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Offensive. it was distributed. this presidents record on terrorism takes a back seat to no one. >> this was an intelligence failure? >> no. no. this was an event, obviously, a complex event. were only talking a matter of weeks here. and so his information was arrived at as determinations were made. that was shared with the american people. and i think, again, the focus needs to be how do we make sure that our facilities and our ambassadors and our personnel is secure going forward, and thats wha...

Governor romney said it was tragic that we entered the iraq war. one of the reasons that al qaeda strengthened during the last decade was our focus in iraq. so we are happy to have this debate and well have it obviously -- >> was this an intelligence failure? >> no. this was an event obviously, a complex event. were only talking about a matter of weeks here. so as information was arrived at, as determinations were made, that was shared with the american people. and i think again the focus needs ...

Tragic that we entered the iraq war. one of the reasons that al qaeda strengthened during the last decade was our focus in iraq. so we are happy to have this debate and well have it obviously -- >> was this an intelligence failure? >> no. this was an event obviously, a complex event. were only talking about a matter of weeks here. so as information was arrived at, as determinations were made, that was shared with the american people. and i think again the focus needs to be how do we make sure th...

Offensive to suggest that. this presidents record on terrorism takes a back seat to no one. we obviously took out their number one lead anywhere osama bin laden. the leadership of al qaeda has been decimated just as the president promised in 2008. and by the way, in 2008 the president said he would go into pakistan to go after osama bin laden. governor romney said he wouldnt. governor romney said it was tragic that we entered the iraq war. one of the reasons that al qaeda strengthened during the...

We continued to emphasize that information gathered was preliminary and evolving. the white house came out, the president, within 24 hours or so said it was a terrorist attack. susan rice coming out five days later even on the sunday talk show saying it was spontaneous. >> related to this anti-prophet mohammed film. >> i dont know whats worse. whether the administration intentionally mislead the public as the critics charge for political reasons or whether this was a massive intelligence failure...

Administration may have received a warning about the attacks in advance. >> this is important information if its true which means they failed to heed the warning and put the ambassador and three of the colleagues in a desperate security situation. this is the white house story unravelling right in front of itself. what they are trying to do is hide behind the fact that an fbi investigation is pending in libya. the idea that the administration has returned to terrorism as a criminal law matter ra...

Going to talk about what happened in benghazi anymore is just wrong. americans have a right to know what the security situation is for our people in the middle east. martha: and in many ways it goes back to sort of how you look at whats going on. whether or not there is an ongoing war on terror. whether or not the attacks that had happened, similar, smaller things in benghazi, should have triggered a higher sense of security in those buildings? >> well, there was either an intelligence failure, ...

Astonishing the idea they would say this is all about the video. do you think they believe that? or do you think they see that as an easy out and as i suggested now they do not have to answer questions on policy. >>guest: i am not sure if they believe it or not but they are doubling down but they are leaving -- it looks like they believe it. privately, even, in conversations i have had over the weekend with senior administration officials, no one is leaving on the policy that, wait, this is just...

Fact, initially a spontaneous reaction to what had just transpired hours before in cairo, almost a copycat of the demonstrations against our facility in cairo, which were prompted, of course, by the video. what we think then transpired in benghazi is that opportunistic extremist elements came to the consulate as this was unfolding. they came with heavy weapons, which unfortunately, are readily available in postrevolutionary libya. and it escalated into a much more violent episode. obviously, tha...

Astonishing the idea they would say this is all about the video. do you think they believe that? or do you think they see that as an easy out and as i suggested now they do not have to answer questions on policy. >>guest: i am not sure if they believe it or not but they are doubling down but they are leaving -- it looks like they believe it. privately, even, in conversations i have had over the weekend with senior administration officials, no one is leaving on the policy that, wait, this is just...