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Federal court system. >> and a lot of democrats saying this is just a political witchhunt, if you will, but the commotion is going to continue. >> the commotion will continue. theres been a key shift, and this is part of the key shift, a lot of republicans, about two at the state department said what. and a cover-up involving the president, the leadership in the republican party and some of the more moderating forces, i will say, will urged republicans to keep the focus on benghazi. but to keep ...

Minister of libya. >> it was the saddest phone call i ever had in my life. he told me that ambassador stevens had passed away. i -- i immediately telephoned washington. >> 4:00 a.m. benghazi. 10:00 p.m. in washington. >> i spoke with president obama later in the evening to, you know, bring him up to date to hear his perspective. >> its the only call between the two that night. >> the secretary of state should have been on the phone to the president constantly, saying weve got people at risk. >> ...

Minister of libya. >> it was the saddest phone call i ever had in my life. he told me that ambassador stevens had passed away. i -- i immediately telephoned washington. >> reporter: 4:00 a.m. benghazi. 10:00 p.m. in washington. >> i spoke with president obama later in the evening to, you know, bring him up to date to hear his perspective. >> reporter: its the only call between the two that night. >> the secretary of state should have been on the phone to the president constantly, saying weve got...

Minister of libya. >> it was the saddest phone call i ever had in my life. he told me that ambassador stevens had passed away. i -- i immediately telephoned washington. >> reporter: 4:00 a.m. benghazi. 10:00 p.m. in washington. >> i spoke with president obama later in the evening to, you know, bring him up to date to hear his perspective. >> reporter: its the only call between the two that night. >> the secretary of state should have been on the phone to the president constantly, saying weve got...

Minister of libya. >> it was the saddest phone call i ever had in my life. he told me that ambassador stevens had passed away. i -- i immediately telephoned washington. >> reporter: 4:00 a.m. benghazi. 10:00 p.m. in washington. >> i spoke with president obama later in the evening to, you know, bring him up to date to hear his perspective. >> reporter: its the only call between the two that night. >> the secretary of state should have been on the phone to the president constantly, saying weve got...

Hes a bit detached me says lets not rush to judgment unless and until they reach a conclusion, this is beginning to hurt them and him personally. and then they act quickly. >> duke that on benghazi they will act any differently than they have so far given they have been swift about the irs scandal at this point? >> you mentioned at the top, that admiral mullen, ambassador pickering want to go back and defend themselves and defend the finding of their investigation which essentially says the admi...

23 minutes later, without a response, she emailed again before anyone had even replied to her first expression of alarm to say, quote, i just had a convo with redacted name, and added on that basis i have serious concerns about all the parts highlighted below, and thats when they commenced the argument weve already reported on about whether language about prior security warnings from cia could also be stricken. also deputy national security advisor ben rhodes was alerted that the intelligence co...

Consulate. including our ambassador to libya chris stevens. james rosen has been going through the emails and has a report for us now. james? >> shep, good evening. these 94 largely repetitive pages of white house, cia, and state department emails, mostly dated friday, september 14 raise still further questions. the documents show then state department spokeswoman victoria nuland repeatedly pressing interoffice colleagues so soften the discussion of the perpetrators of the attacks. the line abou...

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...