Update: It appears the White House first uploaded the photo of Obama being briefed on the night of the Benghazi attack on Oct. 11, 2012. The White House then reposted the photo on Thursday.
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The very first photo of President Barack Obama being briefed on Sept. 11, 2012, following the Benghazi terrorist attack was posted on the White House’s Flickr site on Thursday.
The White House has previously withheld photos of the president taken the night of the attack.
“Denis McDonough, Deputy National Security Advisor, left, updates the President and Vice President on the situation in the Middle East and North Africa. National Security Advisor Tom Donilon and Chief of Staff Jack Lew are at right,” the photo’s description reads. The White House’s Flickr site claims the photo was taken on Sept. 11, 2012 and uploaded on Thursday.
(Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
While the photo doesn’t provide a lot of information, the picture does seem to confirm that Obama was briefed on the night of the Benghazi attack — and by whom. What was said — well, that’s another story.
(H/T: Fox News Insider)
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TXDC
Jun. 11, 2013 at 2:20amDuring the Benghazi attack, Obama was watching it on a feed to the White House, I guess from the overhead drone(s), THEN HE GOT UP, SAID, “I’M GOING TO BED,” AND LEFT THE ROOM. I, myself, saw this on Television that very same night as I was watching it all unfold and couldn’t believe he would just ignore it, get up and go to bed. If you search online for “Obama went to bed the night of Benghazi” there are many references to this same thing being seen by others, so I know I’m not crazy as it was seen by a lot of others although it was very brief. However, now everyone (talk radio, Fox News, Washington and all the others) are saying that no one knows where he was during the attack. BUT IT IS ON FILM SOMEWHERE AT FOX OR MAYBE EVEN ANOTHER STATION OR TWO, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE FOUND AND SHOWN AGAIN. I don’t understand this unless they were told not to show it again by someone. But, unless it was destroyed on someone’s orders, it shouldn’t be that hard to locate . . . at Fox News Channel I’m pretty sure, although I probably switched around that night to see what, if any, other stations were carrying this. I never saw it again after that night, but I surely would like to and I’d like for everyone to see it.
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ranepowel
Jan. 5, 2013 at 7:33pmI love that the MSM is giving more attention to the four dead in Aurora Colorado because of a gun than they EVER did or will to Benghazi :) You guys will get no where with this and it just warms my heart.
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KEELHAULUM
Jan. 5, 2013 at 5:51pmThat body language says ” Look I’m board can you get on with it,…”
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bhosux
Jan. 5, 2013 at 3:37pmA test: of the 5 people in the picture. Which one is the Janitor?
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ranepowel
Jan. 5, 2013 at 1:43pmWow. People still care about this, eh? How’s that impeachment going? Oh, will never happen? Cool. Next?
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Tom70
Jan. 5, 2013 at 1:05pmGuess what the “ONE,” has had plenty of time to cover his tracks and make a movie with his hollywood buddies so hell look like he even carried a gun in case he needed to save someone.
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bhosux
Jan. 5, 2013 at 11:56amThe guy with a blue tie and glasses ont he far right of the pic. Is the White House Tour Guide. He had to show Obama(the clown) where the Oval Office was actually located.
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alrunner58
Jan. 5, 2013 at 9:03amHe’s got the same expression he always has, befuddlement.
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Ch
Jan. 5, 2013 at 5:52amStaged photo no doubt…these guys are all about scamming.
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Apple Bite
Jan. 5, 2013 at 1:37amBut he didn’t know anything, so he said. For crying out loud, somebody besides Beck, jump into MSM’s backside for covering up the truth!!!
Beck wants us to refer to him as “That Guy”….Sorry Beck, I’m going to start referring to him as ‘That Turd”. You have to call it as you see it.
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nothinghere
Jan. 4, 2013 at 10:39pmnot quite the war-room picture as the bin laden heroic raid,but as we know now,it’s not quite as important to o’bama either.
did pelosi take this photo,whats the photo for,to comfort the families of the benhgazi victims,they can rest easy now,knowing that o’bama was with these four other people at sometime or another,could be talking about their take-out order.
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Nick_Carraway
Jan. 4, 2013 at 8:54pmHow do we know this isn’t one of Nancy Pelosi’s photo-shopped pics?
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jimgerrish
Jan. 4, 2013 at 8:04pmThat accounts for five people in the White House that evening. Please sign my petition to have the White House release the list of EVERYONE who was in the White House during the time of the Benghazi attack and massacre on 9/11/12. http://wh.gov/U7qA
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Nathan2004
Jan. 4, 2013 at 7:14pmPLEASE PEOPLE…we cannot allow this story to die. The cover up by Obama himself, Clinton and her medical condition, Patraeus stepping down. IT ALL STINKS!!! Keep this story alive for those who died.
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