Apr 25 2013

McKeon Letter to Secretary Hagel on Benghazi

WASHINGTON — House Armed Services Committee Chairman Howard P. "Buck" McKeon sent the following letter to Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel requesting the classified version of the Defense Department's Benghazi timeline.
Full text of the letter is below and a PDF version is also available:

April 17,2013

The Honorable Chuck Hagel
Secretary of Defense
Washington, DC 20301-1000

Dear Mr. Secretary:

I am writing to request your assistance in providing to the committee the classified
version of the Department of Defense's time line for the attack that occurred in Benghazi, Libya on September 11-12, 20 12.

The committee has requested this timeline from The Joint Staff. However, The Joint
Staff has indicated that there would be delay in delivery of this timeline due to a requirement to coordinate it within the interagency.

This timeline is critical to ensuring that the committee has a comprehensive understanding ofthe events that transpired on September 11-12, 2012 in Benghazi, Libya. It is also critical for the committee's ongoing oversight activities. A delay in providing this classified timeline to the committee would hamper both of those requirements. Therefore, I request that this timeline is provided to the committee immediately.

Thank you for your assistance on this matter.
/S/
Howard P. "Buck" McKeon
Chairman