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Submarine knew that weve got eyes on you. >> reporter: the u.s. and china have been engaged in a dangerous cold war-style standoff over chinas construction of manmade islands in the south china sea. the u.s. which views the area as international waters fears the islands could be used as a military outpost. they say the islands and the waters are theirs. a couple of days after this, a u.s. warship flew 12 miles from the islands. analysts say its all part of chinas new strategy of aggression in th...

It reads in part, quote, cia suggested that mission personnel could colocate to the annex if security environment degraded suddenly, in the longer term we believe former colocation with the cia will greatly improve our security situation. the state department was always he reluctant to confirm that emergency meeting took place just three weeks before the attack and it predicted consulate could not withstand a coordinated assault. that classified cable was one of the last documents provided to th...

Basically. you said im not responsible. here is my theory. i think that this is what was going on. that to admit a need for more security was to admit that there was a deteriorating situation and to admit a deteriorating situation. where did i get that wrong? >> congressman, look, we knew that libyas transition from the brutal dictatorship of gaddafi, which basically destroyed or undermined every institution in the country would be challenging and we planned accordingly. we worked closely with t...

Illinois asking the questions right now. secretary clinton. >> to admit the need for more security was to admit that there was a deteriorating situation. and to admit a deteriorating situation didnt fit your narrative of a successful foreign policy. where did i get that wrong? >> congressman, look we knew that libyas transition from the brutal dictatorship of gadhafi, which basically destroyed on undermined every institution in the country would be challenging and we planned accordingly. we work...

He announced thursday that 9,800 u.s. troops will remain in the country to fight the taliban and be drawn down to some 5,500 by the time he leaves office in 2017, but that new plan by the president is already drawing some sharp criticism for some. with me now from washington, michael stregent, former adviser to general petraeus. thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> lets take a listen at what senator and republican presidential candidate lindsey graham said about this move this week...

Resolution, is merely sequester-level funding under a different name. and the longer the continuing resolution is, the worse it becomes. eventually resulting in a $38 billion deficit in resources for our military if congress chooses to pursue this path for the full year. now, the department of defense has done its best to manage through this prolonged period of budget uncertainty, seven years in a row of continuing resolutions, making painful choices and trade-offs between size, capabilities and...

Resolution, is merely sequester level funding under a different name. and the longer the continuing resolution is, the worse it becomes resulting in a $38 billion deficit in resources for our military if congress chooses to pursue this path for the full year. now, the department of defense has done its best to manage through this prolonged period of budget uncertainty, seven years in a row of continuing resoluti resolutions, making painful trade-offs of the joint force. but the world has not sto...

United states just deployed f-16s and hundreds of military personnel to turkey to help in the fight against isis along that syrian/turkey border. is there any connection anyone is making between the deployment and the violence? >> reporter: well, its not clear at this point but certainly isnt out of the question, kate. one of the things we have seen in the past is that group like the one responsible for the attack on the consulate, they are calling for the people in the middle east and the entir...

On tuesday. >> one is to communicate to its allies the new security environment, its new threat assessment after its decision to become much more visible and active player in the anti-isis coalition. and secondly, it wants to get the political backing within nato for what its called its campaign against terrorism, which, on the one hand includes isis. and on the other hand, the pkk. >> reporter: these are all very intricate maneuvers when it comes to the game of chess ones that may not lead to t...

Public particularly given the precarious security environment that is in kenya. we are familiar with the westgate mall attack which the mall just recently reopened in the past week. the attack at the university. cause for concern. >> at the same time the presidents officials are saying they are not concerned or changing their plans. >> i dont think there is reason for serious concern. i think the presidents entourage has everything under control. i dont think there is any cause for serious conce...