Wait, I thought we were only supposed to consider Accountability Review Board and not cites like the NYT or CNN?you are a sad little man. It's noted in the report that 2 were there because of travel detail.
On July 9, 2012, Stevens sent a cable to State Department headquarters requesting a minimum of 13 "Temporary Duty" (TDY) U.S. security personnel for Libya, which he said could be made up of DS agents, DoD Site Security Team (SST) personnel, or some combination of the two. These TDY security personnel were needed to meet the requested security posture in Tripoli and Benghazi. The State Department never fulfilled this request and, according to Eric Nordstrom, State Department headquarters never responded to the request with a cable.
It's funny, you pulled that from the CNN link I gave you, where I stated that one person claimed he asked for more (12 not 13) but there's no evidence he did other than his claims. Meanwhile that ARB you like so much says Stevens made multiple requests for five people. So the actual AMB asks for five, some other guy, not the AMB says he wanted more. Great. Who do we go with? The AMB or the security guy who wants triple the number?
But let me ask you this question. Even though there's no evidence for the 12 or 13 claim...let's assume that was asked for.
Should the State Department, given limited funding, and limited assets, but many small and medium sized outposts in dangerous locations just give however many security personnel as are requested?
Was it even possible to give Benghazi 12 or 13 people given the fact that those assets and funds are not unlimited?
Given that there were DOZENS of attackers with mortars and automatic weapons, would 12 or 13 people vice 5 really made a difference?
I get it. You are DEEPLY INVESTED in the idea that Hillary Clinton is directly responsible for those deaths. That she purposefully lied about them to help Obama's re-election. So you have no interest in anything more than a surface look or questions about what happened.
OTOH, I recognize that sh*t happens. Sh*t happened in the Marine barracks under Reagan. Sh*t happened on 9/11 under Bush. We have limited resources and we have a bureaucracy and we have all sorts of folks out there under all sorts of dangers and we have to figure out, 100% of the time, where the next attack will come from and how to stop it.
And we will fail again in the future. Multiple times. Under Dem and Rep Presidents and Secretary's of State, and in most of those cases, it won't be because any of those people were trying to do anything other than their best.
But sure, I'm the sad little man.