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Speaking man inform ising tripoli that the ambassador it dead. the president in regular communication with his national security team speaks for the first time directly with secretary of state hillary clinton who sometime during the evening has released a statement saying i condemn in strong epiterms the attack on our mission in benghazi. her statement goes on to say "some have sought to justify this vicious behavior as a response to the inflammatory material posted on the internet. the united s...

Saved lives? >> thats exactly right. on the other hand, they are going to be casualties. the fact is that what we ought to be doing is making sure that everything in our power to minimize those circumstances. what im saying to you, chris, this is, i think, something that the republicans want to keep going, keep in mind, they delayed the votes almost an hour and a half today, two hours. just so they could get through this hearing. so they considered this pretty important. but again, i just want u...

In what was a violent week of anti-american protest through much of the middle east. the events of that fateful tuesday began not in libya, rather in cairo, egypt. a mob gathered outside the u.s. embassy in cairo and at one point scaled an outside wall. but this was essentially a protest by angry, unarmed egyptians. around 800 miles west in benghazi, libya, a very different mob was forming. [gunfire] >> and this is what pentagon officials say happened next. 9:42 p.m. in benghazi. men warmed rifl...

Defense secretary leon panetta and joint chiefs chairman martin dempsey discussing potential responses with president obama. 11:10 unarmed u.s. surveillance drone arrives over consulate. by 11:30 p.m. all surviving americans have left the consulate and headed to the annex. the whereabouts of ambassador chris stevens is unknown at that point. he, of course, did not make it to the annex and was later taken from the embassy to a benghazi hospital where he was pronounced dead. from midnight to 2:00 ...

Underway, additional security upgrades had taken place. >> thank you. did you see personally the cable on i believe its august 12th specifically asking for basically reinforcements for the security detail that was going to be evacuating, or leaving in august? did you see that, personally? >> no, sir. >> okay. when you read the arb, it strikes me as how certain the people were that the attacks started at 9:40 benghazi time. when was the first time you spoke, or have you ever spoken to the returne...

Under way, additional security upgrades had taken place. >> thank you. did you see personally the cable on i believe august 12th, specifically asking for basically reinforcements for the security detail that was going to be evacuating or leaving in august? did you see that personally? >> no, sir. >> when you read the arb, it strikes me as how certain the people were that the attack started at 9:40 benghazi time. when was the first time you spoke to -- or have you ever spoken to the evacueeses, d...

>> al-qaeda is on the path to defeat. and bin laden is dead. >> four nights later september 10, a video surfaces of al-qaeda emir, the spiritual leader. ayman al-zawahiri calling for jihadists to avenge the death of the libyan terrorist. who was killed in a drone strike in june. on the 11 anniversary of the 9/11 attack, protests erupt. u.s. embassy in cairo puts out a statement condemning the video. 8:30 p.m. local time in benghazi, 2:30 p.m. eastern. u.s.m bass dore chrissteins says good night ...

Warning some of the images may be disturbing. >> in many fateful battles the outcome of the september 11 terrorist attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi and the deadly fighting that erupted five hours later at american safehouse or annex half a mile away was decided before hostility began. >> external arm security as we have been saying outside the perimeter was fully handled by the libyan side. >> it just concerns me so greyly that there were -- gravely that there were not marines present at...

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