In an interview with Denver’s KUSA 9News this afternoon,a reporter with no plans to ever interview President Obama again asked him a line of tough questions. Leading off with “Were requests from Benghazi denied help?” and then moving into questions about the president’s failed greendoggles, Kyle Clark asks one tough question after another. Obama dodges them all and falls back on boilerplate answers. So KUSA calls him out for it in their write-up of the story.
KUSA’s write-up:
President Barack Obama would not directly address questions from 9NEWS on whether Americans under attack in Libya were denied requests for assistance during the September 11th terror attack.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Friday that the military did not send immediate help to the consulate in Benghazi because commanders lacked enough information about the ongoing attack to put troops in harm’s way.
President Obama discussed the situation in Libya during a satellite interview Friday afternoon with 9NEWS reporter Kyle Clark, who also asked if it’s fair for Americans to be told to wait until after the election to learn what truly happened in Libya.
“The election has nothing to do with four brave Americans getting killed and us wanting to find out exactly what happened,” President Obama said. “Nobody wants to find out more what happened than I do.”
President Obama was directly asked twice whether pleas for help on the ground in Libya were denied during the attack. Both times, he repeated his standard call for a thorough investigation.
Local media doing reporting that the network hacks won’t do.
It used to be that doing interviews with local reporters was the way to avoid the tough questions. Now the Democrat operatives with bylines that pass for reporters on the national stage make the local reporters look like the tough guys.
Obama said Friday he “absolutely” plans to take action against whoever is responsible for the attack.
He only has to look in the mirror to find who was responsible
Exactly, hes even more than a murderer!
Obama looks high like a kite in that pic!
Thank you so much for Posting this.
I have already shared on Facebook and Ricochet.
Someone needs to tell that local Journalist that he ain’t going nowhere if he keeps on practicing that kind of Journalism.
“Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Friday that the military did not send immediate help to the consulate in Benghazi because commanders lacked enough information about the ongoing attack to put troops in harm’s way.”
Wow. It is by going into harm’s way that you find out what the situation is. Unavoidable, regrettably, but I assume that our people are trained to handle it? It is, after all, their job? The communications are working? The thunder is ready to be called down if recon gets in over its head? Or finds targets of opportunity?
This is the ground level corollary to the maxim “you do not get intelligence to start a war; you start a war to get intelligence.”
This is what’s called “leading from behind.”
Doesn’t intend to interview Obama again? Well, it’s a pretty safe career bet, at this point.
there goes Colorado…
maybe the tv ads will stop now
Dear Liar has lined up his next hard hitting interview: Tiger Beat magazine.
Tiger Beat would ask Obama tougher questions than all of ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC, CNN, PBS, NPR, WaPo, and NYT put together!
“Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Friday that the military did not send immediate help to the consulate in Benghazi because commanders lacked enough information about the ongoing attack to put troops in harm’s way.”
What harm? That reinforcements might get a hernia from reloading the 105 mm cannon in the AC-130? That the F/A-18 pilot might get bored on the long overwater flight back home?
Come now. Unless that “mob” had a SA-11 hidden under a coat, there was probably little threat to airborne assets.
Certainly less threat than the Americans already there were facing. But, I guess there is a special place in Paradise for those who give their lives so that Obama’s desires might live.
Thank you. I have been wanting to say the same thing but you beat me to it. The sad truth about all this is most of mainstream media will not report any of this. But why all the lies and cover-up from the media. Can we start a class action to get their attention? The Charlie Woods interview on fox was good. I wish Mr. Woods would go on the campaign trail screaming for answers in why his son never got support from our Commander in chief. I want to know what he was doing through all this. Was he sleeping? Were they hoping ambassador Stevens would be killed to cover something up? We Americans deserve some answers Pres Obama
>Come now. Unless that “mob” had a SA-11 hidden under a coat, there was probably little threat to airborne assets.>
BINGO. That’s why they sent in drones.
The question is if a rescue mission would have been too risky, why didn’t they pull the embassy personnel out before it went to hell, as the Brits did.
Something doesn’t smell right. Were we engaged in a Contra-like deal with the Libyans?
Leon – We already had troops in “harm’s way”…they were in “harm’s way” getting shot and mortared at the Benghazi Consulate you jackass.
(7 DEC 1941 – FDR) No, we’re not going to send forces to defend Pearl Harbor, they might get shot at.
Greetings:
So, how long before the Obama administration drops the Federal government on KUSA’s head. Any bets on which agencies show up first… FCC… EEO… DoJ… ???
Easy peasy, the IRS.
My bet is FCC or IRS…
11B5V (Ret)
Contra type deal or staged attack gone bad. Ambassador
was to be exchanged for blind sheik and
Prez was to be a hero for election. Impeachment
or arrest to follow.
Like I said before enter George W. Bush into This scenario and Benghazi would be heard at breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
As a community journalist in my day job I can tell you that local reporters are where the real journalism happens every day — and it’s where the real journalists are.
Real journalists these days do not go to work for major organizations. We go to work for small publications and places like PJM and the Daily Caller, where we’re allowed to do real reporting on real issues that matter to real people.
Reporters at the majors aren’t reporters, they’re PR hacks.
Amazing interview. I’m sure they had more questions but O ran out the clock by reciting his stump speech. Weak.
By the way, Mr President, solar energy isn’t “cutting edge”. Hasn’t been since you ran with the choom gang.
This just in – KUSA reporter Kyle Clark’s home was destroyed by wayward surveillance drone last night…
Just kidding of course. But If I was Clark I would get a station intern to start his car for him from now on.
Keep a close eye on this reporter’s career (or lack thereof in the comming months)
Obama referred to energy “sources” of the future, such as “fuel efficient batteries.” What? Is that like a “fuel efficient gas tank?”