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Sure it doesnt happen again? and charlene lamb and other low ranking people being reassigned to other jobs, thats not going to prevent these three separate mistakes from happening again. >> the issue of security that you talk about, how do we prevent this from happening again, the reality chairman, as you know, its happened throughout our recent history. look at attacks on diplomatic compounds or facilities or u.s. interests over the years. >> you know, gregory hicks, in fact, testified to what ...

Leaders but kill soldiers on a battlefield. >> the problem is, how do you make sure you only kill soldiers on the battledfield? leon panetta the cia director from 2009 to 2011 says after an al qaeda target list had been vetted, the decision was ultimately his to take the shot. >> at the time that i was director of the cia, we made very clear that if there were any women and children in the shot, we were not to take it. and that we were to only go after those that we knew were identified as targe...

Al qaeda target list had been vetted, the decision was ultimately his to take the shot. >> at the time that i was director of the cia, we made very clear that if there were any women and children in the shot, we were not to take it. and that we were to only go after those that we knew were identified as targets and, therefore, enemies of the united states. is there some collateral when youre hitting a particular target and youre not sure of the situation, especially when youre going after compou...

And im sad that i didnt stay on top of it more tenaciously because ultimately, the gulf of mexico was filled with oil because that agency wasnt doing enough of its job of making sure the oil companies did their job. so i can never again look at something where four men died and i believe needlessly and then say, well, im going to just say theyve taken care of it, it wont happen again. no. congress has an obligation to say, what did you do to make sure it doesnt happen again? and charlene lamb an...

You know, it is the state department that actually assigns marines to protect embassies and diplomatic compounds. the marines were not at benghazi. they werent assigned there by the state department. but this time the marines are getting ready for whatever may come next. cnn is here for an exclusive inside look at marines training to guard u.s. embassies around the world. the mission? protect diplomats against attack. a mission more crucial since those four americans were killed on september 11t...

Have prevented the attack? why was it we didnt have these compounds guard inside a better fashion than they obviously should have been guarded and a debate is happening in the diplomatic core is whether or not you need additional security. people like chris stevens were torn on this. >> right. >> some people dont want that security. >> well. >> we have to start asking ourselves what are the cost benefits for guarding the people we have in these very important and very delicate situations out the...

Doors blown in, but some of the houses were not as damaged as others, and that was also a little bit reminiscent of katrina or tornadoes, where certain swaths, several houses in a row, really affected and then a couple not as much. but there was a stillness about it, you know. kids toys still scattered around and some cars around, but some obviously damaged, tipped over. it had that feel. >> obviously we do not know at this point what it was that caused this blast. it is being investigated. but ...

Im here with sanjay gupta. this is develop, we dont know how severe these injuries are. we dont know if people are dead. but you do know about these kinds of injuries. >> and we hear about fertilizer plants in particular, being a concern. some of the concerns are the same concerns you would see in any particular explosion. the sorts of blast injuries weve been talking about here in boston. >> as you know from the explosions here in boston, went to 9 different hospitals. that number is going to e...

Killed in an attack in afghanistan this weekend. >> she was part of a group delivering donated textbooks to schools in southern afghanistan. and her parents spoke to cnn earlier, told us that she was always driven to help others. >> we would somewhat joke with her sometimes about how we just wanted to, you know, see her safe within the walls of the embassy compounds, but that was not who anne was. >> yeah, she wanted to be out. she wanted to be out doing things with the local population. there w...

Another assault. >> move it! >> reporter: we run towards the compound where insurgents staged one of their attacks. >> push down this way, all right? go. >> reporter: they quickly secure the area, not knowing what is behind these walls. >> somebody looking back that way? >> no. >> reporter: movement inside has everyone on high alert. >> somebody just ran across the door. >> yep. >> and back again. >> reporter: soldiers locate the enemy firing point. >> theyre taliban, were getting reports they p...