Destruction: U.S. troops took a total of 14 hours to respond to news of the murderous assault
Military Timeline On Libya Shows It Took Nearly A Day For Special Ops Team To Arrive At Italy Staging Base -- FOX News
The Pentagon on Friday acknowledged that it took almost 22 hours from the start of the Libya consulate attack for the closest American Special Operations response team to arrive at a staging base in southern Italy.
While officials insisted that the military did not have armed aircraft that could have responded in time to rescue Americans fighting off the terrorist attackers, the revelation raises questions about whether the team of at least 30 special operators could have been there, or off the coast of Libya, at an earlier hour.
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