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Speaking man inform ising tripoli that the ambassador it dead. the president in regular communication with his national security team speaks for the first time directly with secretary of state hillary clinton who sometime during the evening has released a statement saying i condemn in strong epiterms the attack on our mission in benghazi. her statement goes on to say "some have sought to justify this vicious behavior as a response to the inflammatory material posted on the internet. the united s...

Speaking man inform ising tripoli that the ambassador it dead. the president in regular communication with his national security team speaks for the first time directly with secretary of state hillary clinton who sometime during the evening has released a statement saying i condemn in strong epiterms the attack on our mission in benghazi. her statement goes on to say "some have sought to justify this vicious behavior as a response to the inflammatory material posted on the internet. the united s...

Department. im not going on defend them. it is clear they were trying to defend themselves. chuck used the 30,000 foot term. as i understand this issue, the allegation has been that somehow the obama campaign, the obama white house, manipulated this to not say it was involved with terrorists. if you use the e-mails, it is clear they thought right to that week that it was a spontaneous demonstration that evolved in, it they used the word. evolved into the attack. then there was the mortar attack....

Thats the cia, not the state department. im not going on defend them. it is clear they were trying to defend themselves. chuck used the 30,000 foot term. as i understand this issue, the allegation has been that somehow the obama campaign, the obama white house, manipulated this to not say it was involved with terrorists. if you use the e-mails, it is clear they thought right to that week that it was a spontaneous demonstration that evolved in, it they used the word. evolved into the attack. then...

Of tyrone woods, the exnavy seal at the ciaannex is that night, picked up weaponry to try to defend the folks under attack, was killed -- actually did killed in a mortar attack but bled to death in part because we just couldnt get help there in time, or, you know, they couldnt get him to a hospital in time, however you want to see it. tell her that this is not a story. >> thats right. and also the testimony itself was extremely moving, and illuminating. it was the first time that the american pe...

Happened. >> again, we determined that we needed to send a second team from tripoli to secure the airport for the withdrawal of our personnel from benghazi after the mortar attack. >> were any of these u.s. military personnel not permitted to travel on a rescue mission or relief mission to benghazi? >> they were not authorized to travel. >> what happened with those personnel? >> they remained in tripoli with us. the medic with the nurse to the hospital and his skills to the treatment of and care...

A response team in tripoli was also kept out. >> two different things, the fest team which is designed to respond to crisis was, the decision was made not to use them. that is what mark thompson is testifying to and he doesnt know why. why he was kept out of loop. then the questioning from representative chaffetz to gregg hicks, it was about the special forces team and special forces on the ground in tripoli who was going to get on c-130 to get the people out thereof and they were told to stand ...

To send a second team from trip apply to secure the airport for the withdrawal of our personnel from benghazi after the mortar attack. >> were any of these u.s. military personnel not permitted to travel on a rescue mission or relief mission to benghazi? >> they were not authorized to travel. >> what happened with those personnel? >> they remained in tripoli with us. the medic went with the nurse to the hospital and his skills to the treatment of our -- and care of our wounded. >> how did the pe...

Ambassador chris stevens and sean smith were dead but two other americans, former navy s.e.a.l.s did not die until a second full assault at 5:15 am on a cia annex several miles away. six special forces commandos flew in from tripoli but couldnt stop the onslaught. now an interview with gregory hicks has been released, deputy chief of mission who says he called for military help from four more forces operatives in tripoli but was overruled. a dploeiplomat, not a military officer said i believe if...

>> shepard: 18 minutes before the hour. united nations removing some of its staff in syria after a mortar attack damaged a hotel and a u.n. truck. the temporarily mod some damascus based staff to beirut and cairo and has asked all other u.n. personnel in the country to work from home until further note. the fighting in syria, damascus, has escalated in recent months. meanwhile, a bomb attack reportedly injured a rebel leader who was one of the federal to call for the syrian people to rise up aga...