Guest Authors  DOD Releases Detailed Timeline for Benghazi
Response  11 November 2012  Written By: Karen Parrish American
Forces Press Service  WASHINGTON, Nov. 10, 2012 – The Defense
Department released a detailed timeline yesterday of the
Pentagon’s response to the September attack in Benghazi, Libya,
that left four Americans dead, including U.S. Ambassador J.
Christopher Stevens.  A senior defense official, speaking on
background with Pentagon reporters, emphasized the rapid
consultation, planning and troop pre-deployment actions defense
leaders undertook in the first hours following the attack.
“With naval, Marine, special operations and air forces either
employed or en route to Libya during the attacks, we responded,”
the official said. “We mourn the loss of four American heroes in
Benghazi.”  The military’s initial response began within minutes
of the first incident in Benghazi, the official said: the attack
on the U.S. consulate began at 3:42 p.m. EDT [9:42 p.m. Benghazi
time], and by 5:10 EDT an unar