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    Matt Lewis‏Verified account @mattklewis 13 Sep 2012

    Why weren’t Marines guarding U.S. Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens? http://dailycaller.com/2012/09/13/why-werent-marines-guarding-u-s-ambassador-to-libya-chris-stevens/ …

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      2. Charlamagne‏ @Ameristocracy 13 Sep 2012
        Replying to @mattklewis

        @mattklewis ummm... do we ever really have "marines" gaurding embassys... sometimes but no, its local cops or outsourced security... cmon

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      3. Matt Lewis‏Verified account @mattklewis 13 Sep 2012
        Replying to @Ameristocracy

        @Ameristocracy That sounds like a problem then. And based on what happened, maybe it needs fixed?

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      4. Charlamagne‏ @Ameristocracy 13 Sep 2012
        Replying to @mattklewis

        @mattklewis would a platoon be enough?is it still an embassy or a military base.maybe foreign affairs should be directed from miltry bases?

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      5. Matt Lewis‏Verified account @mattklewis 14 Sep 2012
        Replying to @Ameristocracy

        @Ameristocracy I hear you. I'm just saying that on the anniversary of 9-11, in potentially hostile territory, we were utterly unprepared.

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      6. Charlamagne‏ @Ameristocracy 14 Sep 2012
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        @mattklewis agreed

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      1. Mitchell A‏ @06screameagle 13 Sep 2012
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        @mattklewis . I heard they were but they we're not allowed to have live ammo. What good is that?

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      1. juliesmith‏ @juliesmith 13 Sep 2012
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        @mattklewis And I won't be the first to say, even Valerie Jarrett has Secret Service detail.

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      1. Mister H‏ @ATHudd 13 Sep 2012
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        @mattklewis There were no Marines in Benghazi because the Obama admin is the political version of the Not Ready For Primetime Players.

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      1. Bruce Bancroft‏ @brucebancroft 13 Sep 2012
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        @mattklewis also, why were we not on full alert on the anniversary of 9/11

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      1. Mark J. Sternfels‏ @GrillMarks 13 Sep 2012
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        @mattklewis @EWErickson The State Department started contracting out embassy security years ago.

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      1. Karen Braun‏ @SpunkyBraun 13 Sep 2012
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        @mattklewis As a mom of 2 Marines, if they could talk freely there would be a story to tell of what really happens overseas to our military

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      1. Matt Travis‏ @MTavistock 13 Sep 2012
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        @mattklewis the same reason our Border Patrol Agents don't carry live ammo, but fire beanbags instead...

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      1. Dr. Ernie Moore‏ @BarnabusPress 13 Sep 2012
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        @mattklewis they were unarmed?

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