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Adding to the overwhelming evidence of the Obama administration’s incompetency in handling the security of US personnel in Libya prior to Ambassador Steven’s murder, it was revealed on Sunday that a sixteen member special forces team had been withdrawn from Libya just a month before the attack on the US consulate.

That occurred despite the deteriorating situation on the ground in the Libya.

This new information is coming from a special forces lieutenant colonel, Andy Wood, who was in charge of the sixteen member team from February until August of this year, and who met daily with Ambassador Stevens until his team was pulled by the Obama administration.

LTC Wood stated that it was “unbelievable” to him that the State Department decreased security when it did because he had shown the department how dangerous and volatile Libya had become.

Republican Mitt Romney chided President Barack Obama on Wednesday for playing down “the threat” posed by Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez as he sought to portray the Democrat as soft on national security, an issue that may resonate with Latino voters in November’s election.

Romney was reacting to remarks Obama made to a Spanish language television station that Chavez’s actions over recent years had “not had a serious national security impact” on America.

“This is a stunning and shocking comment by the president. It is disturbing to see him downplaying the threat posed to U.S. interests by a regime that openly wishes us ill,” Romney said in a statement. “President Obama’s remarks continue a pattern of weakness in his foreign policy, one that has emboldened adversaries and diminished U.S. influence.”

Pushing back, Obama’s campaign team accused Romney of playing into the hands of the leftist Venezuelan leader by granting him the international attention that he craved.

“Hugo Chavez has become increasingly marginalized and his influence has waned. It’s baffling that Mitt Romney is so scared of a leader like Chavez whose power is fading,” said Obama campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt.

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Video: Another Benghazi Bombshell – Special Forces Team Withdrawn from Libya Just a Month Before Attack

Romney slams Obama’s pandering statement to Spanish TV that Chavez is no threat to US interests