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Which is what did our government know, and what could it have done both before the tea terrorist attacks to protect the lives of the americans there. >> reporter: we have a half dozen committees running their own investigations. on this parallel track there is a surb for a select committee to look at the benghazi issue, martha. martha: a lot of people want to see that happen. well see if it does. that would take bi-partisan support for that. its not just republicans crying foul over the talking ...

Thats the issue, reverend. and if the president wants to nominate her secretary of state, we should just put the politics aside. she didnt know about this benghazi issue. so -- >> thats what i want to get to. they are accusing her of giving bad information. but so has senator mccain and graham. watch this, governor. >> i believe that suddam hussein presents clear and present danger to acquire weapons of mass destruction and theres very little doubt that he would use them. were going to find weap...

Election. this benghazi issue came to symbolize all bad things that some people had in her minds about the obama administration, and i find that its dissipated since election day. still, the passionate opponents of the president trumpet this, but i dont think its got much traction in middle america. >> thank you all. i really appreciate your time and your insight into this story. thank you. i really appreciate it. coming up, president obamas new fiscal cliff strategy revealed. the president taki...

Martha: unless you want to say you defended your friend and ally and that you decided to move on because you dont want to subject her tow that because people like kirstin powers and others are telling you its not a good idea. well see what the president says about it. with regard to john mccain, tony, why do you think he has changed his tune on this event? >> i dont think it was that hard a change on mccains part. hes absolutely right as is kirstin, barack obama and others are certainly more at ...

No business there. so long range, thats going to be a problem. that doesnt solve the benghazi issue, but long range, youre right. >> mark halperin, jump in. >> senator, if i could ask you to put a little finer point youre saying about ambassador rice. are you saying that she has lied and the white house has lied when theyve said that what she said on the sunday shows was based not on the white house political spin, as youve been saying, but specifically on what the intelligence community best se...

>> sure. theres absolutely nothing that general petraeus would have done wrong professionally that would have even had the hint of politics. as some were saying about that whole benghazi issue. general petraeus always strove, always strived to be the best that he could both in his professional responsibilities and in this case when he didnt match it, in his personal side, he handed in his resignation. look, thats the mark of this man, and i think that anybody who thinks that hes doing this to av...

Week, that closed door meeting on the hill regarding benghazi. >> everything we know about this so far is that is simply the speculation. and with the touch of paranoia by people who have been flogging this benghazi issue. there is no reason to think that that has anything to do with what caused david petraeus to leave. >> thank you so much. john harwood, cnbc white house correspondent. thank you, thank you, thank you. we should note here, as we did our last hour as well, that the general is n...

President did. and i think that as people who are in political life, in our civil society, not just politicians, might take aboard this sense of accountability because i would argue thats whats most missing in america today and what they want in their leaders. >> yeah. general petraeus was supposed to testify next week on benghazi. and you can imagine the speculation that will swirl around this that he stepped out of this position before he had to go in front of the senate intelligence committee...

Down with the other party and are tough as nails. you do not guest give revenue unless he gives you something. the president wants to expand the government beyond what he has already done and he wants to punish successful people he calls them rich when theynot ris have a lot, a difficult time ahead but they need a smart negotiator not someone who will go on tv and blab out the entire ideas. >>neil: i will put you down as "still not a president." >>guest: or of boehner, either. >>neil: thank you,...

Got the senator saying this was the president is intimating the fear that reagans the top rate again will hit small businesses and it will not, it hit only the top 3 percent and i know in reality, the administration doesnt tell you this, but it affects 40 percent of the jobs but leaving that issue out they are trying to equate it with something that affects donald trump and not guys like you. that do you say? >>guest: that is nuts. i have heard this and we can keep repeating it, that the majorit...