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Is called the annex a mile away. based in tripoli moving around the country is department of defense site security team. february 12th, 2012. lieutenant colonel wood joined the utah national guard after his two plus decades in u.s. special forces arrives in libya as the new commander of the sst. >> it had 16 members. >> what exactly did they all do? >> security team special operations soldiers that had extra skills and capabilities they could bring to the embassy. >> could a team that small real...

>> bret: so you want to keep your team on the ground, the team that was in place. >> my team was only a small part. there was msd, state department msd. >> that stands for mobile security detachment team. >> a lot of those are ex-green beret, gs navy seals. there was three teams when i got on the ground there. >> august 5th, the state department decides not to keep the sst in libya. and the msd team is being reduced, as well. >> who opposed it? >> charlene lamb. she denied the requests or didnt ...

>> you want to keep your team on the ground? the team that was in place already? >> my team was only a small part. >> that stands for mobile security detachment team. >> a lot of those are ex green p berets, navy seals. there was three msc teams when they got on the ground. >> august 5th, 2012, they decide not to keep the sst in libya. the msd team is being reduced as well. >> who opposed this? >> charlie lamb. she denied those requests or ignored them or just didnt fill in the cases. >> why is ...

>> bret: so you want to keep your team on the ground, the team that was in place. >> my team was only a small part. there was msd, state department msd. >> that stands for mobile security detachment team. >> a lot of those are ex-green beret, gs navy seals. there was three teams when i got on the ground there. >> august 5th, the state department decides not to keep the sst in libya. and the msd team is being reduced, as well. >> who opposed it? >> charlene lamb. she denied the requests or didnt ...

At is what called the annex, a mile away. based in tripoli and moving around the country is a department of defense site security team. february 12th, 2012, lieutenant colonel wood who joined the utah national guard after two decades in personality forces arrives in libya as the new commander. >> it had 16 members zbloobtsd what did they do? >> site security operations that had extra skills. >> bret: could a team that small make a difference? >> caliber of individuals on the team were the best i...

At is what called the annex, a mile away. based in tripoli and moving around the country is a department of defense site security team. february 12th, 2012, lieutenant colonel wood who joined the utah national guard after two decades in personality forces arrives in libya as the new commander. >> it had 16 members zbloobtsd what did they do? >> site security operations that had extra skills. >> bret: could a team that small make a difference? >> caliber of individuals on the team were the best i...

>> bret: so you want to keep your team on the ground, the team that was in place. >> my team was only a small part. there was msd, state department msd. >> that stands for mobile security detachment team. >> a lot of those are ex-green beret, gs navy seals. there was three teams when i got on the ground there. >> august 5th, the state department decides not to keep the sst in libya. and the msd team is being reduced, as well. >> who opposed it? >> charlene lamb. she denied the requests or didnt ...

Extraordinary thing and requires our attention as a people. as a citizen i made the determination that this outweighs all other interests and will risk whatever circumstances may result from my testimony. i served as site security team commander in libya from 12 february to 14 august of this year, 2012. i was mobilized from the utah national guard in title 10 status and reported to special operations command, africa, soc africa which serves directly under after if i come. i was detailed in title...

Pol lashak. he also had a vtc with ambassador stevens and reiterated that same point. that the s.s.t. was his as long as he needed them. all he had to do was request them and general ham was perfectly willing to provide that support. >> mr. noard tropical did you ever specifically ask charlene lamb, did she direct you not to ask for additional d.o.d., s.s.t. extension? >> i recall two specific phone calls. one in the february time frame and one in the july time frame. i had the opportunity to re...

Preparation of the request for support in as much as they dealt with s.s.t. support. i review some of those document and assisted in the preparation of those. i would like to add also that there was frustration from the beginning. the initial -- or perhaps was the second request for extension that occurred in april 5, ambassador cretz encountered difficulty in understanding what was going on. he was getting conflicting signals from d.o.d. and d.o.s. i got him together with general ham. they work...