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Did any of those previous congressional investigations or the a.r.b. have access to your e-mails? >> mr. chairman, first of all, the witness you were referring to did appear before congress -- >> that was not my point. >> well, but your implication was that that witness was stopped from going to congress. in fact, that did not happen, mr. chairman. >> no, she definitely came -- no, thats not my implication. my implication is the co-chair of what you call an independent accountability review boar...

Happened in benghazi and making sure it doesnt happen again? >> yes, that is an important question. as you said, these requests never came to the secretary. but i think the elephant in the room and secretary clinton did mention this in her testimony yesterday, was that you had a republican congress that wasnt willing to fund embassy security. and now i think its really hypocritical for them to come out and make a big issue of this when they in fact wouldnt fund it. theyve done better since. lear...

E-mails? >> mr. chairman, first of all, the witness you were referring to did appear before congress. >> that was not my point -- >> well, but your implication was that that witness was stopped from going to congress -- >> no -- >> that did not happen, mr. chairman. >> no, she definitely came. thats not my implication. my implication is the co-chair of what you call an independent accountability review board was calling someone he was supposed to be investigating to say please dont send that wit...

This began with the chairmans statement. the chairman said, at the outset of hearing that the american people are entitled to the truth. the truth about what happened in benghazi. the truth about the security there. the truth about what happened after the attack. the implication of this of course is that the american people dont know the truth. that this is the first investigation weve ever had. the reality is we have had eight investigations. weve gone through this endlessly, and, if you just l...

Hes been good on a lot of domestic stuff, but, internationally, i dont know where donald trump is. >> two weeks ago, he told the cnn anchors that it was a mistake to two in. it was two weeks, not two years. and then two weeks later, completely denied that he had ever said it. >> no, its unacceptable. it shows a shallowness in the understanding of that region, the implication of words on the international stage. also, he said, you know, what are we going to be there? 200 years? thats very similar...

I want you to comment, seems to be an implication that the arb, the accountability reviewed board, was not independent. and i think the chairman said they were hand-picked by you. of course that is done by law. but im just, would you comment on those go things, please? >> yes, id be happy to. you know, as i said in my opening statement, i take responsibility for what happened in benghazi. i felt a responsibility for all 70,000 people working at the state department in usaid. i take that very ser...

In particular, comment on where this began with the chairmans statement. the chairman said at the outset of the hearing that the american people are entitled to the truth. the truth about what happened in benghazi. the truth about the security there. the truth about what happened after the attack. the implication of this of course is that the american people dont know the truth. that this is the first investigation weve ever had. the reality is, weve had eight investigations. weve gone through t...

Hes been good on a lot of domestic stuff, but, internationally, i dont know where donald trump is. >> two weeks ago, he told the cnn anchors that it was a mistake to two in. it was two weeks, not two years. and then two weeks later, completely denied that he had ever said it. >> no, its unacceptable. it shows a shallowness in the understanding of that region, the implication of words on the international stage. also, he said, you know, what are we going to be there? 200 years? thats very similar...

Understand. one of them was about the accountability review board report. not the one actually thats relevant to today about benghazi, but the one that was written 17 years ago about a different attack in tanzania. mr. pompeo put up a very nice chart. theyve got great exhibits. selectively quoting from that report and the implication was that the secretary should have security, should be the one deciding the security at every facility around the world. what he didnt read to you was part of the s...

In this first round. in particular, comment on where this began with the chairmans statement. the chairman said at the outset of the hearing that the american people are entitled to the truth. the truth about what happened in benghazi, the truth about the security there, the truth about what happened after the attack. the implication of this of course is that the american people dont know the truth, that this is the first investigation we have ever had. the reality is we have had eight investiga...