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Before. we had charlene lamp testify that benghazi the security decisions had nothing to do with funding. funding did not block the push for more security in benghazi. and then we heard from the chief financial officer of the state department who has also said in an email that security decisions were not impeded by some financial situation. and, the troops, or the people that they wanted for these sst teams to be on the ground and protect those people in libya, that came out of pentagon budget. ...

The cia presence in benghazi imposed itself on the security decisions that chris stevens was in charge of. look, there were seven american diplomats in benghazi including the ambassador, 30 cia officers and contractors. the fact there was this major cia presence, would have impinged on, i believe, the ability of the ambassador to call his own security decisions. >> sure. why did he want to put a flag up over the cia operation? thank you, michael crowley. thank you, great reporting, jonathan. wer...

Dangerous situation. ive heard other diplomats they find it puzzling he took that risk. >> maybe hes a courageous guy. >> theres another big mystery here. and that is the degree to which the cia presence in benghazi imposed itself on the security decisions that chris stevens was in charge of. look, there were seven american diplomats in benghazi including the ambassador, 30 cia officers and contractors. the fact there was this major cia presence, would have impinged on, i believe, the ability of...

Talk about because they know they screwed up. their us a territory measures may have endangered ambassador chris stevens life and they dont want to talk about that. actually it was the obama administration that reduced the security to the consul at and james rosen supported that charlene lamb testified on capitol hill that funding levels had nothing to do with her security decisions in benghazi. finally, there have been many claims from the left about the benefits of obamacare but here is a ne...

Decisions were made. and she did not make the security decisions that we felt -- >> was that a problem, do you think? >> no, not at all. i think it was behind the legislation. we looked in to what the congress was saying at the time it passed the legislation to set up the process. and they said it is traditional for heads of agencies to take responsibility then nobody goes down and finds where the decisions were made. and thats what wed like to see. and we would like to have people held responsi...

>> the buck stopped. shed already made it clear that the buck stopped with her. we were interested in where the decisions were made. and she did not make the security decisions that we felt -- >> was that a problem, do you think? >> no, not at all. i think it was behind the legislation. we looked in to what the congress was saying at the time it passed the legislation to set up the process. and they said it is traditional for heads of agencies to take responsibility then nobody goes down and fin...

Back to him in just a moment. in the meantime, i want to play for you what congressman jason caithness told bill hemmer this morning about some of the answers that he and the other members would like to get from todays events. >> it wasnt for trey gowdy and others, we would be led to believe that security decisions were made on the grounds by those security professionals and that was never true. we are going to hear testimony from mark thompson about that today. we have military assets, people t...

Clinton had the gall to come here and perpetuate things we know as common knowledge are simply not true. >> julian, you used to be the director of the oversight committee. how political is this hearing? because first they said this was the presidents greatest failing, but now they seem to have their eyes on 2016 and the potential candidacy of one hillary clinton. >> well, its very, very transparent, and unfortunately, this committee did not used to be as political a committee as it is today. its...

Had nothing to do with, security decisions she had nothing to do with, and as a result we now have a president surrounded -- the first black president, its true, but surrounded by a series of old white men from the senate and i would like to see maybe chief of staff, maybe hagel if he concedes to republicans on hagel, i would just like to see a cabinet that is more diverse and is not a bunk of old white guys from the senate. >> lets pick up on that, and i want to push you a little on where that ...

They were able to see in real-time across washington, they can see could see in washington what was happening in real time. what was happening at the consulate and possibly at the amax. jon: so many questions left to answer. jennifer griffin, thank you. so who made the security decisions before and during the attack? coming up, we will speak with four-star general jack keane and ambassador nick burns and get their takes. the two just in time for halloween. a monster of a storm, and her name is s...