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Ambassador stevens we dont know the answer. Did you ever personally speak to him after you swore him . In may . Yes or no. Yes, i believe i did. When was that . I dont recall, and i want to clarify for the record, this document is about all of libya, and not just benghazi. You know, congress woman, i appreciate, and i really do, the passion and the intensity of your feelings about this. We have diplomatic facilities in war zones. We have am bass stores dors that we send to places that have been ...

Posture that was inadequate for benghazi this is from the most recent one. I want to know if you agree with this. Inadequate for benghazi and grossly inadequate to deal with the attack that took place. Do you agree with the statement from the current arb . I accepted the recommendations of the current arb. My question is if you agree with it. I dont think thats a relevant question, congressman. I think the question is, i accepted their recommendations, and obviously their recommendations were ba...

So theres were trying to have more preexisting arrangements like that, and that goes to your question. If there are assets in the region, how do we plan for contingencies so that they can be immediately triggered and try to respond. I obviously spoke to the white house, i spoke to general petraeus, i spoke to lots of other people that evening trying to get whatever help we could get. We did get a surveillance plane above the location, but it took some time to get there. It had to be diverted it ...

Benghazi met with that man within 48 hours before the attack . I know nothing about any meeting with him. Ambassador stevens on the day he was killed sent a cable about his meeting with mr. Hamid. Are you aware of that cable . No, im not. He said they, referring to mr. Hamid, they wanted an introductory meeting, they asked us what we needed to bring security to benghazi. So your officials were meeting with this man on the ground in benghazi, libya, discussing security, two days before that. But ...

Ambassador stevens after we dont know the answer. Did you ever personally speak to him after you swore him in this may . Yes or no, please. Yes, i believe i did. And when was that . I dont recall. And i want to clarify for the record that this document is about all of libya, not just benghazi. I dont want anybody 77 are about benghazi. Congresswoman, look. I appreciate it and i really do the passion and the intense interof your feelings about this. We have diplomatic facilities in war zones. We ...

The rest, tomorrow at noon on cspan. The first part of the hearing is about 4. 5 hours. Representative gowdy good morning. The committee will come to order. The chair notes the presence of a quorum. Good morning. Welcome, madam secretary. Welcome to each of you. This is a public hearing of the benghazi select committee. Just a couple of quick administrative matters before we start. Madam secretary, there are predetermined breaks, but i want to make it absolutely clear we can take a break for any...

Couple of issues. One would be identifying some of the people who might benefit from a scholarship kind of approach to who would pay for it. Whether that is through government or private funding. And the third is we get back to the same security processes that involve refugees because youre a star going to have to get clearances and those people into other countries. Usually a basic requirement for most individuals is that you can return back to the country of origin. I would say in my working e...

And yes, the Intelligence Community assessment served as the basis for what ambassador rice said when she appeared on the sunday show. And on september 18th, when the video footage arrived from the security cameras the deputy cia director has testified it was not until september 18th, when the cia received the libyan governments assessment of video footage that showed the front of the facility with no sign of protesters that it became clear we needed to revisit our analysis. And then, after they...

Qaedalike terrorist group was responsible for the attack. However thats not what she told American People. Its not what the Obama Administration told the American People, and well have the full report for you tonight. Also joining us, donald trump, closing in on 100 days at the top of the polls in the republican race for the president ial nomination. Over all of that time, the republican establishment and most of the media elites and his opponents of course have been trying to diminish trump, di...

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