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This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Ee pelley good evening. In the weeks before his death, u. S. Ambassador Chris Stevens sent the state department several requests for increased encurity for diplomats in libya. Stevens and three other beericans were killed this past september 11 in a terrorist attack on the u. S. Consulate in benghazi and, in a separate attack that same night on a safe house where the consulate staff had been evacuated. Stevens memos were obtained by the House Overs...

This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. In the weeks before his death, u. S. Ambassador Chris Stevens sent the state department several requests for increased security for diplomats in libya. Stevens and three other americans were killed this past september 11 in a terrorist attack on the u. S. Consulate in benghazi and, in a separate attack that same night on a safe house where the consulate staff had been evacuated. Stevens memos were obtained by the House Oversigh...

If you turn one young man away, think of the repercussions for that. You know, he couldve put a roadside bomb somewhere. He could have killed a family somewhere in iraq or syria. I mean, its incalculable, the value. Woodruff plus, we remember Washington Post editor ben bradlee who led the papers historic coverage of the watergate scandal. It changes your life, the pursuit of truth. At least, if you know that you have tried to find the truth its very exciting, i find. Woodruff those are some of t...

If you turn one young man away, think of the repercussions for that. You know, he couldve put a roadside bomb somewhere. He could have killed a family somewhere in iraq or syria. I mean, its incalculable, the value. Woodruff plus, we remember Washington Post editor ben bradlee who led the papers historic coverage of the watergate scandal. It changes your life, the pursuit of truth. At least, if you know that you have tried to find the truth its very exciting, i find. Woodruff those are some of t...

If you turn one young man away, think of the repercussions for that. You know, he couldve put a roadside bomb somewhere. He could have killed a family somewhere in iraq or syria. I mean, its incalculable, the value. Woodruff plus, we remember Washington Post editor ben bradlee who led the papers historic coverage of the watergate scandal. It changes your life, the pursuit of truth. At least, if you know that you have tried to find the truth its very exciting, i find. Woodruff those are some of t...

He could not have predicted how the terrorist threat would evolve buried at this Time Congress was completely focused on preventing another largescale attack on u. S. Soil. In 2001 we understood al qaeda to be a centralized organization no thought was even to the prospect that al qaeda would franchise terrorism and inspire satellite groups in the Arabian Peninsula and africa to bury the prospect and then attack would be carried out by a lone wolf actor with no direct training support from al qae...

Combat boots on the ground in iraq. He also wants to talk about the International Coalition that hes building, im told by white house officials. In the meantime, as you said, carol, the president will be hearing from u. S. Central command leaders first, theyre the ones coordinating the fight against isis and as he arrived in florida, the white house was busy clarifying surprising statements from joint chiefs chairman Martin Dempsey on whether there would be u. S. Combat troops fighting against i...

Try to build a coalition with no indication that he is looking at least imminently at dropping air strikes in syria. Of course, this was not supposed to be the focus of this summit and its not officially on the agenda. It was focused on Vladimir Putin and what to do about the ukrainian situation. Having said that, theres no doubt that throughout europe there is growing concern about what it means to have this isis threat looming. The number of americans and other westerners who have gone over th...

Reporter those are serious allegations and we expect the committee to fully investigate them. Well hear how they will prevent future benghazi attacks. I think our fellow citizens have a good sense of who is trying to be fair and who is not, and i think they have a sense of the gravity of what we have been asked to do, which is what happened to these four great americans. Anyone who tries to polite sizeo politicize the investigation runs a risk with their fellow citizens. Reporter . That sets the...

At the threat to the u. S. Homeland is likely to be limited in scope and scale. They are adapting their tactics to overcome our defenses and to avoid our intelligence collection. Left unchecked, they will seek to carry out attacks closer to home. This as our nations top counterterrorism official says the fbi has arrested a handful of people trying to come to the u. S. From syria and if we dont act siisis could set its sets o the homeland . Whatever they think they will achieve, they have already...