Ron Paul On The ISIS Threat.

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Senator Rand Paul to President: "Where The Hell Where The Marines?"

FYI - From The Washington Times and Senator Rand Paul.

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PAUL: Where were the Marines?

Buck stops with Obama in Benghazi security breach

By Sen. Rand Paul

Monday’s foreign policy debate between President Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney was designed to help voters better understand each man’s vision for America’s role abroad. While I have publicly taken issue with both candidates on aspects of their foreign policies, there is no question that Mr. Romney remains the right choice for Americans on Nov. 6.

However, it is also clear neither candidate adequately addressed the gross intelligence failure in Libya that left four Americans dead, including U.S. Ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stevens. Too many important questions remain unanswered concerning Mr. Obama’s entire mishandling of the recent siege of Benghazi.

I would like to take this opportunity to ask the questions Americans want answered.

The first and most pressing question for Mr. Obama remains: Where the hell were the Marines?

Two of the most potentially vulnerable or dangerous American embassies are in Iraq and Libya. In Iraq, we have roughly 17,000 people guarding our ambassador. Not all of them are Marines, but some several hundred are, and they guard our ambassador behind a 10-foot-high walled fortress. In Iraq, we cannot afford to take any unnecessary risks with our diplomats and go to great lengths to ensure that there are plenty of armed personnel between our representatives and any potential threats.

In Libya, there were no uniformed Marines guarding our ambassador. Originally, there was a 16-person security team led by Col. Andrew Wood, who had requested to stay in Libya. In July, Stevens sent memos to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee requesting an “extension of tour of duty (TDY) personnel.” Stevens was referring to Col. Wood’s 16-man team, which was scheduled to leave in August.Stevens requested on Aug. 2 — just six weeks before his murder — to keep security personnel in Libya “through mid-September,” calling the conditions there “unpredictable, volatile and violent.”

Col. Woods has also said that he repeatedly requested to remain in Libya because he felt both the environment and the ambassador were unsafe. Now, after the tragic fact, no one knows what happened to Stevens‘ original request.

Why was the security team that both Stevens and Col. Woods requested sent home? Who made this decision?

What happened to the plane, Mr. President? There was supposed to be a DC-3 available to help people get out of Libya or to travel around the country as needed. But that plane was taken away on May 4. On May 8, just four days later, the State Department spent $108,000 on a new electrical charging station to “green up” our embassy in Vienna.

You have to ask: Was this “green” initiative more important than the security of our embassy in Libya? We spent about $1 million on electric cars to make a political statement in Vienna, but we somehow couldn’t find the time or resources to have just one Marine guarding our Libyan embassy, much less a much-needed 16-man personnel team. We spent $100,000 on an electric car-charging station to show Vienna how green we are, but did not keep a plane in Libya that could have been instrumental in transporting our own diplomats to safety.

The president now says the buck stops with him. Fair enough. So, President Obama, again: Where the hell were the Marines? Where was the plane? Saying the buck stops with you sounds good, but you have to follow through.

We’ve seen this kind of government incompetence before.

Once the initial shock and horror of Sept. 11, 2001, began to subside, the finger pointing commenced. Everyone agreed that our intelligence had failed — massively — but no one would claim responsibility for this failure. Reports of possible terrorist attacks had been repeatedly ignored, including the FBI turning down search warrants from their Minnesota branch that could have potentially provided us valuable information.

Still, after the worst terrorist attack in American history, no one was held accountable.

In 2001, 3,000 innocent people lost their lives — but not one government bureaucrat lost his job.

The siege of our embassy and the murder of our diplomats in Benghazi should never have happened. But these events did happen, and this administration continues to be reluctant to give us answers and provide accountability.

As a member of the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, I am calling for hearings and a full investigation into what really happened in Benghazi, how our intelligence failed and how, ultimately, we failed to protect our own people.

What happened in Libya was inexcusable. I’m tired of hearing too many government officials make too many excuses. Those responsible must be held accountable and those at fault should be fired.

The president now says, “The buck stops here.” It’s time for him to prove it, and if he won’t, it is time for Congress to do its job and get to the bottom of it.

Sen. Rand Paul is a Kentucky Republican.

Read more: PAUL: Where were the Marines? - Washington Times http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/oct/24/where-were-the-marines/#ixzz2AMSdgv7N 

TN Senators Bob Corker and Lamar Alexander vote to give your money to America's enemies!

FYI - From the Tennessee Republican Liberty Caucus and the Tennessee Campaign For Liberty.

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Can you believe TN Senators Bob Corker and Lamar Alexander just voted to give your money to America's enemies!?

That's right! 

Believe it or not Tennessee Senators Bob Corker and Lamar Alexander voted last week to continue giving American tax dollars to the governments of Egypt, Pakistan, and Libya (among others). Senator Rand Paul introduced an amendment to stop foreign aid and international welfare to unfriendly governments and forced a vote on the issue. 

This aid of course goes to the Libyan rebels, which are terrorists, therefore it is not a stretch to say that Corker and Alexander just voted to fund terrorism! What's worse is that they are stealing our money through taxation and inflation in order to fund the terrorists.


Here is a detailed writeup with video:
http://tncampaignforliberty.org/wordpress/2012/10/corker-and-alexander-give-your-money-to-americas-enemies/


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Senator Rand Paul on Foreign Aid, Foreign Policy, and Audit The Fed.

FYI - From Senator Rand Paul/LPAC/CampaignForLiberty.org.

Senator Rand Paul on Foreign Aid, Foreign Policy, and Audit The Fed.

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Rand Paul: Our System of Foreign Aid is Broken!

FYI - From RandPACUSA.com/Senator Rand Paul.

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Rand Paul: Bring OUR Tax Dollars Home & END Foreign Aid!

FYI - From RandPACUSA.com/Senator Rand Paul.

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Dear Friends,

Before voting to defeat my bill to stop U.S. taxpayer handouts to Egypt, Libya, and Pakistan, one of my colleagues had the audacity to say he didn't care if my bill was backed by 90% of the American people. 

Well, some of my colleagues might not care what you think. 

But they DO care about their own re-elections. 

So with your support, my hope is TV ads like the one I've included for you below will show my colleagues there's a REAL price to be paid for ignoring the wishes of the American people. 

 

In fact, today I'm happy to announce that - through next Friday - RANDPAC is holding a massive Bring OUR Tax Dollars Home Money Bomb to help run TV ads just like this in up to six critical U.S. Senate races. 

So won't you agree to a generous contribution of $100, $50, $25 - or $10 - TODAY? 

I hope you will. 

After all, if you're like most Americans, you're tired of out-of-touch politicians. 

You're fed up with being talked down to by the very men and women who've sunk our nation in over $16 TRILLION in debt. 

And for good reason! 

Congress can't even bring itself to cut four billion dollars in taxpayer handouts to countries who: 

* Look the other way while violent mobs burn our flag and chant "Death to America;" 

* Hardly lift a finger to bring to justice those who murdered four American citizens - including our ambassador; 

* Refuse to protect our embassies, and torture and imprison citizens for acting like the U.S. allies these countries claim to be. 

I know some of my colleagues brush all that aside, not caring what you think. 

But the one sure way to get politicians to start paying attention to the wishes of folks like you is to PROVE there are very real and painful political consequences if they don't. 

And after seeing politicians consistently ignore the wishes of the American people in their mad rush to ram through bailouts and Big Government schemes like ObamaCare during these past few years, I can't think of anything more important. 

So won't you please agree to help RANDPAC run hard-hitting TV ads just like the one I've shown you with your most generous contribution to the Bring OUR Tax Dollars Home Money Bomb? 

Right now, there are six big spending Democrat incumbents embroiled in tough reelection races who voted to keep sending OUR taxpayer dollars to Egypt, Libya, and Pakistan. 

And it's up to you and me to ensure that Bill Nelson (D-FL), Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Jon Tester (D-MT), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Bob Casey (D-PA) don't get off scot-free. 

If even one or two politicians go down in defeat at the polls, it will put Congress on notice - and literally DOZENS of other Senators could end up switching their votes next time. 

And so I'm counting on your support. 

So please, agree to your most generous contribution to RANDPAC'S Bring OUR Tax Dollars Home Money Bomb TODAY! 

For liberty, 

Rand Paul 

P.S. RANDPAC just launched a massive Bring OUR Tax Dollars Home Money Bomb to pay for hard-hitting TV ads just like this to ensure six Democrat incumbents who voted to keep our taxpayer dollars flowing to Egypt, Libya, and Pakistan pay the price. 

So please, take a moment to watch the ad, and make your most generous contribution of $100, $50, $25 - or $10 to the Bring OUR Tax Dollars Home Money Bomb at once!