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He didnt need help messaging the violence. he needed help actually with the violence. >> well -- >> you have said several times this morning that you had people and processes in place. i want to ask you about an e-mail that was sent to you by another one of your aids, ms. uma abe dean. that would be exhibit number 70 in your folder. she e-mailed you that the libyan people needed medicine, gasoline, diesel and milk. do you know how long it took you to respond to that e-mail? >> well, i responded ...

Processes in place for security, did you not also have people and processes in place for medicine, gasoline, diesel, milk? >> you know, mr. chairman, ive said it before. i will say it again. ill say it as many times as is necessary to respond. chris stevens communicated regularly with the members of my staff. he did not raise security with the members of my staff. i communicated with him about certain issues. he did not raise security with me. he raised security with the security professionals. ...

He didnt need help messaging the violence. he needed help with the violence. you have said several times this morning that you had people and processes in place. i want to ask you about an e-mail that was sent to you by another one of your aides. that would be exhibit 70 in your folder. she e-mailed you that the people needed gasoline, diesel and milk. do you know how long it took you to respond to that e-mail? >> well, i responded to it very quickly. >> four minutes. >> my question, i think its...

>> madam secretary, you are telling me you had no authority to take anyones paycheck, to cause anyone to be fired? you were telling me you were legally prohibited from doing that, is that your position here this morning. >> it is my position in the absence of finding dereliction or breach of duty, there could not be immediate action taken but there was a process that was immediately instituted and which led to decisions being made. >> yes, maam. the decision was put these back at fullback pay an...

On the investigation into hurricane katrina, after 17 months there hasnt been any new information about what happened that evening or in the immediate aftermath. >> how about this. because the chairman said yesterday that yours actually is the first committee to get a hold of u.s. ambassador chris stevens sp stevens e-mails and shows the ambassador was pleading for more security and that his mes were ignored. lets listen to what he said. >> what i want to know is while violence was going up in l...

Whi witch hunts. we wont allow people to take the law into their own hands. every individual has the right to be protected by the law. thats stated in our constitution. what were saying is that as a society we do not accept some of these values. this is where im saying weve got to get synergies. youre not going to create the united states of america or the great britain or the netherlands or kenya or nigeria overnight. these are processes and they take time. up next, slaughter says no one woul...

Hunts. we wont allow people to take the law into their own hands and harass. no, we wont. every individual has a right to be protected by the law, and thats stated in our constitution. but what were saying is that as a society, we do not accept some of these values. and this is where im saying, weve got to get synergies. youre not going to create the united states of america or great britain or the netherlands in kenya or in nigeria or in senegal overnight. weve got to understand that these are ...

Representative trey gowdy of south carolina said his committee is only interested in clinton as a witness because she was secretary of state when the attack happened. >> what i want to know is, while violence was going off in libya, why was our security profile going down? it wasnt even staying the same. it was going down. in the past, john, shed said that she had people and processes in place to handle that. you also had people and processes in place to handle the drivel by people like sidney b...

Committee, richard hanna of new york, said, quote, a big part of the benghazi investigation was set up to go after clinton. but today the chairman of the benghazi committee fired back at the critics saying they, quote, dont have any idea what the facts are, enquote. representative trey gowdy of south carolina says his committee is only interested in clinton as a witness because she was secretary of state when the attacks happened. >> what i want to know is while violence was going up in libya, w...

The hands of the powerful chairman and the leadership and your process issues, some of them, im very sympathetic to. could you outline what are the new processes you want to get out of the new speaker? >> the way things work right now its top-bottom. you get a dictation from the top as to what amendments will be permitted with strong encouragement how to vote. that means 20 or 30 congressmen out of 435 are controlling what passes and does not pass the united states house of representatives. that...