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They got along very well. i can imagine if you multiply that throughout what they call theater of battle and you have women in these tiny frontline outposts across the country that it would be a major adjustment. they will be logistical things that theyll have to adjust to. not just latrines, but theyll have to have more sensitivity training because these outposts are very macho, very aggress he have kinds of places. it will be a big adjustments. >> but its an adjustment that the women all welco...

Interviewed saying -- the unit cohesion to have women in the barracks along with the men and women in the fox holes along with men? >> listen accident theyre already in the fox holes with men. i can tell you theres a lot of women who have lost their lives in iraq and afghanistan already. over 100 women have been injured. about 800 women have been injured because of combat operations. women are in these wars fully. we want to make sure they get the credit for it and the recognition for it, and th...

Communications. was the intelligence and candidly, the fact that we really have missed it in north africa. the fact is that, you know, there was a lot of spiking of the ball, concerning what happened with bin laden. it was almost as if al qaeda had gone away. as we see especially with the arab spring a whole new era is being rushed many to -- we know that were almost in greater threat today than we were in the past. >> i think people think she acquitted herself well today. there are routine that...

Lighter at the senate foreign relations committee today as the committees outgoing chairman enjoyed support, just about from everybody, and from hillary clinton and john mccain as well on his glide path towards confirmation to be secretary of state. thats the easy part. the hard part is what comes next. joining me now for our daily fix is chris caliz sxwl a and post politics.com nbc capitol hill correspondent kelly oh donnell and usa todays washington bureau chief, susan page. thanks very much. ...

The head of our national intelligence. to me the intelligence community did a disservice as to how they talked about this event and how they shared information, so theres a lot of issues here. i think in that exchange that youre talking about, they were really talking past each other about two different things, and i can understand how that might occur. >> do you think that the benghazi controversy, the failures that had been acknowledged certainly by that review board, should that in any way be...

I also have concerns with how he will treat women in the military. i want to make sure that he will be a leader for making sure we reduce the number of violence against women in the military. some estimates are 16,000 assaults or rapes a year in the missile. that has to end, and so we need to champion for women. we also need a champion for the full repeal of dont ask dont tell, and theres a lot of privileges that spouses of lgbt couples are not getting today. i need to know from him that he will...

From the compound. theres no security thats there thats real. the government has no control, and i i do think that certainly people there on our behalf, especially out in areas like benghazi are there at great risk. you know, i feel relatively good about our folks in tripoli. we have a different regime there. its an unsafe country, and candidly, has a lot -- weve had that vacuum that the arab spring created there that is really being filled in by extremists and militants. were seeing that in mal...

Combat, which is the one barrier that makes it possible to advance in the military. >> thats exactly right. >> is this going to face opposition? i know you have fort drum in your state and a lot of military in new york. >> no, dont think so. >>. >> the reality sshgs andrea, women have been fighting in combat in iraq and afghanistan, but they havent been getting the credit for it. what we want to make sure is that women can be promoted, and combat is often required for certain promotions or certa...

I think he will be committed to trying to rectify that and make sure it doesnt happen again. >> when the frustration boiled over during the conversation between senator johnson and secretary clinton, she was not saying that they didnt make mistakes and they didnt need to fix it, but she was saying that it doesnt matter whether the talking points were wrong or misphrased, that that was not the issue. that at the time she was dealing with four dead americans and trying to figure out protests aroun...