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Sen. Paul: 'Where the hell were the Marines' in Libya?

By Ramsey Cox - 10/23/12 11:41 AM ET

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) told New Hampshire voters Monday to ask President Obama why Marines weren’t protecting the U.S. consulate in Libya, when Ambassador Chris Stevens was killed last month.

“Where the hell were the Marines? In Libya, where were the Marines? There were no uniformed Marines guarding our ambassador? Where do you think the most dangerous embassy in the world is? It’s got to be Libya or Iraq,” Paul said at an event in New Hampshire on Monday.

Paul was referring the to Sept. 11, 2012, terrorist attack against the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, where four Americans were killed, including Stevens, the U.S. ambassador to Libya.

Paul told the audience that there was a 16-person security team in Benghazi, but that the president sent them away. “If the president comes up here, ask him: Why in the hell did you send them home? They specifically requested to stay,” Paul said.

Republicans in Congress have been raking the administration over the coals for botching the security situation in Benghazi and have requested communications from Stevens to the State Department, where he supposedly expressed concerns about the security situation.

“The president says the buck stops here, ask him where in the hell were the Marines? Ask him, where the hell was that 16-person security team,” Paul said.

For more on Paul's comments, click here.


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