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And we identified those people to the secretary of state in accordance with the charge in the law and the material that accompanied the law when it was passed in 1998. >> its interesting you bring up 1998. this was packed in the wake of the embassy attacks in east africa back then, and the first ever arb report, based after that, was about embassy security. and im curious, how much do you feel, as if, when you read that first arb report, and compared it to the one you and admiral mullen ended up...

This began with the chairmans statement. the chairman said, at the outset of hearing that the american people are entitled to the truth. the truth about what happened in benghazi. the truth about the security there. the truth about what happened after the attack. the implication of this of course is that the american people dont know the truth. that this is the first investigation weve ever had. the reality is we have had eight investigations. weve gone through this endlessly, and, if you just l...

Gain. if they show statesmanship and get really serious and focus the questions on the essential question you asked right at the beginning, could this attack have been prevented? if their entire line of questioning is essentially under that umbrella, they gain credibility and it will help them politically. for hillary clinton, she cannot look like a politician up there. if she doesnt get rattled, even if her answers are unfulfilling, she survives. where i think shes vulnerable goes back to the q...

Inhalation. and one of the recommendations in this arb report is that when we have safe havens, we need to have equipment that will enable people that are safe within them to withstand what happened in benghazi. the lead diplomatic security officer who was with both the ambassador and sean smith endeavored to lead them to safety through a wall of black smoke. he wanted to get them out of the compound interior up to the roof where they could be out of the fire and also out of the attackers assaul...

In particular, comment on where this began with the chairmans statement. the chairman said at the outset of the hearing that the american people are entitled to the truth. the truth about what happened in benghazi. the truth about the security there. the truth about what happened after the attack. the implication of this of course is that the american people dont know the truth. that this is the first investigation weve ever had. the reality is, weve had eight investigations. weve gone through t...

Didnt e-mail about it? >> yes, i was aware. >> and that i think sort of points out, after 17 months and $4.7 million, as the ranking member pointed out in his opening statements, and as weve seen today, you know, this committee is simply not doing its job. and i dont really think it should have been formed in the first place. what we heard here -- well, first of all, an obsession with the e-mail. the idea that two fairly junior-level staffers might not have gotten something wrong in what they he...

Staffer for the benghazi committee, he had no problem looking at clinton but also wanted to look at cia and national security council and the defense department. and point of fact neither -- >> the tragedy is not solely hillary clintons responsibility. as secretary of state she has a lot of responsibility for it. hold president obama, vice president biden, and ambassador rice, hillary clinton, everyone made a decision to go into benghazi. nobody understands why. and we know as youve mentioned se...

More than 100 interviews identified specific employee, significant employee at the state department who denied these requests. it was deputy assistant secretary of the bureau of diplomatic security, colleen lamb. and, again, she did come before the oversight committee. the arb report was very critical of her. it was also critical two supervisors, principal deputy assistant secretary and the assistant secretary for diplomatic security. the oversight committee found the same answer as the arb. it ...

Aware of those two attacks on our compounds even though you didnt e-mail about it. >> yes, i was aware. >> and that, i think, you know, sort of points out, after 17 months and $4.7 million as the ranking member pointed out in his opening statements and then as weve seen today, you know, this committee is simply not doing its job. and i dont really think it should have been formed in the first place, but what weve heard here is, first of all, the obsession with e-mail, the idea that two fairly ju...

In this first round. in particular, comment on where this began with the chairmans statement. the chairman said at the outset of the hearing that the american people are entitled to the truth. the truth about what happened in benghazi, the truth about the security there, the truth about what happened after the attack. the implication of this of course is that the american people dont know the truth, that this is the first investigation we have ever had. the reality is we have had eight investiga...