Review Board to ensure that what happened in Benghazi does not happen again. What is also the case is that requests from the hundreds of diplomatic facilities around the country for security personnel or other related matters are made to the State Department. They are not made to the White House. And that’s just a simple statement of fact. It is certainly the case that this President believes that we need to assess what happened in Benghazi and we need to take action — appropriate action to ensure that it does not happen again.

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