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Fair to say that many of the professionals in the state department have gotten used to worrying greatly that they will give something to someone and that will become an expectation that will then have to be taken away. it did affect the security professionals decisions according to the a.r.b. >> the prioritizations have to change not just for security reasons but for our overall mission. the crisis in mali and the insurgency this and the spreading jihadist threat in northern africa and the arabi...

1983, khobar towers in saudi arabia in 1996, our embassies in east africa, 1998. consulate staff murdered in jetta in 2004. the khost attack in 2009 and too many others. since 197765 american diplomatic american personnel have been killed by terrorists. now of course the list of attacks foiled, crises averted and lives saved is even longer. we should never forget that our security professionals get it right more than 99% of the time against difficult odds all over the world. thats why like my pr...

And assessments going on primarily by the security professionals relate today individual posts, including benghazi. >> but what i saw was a communique which indicated that in fact those assets, like the security site team, were in fact pulled. you had free of cost here from the department of defense, a team in place. and on about august 15th, some weeks before the attack. the question is, can we extend that security take, and the answer is no, it would be embarrassing to our agency if that agenc...

By saying that i was aware of certain incidents at our facility and the attack on the british diplomate. i was briefed on steps taken to repair the breach in the perimeter wall after the june bombing, steps taken to reduce compound movement. our team, led by security professionals, but also including intelligence professionals and others did not recommend, based on those incidents, abandoning benghazi. in part because over the last years, we have become accustomed to operating in dangerous place...

Security and im just wondering if you might mention one reform that would be helpful, so that you would have known of the needs there of security that went undone? >> well, obviously i have thought about this almost constantly since that date, senator, because, you know, i do feel responsibility. i feel responsible for the nearly 70,000 people who work for the state department. i take it very seriously but the specific security requests pertaining to gauze dpauz -- benghazi, were handled by the ...

Criticized the briefing a week and a half after the benghazi attack. >> it was a bizarre briefing at best. it happened in the middle of a political campaign and obviously there was a lot of spin from the white house and, a lot of comments made on both sides of the aisle which heightened a lot of the focus on benghazi. i think it also represented a schrer rotic department that many ways made decisions based on what werent best for those in the field. >> reporter: secretary clinton said ambassador...

Will be taking on the task force recommendations and we look forward to getting a detailed report here in congress on explaining their justification, their itemized funding layout. et cetera. so thank you, madam secretary, for the time. >> congressman, obviously well answer all of your questions and let me comment on two of them even though my time has run out. first, i was not asked to speak with the accountability review board during their investigation. the specific issues they were looking a...

Combat terrorism and support emerging democracies in north africa and beyond. let me share briefly the lessons we have learned up until now. first, lets start on the night of september 11th itself and the early days. i directed our response from the state department and stayed in close contact with officials in our government and the libyan government. so i did see firsthand what ambassador pickering and chairman mullen called timely coordination, no delaying of decision making, no denials of su...

Admiral mulen put it out there. i want to know more than anything what happened. dont hold any punches and tell us what the facts are. we have to act on it or shame on us. >> senator johnson. >> thank you, id like to join mee colleagues in thanking you for your service sincerely and appreciate the fact youre here testifying and glad youre looking in good health. >> thank you. >> were you fully aware in real time -- i realize how big your job is and everything erupting in the middle east. were yo...

Out the ones that we think are most at risk and then the ones that would be perhaps in a secondary category but i think it is fair to say, senator, we operate in pakistan. we operate in iraq, in afghanistan, in yemen. we operate in places where we know that our facilities are being surveiled for potential attacks. where we have a steady intel stream of plotting against us. we know that. and we make the decision, which is a difficult decision, as to whether or not that mission continues. and i ha...