When?
And What's WCT?
And what control does the President have over foreign countries?
Sorry typo WTC.
The President has plenty of control over security for overseas installations.
In Dhahran, the base commander wanted to put up large concrete barriers to give some sort of protection to the airmen whose barracks was right near a public street. The Clinton administration refused to allow it, saying that its appearance might disenfranchise the locals if we erected such defenses. Other requests to push the perimeter out to 400 feet were denied by the Saudis.
Several months later terrorists parked a huge truck on that street rigged to blow. An airman spotted it and alerted everyone to evacuate, but the bomb went off. 19 airmen died and it could of been a lot more if it hadn't been for that one guard.
In the aftermath, the Clinton administration refused to take any responsibility(sound familiar?) for the lack of defense measures. They were quick to shitcan the commander though, blamming him for not taking the right security measures when he had been asking for them all along.