Quote Originally Posted by Roy Karrde
In which case impeachment proceedings should proceed as he has failed the office to take even the most basic options to protect Americans.
Not taking the "most basic options" would mean not providing any support, whatsoever. There were provisions for security. Were they adequate? No. But the "most basic options" were certainly provided here. Any additional security would have been more than "most basic."

Quote Originally Posted by Roy Karrde
Yet even here he has failed in the most basic principal of the Presidency which is to protect American lives and property. He had the means and opportunity to do so, and he did not do it.
The suggestion here seems to be that the president believed the ten-member CIA team present at the consulate would be enough to repel the attack.