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Cable? >> congressman, that cable did not come to my attention. i have made it very clear that the security cables did not come to my attention. >> megyn: so, pat, my question to you is, it does matter, does it not, whether we were attacked by terrorists, by al qaeda linked terrorists and whether the cia, the state department, and the white house had reason to believe that when they saw the attack unfold on 9/11. >> of course. of course it matters. it matters first of all for the truth. it matte...

And the fact that there was a terrorist attack within seven or eight weeks of the election on the anniversary of 9/11 was something that they politically could not stomach countenance or deal with. so the yya that you spoke of happened at all levels, the state department, the white house, and bottom line, we need to reinterview people. we need to ape the questions pat raised. we need to get to the bottom of it, megyn. >> megyn: you know, just to take the viewers back. they said that the smoking ...

Speaker boehner is wading into the issue today, saying he wants the white house to release more e-mails. your colleague in the united states senate, bob corker, told this to chuck todd yesterday on msnbc. >> ive been able to read all the cables, ive seen the films. i feel -- i feel like i know what happened in benghazi. im fairly satisfied. but, look, the house wants to have hearings, i hope theyre done in a respectful way and hopefully will shed some light on what happened. >> obviously that so...

Point belong. jon: susan rice makes the statements on "fox news sunday," and face the nation and "meet the press." now shes talk tock the daily show. whatever. what about the classified cable in august that said the consulate continue sustain a coordinated attack. >> reporter: this cable first reported by fox news is described as a smoking gun warning. it was sent to secretary clintons office one month before the attack. mrs. clinton testified in january that she never saw it. >> were aware of t...

About an august 16th classified cable first reported by fox news that summarized an emergency meeting where the staff on the ground in benghazi told her office that they could not defend against a coordinated attack. >> an emergency meeting was held and a cable sent out on august 16th by the ambassador himself warning what could happen. and this cable went unnoticed by your office. >> the august 16th cable stated that secretary requests for benghazi would be forth coming. the rso in benghazi sub...

Of state. i did have some questions following it. she said yesterday that she was clear-eyed about the dangers and threats in benghazi, but it lael didnt make sense to me that the requests, for example, that august 16th cable where ambassador steechbs had said that the consulate could not with stand a coordinated attack. it seems like theres there should be a trip wire particularly where we come out of a war zone in libya did go up the chain of command. that did not happen here. i think thats a ...

Surrounding us. >> problem is cables you are referencing the august 16th cable. right up to the day he died. whole thing ill go to you congressman rooney. saying that libya has been normalized and we dont need all the security, do you think you will get straight answers with the house intel committee that you are on? >> i hope so. certainly the week has been thrown on the ear with the announcement on friday. i do believe that weve had a very good working relationship with the intelligence commun...

Surrounding us. >> problem is cables you are referencing the august 16th cable. right up to the day he died. whole thing ill go to you congressman rooney. saying that libya has been normalized and we dont need all the security, do you think you will get straight answers with the house intel committee that you are on? >> i hope so. certainly the week has been thrown on the ear with the announcement on friday. i do believe that weve had a very good working relationship with the intelligence commun...

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