Analyst's note:  We certainly want a "coordinated and carefully considered" response .... now wouldn't we?  Especially since "[....] there may be information within the military revealing warnings about terrorist threats and the need to increase security that were ignored by the State Department or other civilians within the Obama administration.

The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee is demanding answers from four senior United States military officers about whether there was advance warning of terrorist threats and the need for greater security prior to last month's terrorist attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi.

However, an aide to the chairman, Rep. Howard "Buck" McKeon, (R., Calif.), said the office of secretary of defense Leon Panetta blocked the senior officers from providing the answers last night.

"The chairman is disappointed that the administration won't respond to this basic request for information," the aide said.

"It is nearly unprecedented that the office of the secretary of defense would prohibit a member of the uniformed military from answering direct questions posed by the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee."

Pentagon spokesman George Little told the Free Beacon: "We received the letters last night and are working expeditiously to provide a response."

[....] McKeon asked each of the four officers in separate letters whether prior to the Sept. 11, 2012, attack in Benghazi anyone under their command had notified the State Department or other agencies about growing dangers in Libya.

"Given the steadily deteriorating threat environment in Libya prior to Sept. 11, 2012, did you or anyone in your command advise, formally or informally, that the Department of State or any other agency take action to increase security for U.S. personnel in Libya?" McKeon asked.

He also wants to know if there were any requests to increase security in Libya for U.S. personnel.