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His name is jeff porter. when i asked him why there was not enough manpower, ambassador stevens had requested multiple times to have teams in benghazi, to have more security and there was some money put into new guard gates but that was pretty much it. according to jeff porter, he thinks that the united states simply didnt even understand the scale of the problem. heres a little clip of what youll hear from him. >> why was manpower so lacking in benghazi? >> what were essentially talking about i...

Basically and that created a, you know, a security profile that was totally insufficient on september 11. >> but if i may, congressman, why is it we have not heard in public from a single person on the ground. in a congressional hearing? >> well, the republicans who control the house, weve had investigations. nordstrom came forward. weve had other witnesses. weve had hearings here prior to the recent elections. the house -- you could have mr. chafitz why they havent brought up people, we dont ha...

Hostage, a consulate officer when he was taken captain by militants that ran over the embassy there. don, 1979 was the year where we hadap ambassador killed, murdered in afghanistan. now we have that also happening in 2012, in benghazi. as you have watched this story in benghazi unfold, what goes through your mind? what are your thoughts? >> it was really very disappointing because one of the first thing i i heard was that the security in benghazi was limited because of considerations for foreig...

Sources that the syrian military has deployed additional troops to that fight by some estimates as many as 30,000. so it is indeed a very difficult and bloody day in the city of aleppo and across syria. >> thanks to you, amman, for that report. and libya, the administration under fire increasing fire, from congress over its handling of the benghazi attack. new questions being raised about security and intelligence flail yours house republicans issa and chav fits. >> they diminished the securit...

Collaboration. i would imagine the chinese would muster similar concerns. how do you reconcile that? >> i think the avenue that most people would advocate, which i think is sensible, is you dont go straight into a collaboration where youre talking about a chinese astronaut and american astronaut flying to the the space station together. or sharing hugely-sensitive technologies. you talk about explorations that involve robots that dont involve astronauts that are more low-level. before this claus...

equipment. its where they board the planes and head back to the united states. in between they get a little r and r. right now on the stage, youve got the cheerleaders for the washington redskins, two days ago the cheerleaders from the philadelphia eagles. theyve had rock bands. its a chance for those soldiers coming out of iraq to decompress a bit before they go home. there isnt a lot to do while they wait for their flights. they have been able to speed up protein ses. a couple weeks ...

>> gregg: lets shifted to the focus of security here at home. in particular, scott, border security. >> we asked people what would happen, would it be safer assignation if you cut the military budget and use some of those savings to secure the border. 48% said the nation would be safer. only 9% think those military budget cuts will make us less safe. republicans are a little more enthusiastic than democrats and democrats tend we would be safer. part of a larger question about security profile, h...

Then there is scott pruett. they are asking about his security profile. the companys owner is a well-known friend and supporter of donald trump. and of course there is there is white house physician dr. reasony jackson. he is president trumps pick to lead the veterans affairs department. the white house continues to support jackson who is facing allegation ranging from drinking on the job to overprescribing medication that got him the nickname mr. candyman among subordinates. >> number one is ...

>> three days ago the benghazi committee received chris steven and this morning on "face the nation," congressman tray goudy reiterated. she is just one part of this investigation. gowdy said the ambassadors e-mails are much more interesting to him than clintons. >> while violence was going up in libya, why was our security profile going down? it wasnt even staying the same. it was going down. i want to know why certain things made it to our inbox but pleadings that you put in place for more sec...

>> the american facility in benghazi was attacked in april of 2012. literal two months to the day later our facility again was bombed. they breached the wall. five days after that the british ambassador assassination attempt. the attack on the red cross. you have 300 documented attacks on western targets and aks of violence in libya. the requests for more help never came. in fact, they diminished the security profile. fast forward to barack obama, campaigning for the president of the united stat...