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Administration and how are they reacting? >> well, we have only had a response so far from the state department, but just for some context, from the white house and the state department, when the arb was released last september, it was promoted as an ing a gr aggressive investigation that left no stone unturned and in fact, all of the reports 29 findings were accepted. today fox news asked the state department to respond to the draft report claims and specifically that the blame was not properly...

Fact is that we have four dead americans, and was it because of a protest or because of guys out for a walk one night who decided to kill some americans? what difference at this point does it make? it is our job to figure out what happened and do everything we can to prevent it from ever happening again, senator. >> and ric, as you remember, some people had a visceral reaction to those words, it doesnt matter. and what are the thoughts now as we forward, because this report is going to roll out ...

These embassies, and so we have to get to the bottom of it as journalists, but also, because we need to know the answers. >> and the bottom line of the arb report is that there were systemic leadership and management failures. that was the bottom line of the report. and yet, yet, all of this time afterwards, there has been no accountabili accountability. the four people, the junior people who were put on a paid vacation basically are back at different jobs. and the senior people who issued the p...

Aggressively and why didnt we use subpoena power to get to the bottom of it. we have known that it was a joke, and this report shows it. >> you mentioned that secretary of undermanagement secretary patrick kennedy who is mentioned in the draft report and it says specifically the authorization of kennedy to continue operating the ad hoc compound in benghazi and to let the operations go on. you know mr. kennedy, and how do you account for the fact that he has not been talked with? is he important ...

19th where pickering and mullen will be witnesses and specifically asked about the question processes they used in the arb hearings. >> and catherine, this is called a draft and there are 100 pages in totality and we expect to see the rest of it when? >> probably early next week, we were told, because there not be fundamental changes to the language. >> all right. catherine, we will bring you back later, because you are reading all of it, and i am going through it as well, and we will break it d...

And say, ambassador kennedy, who told you to continue the operation? because he did not make that decision on his own. >> and i want to make it clear that continue the operation after it had already been determined that they needed more security at our consulate in benghazi. and also, the people on the list, and you know them, thes s assistant secretary of state and secretary of state hillary clinton and the fact that they had the ability and the authority and reading through the draft report to...

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The chairman is darrell issa who is one of the most vocal critics of how the obama administration handled the killing of americans last year. this is a key look at the night that happened that night, and three more congressional hearings on benghazi are scheduled, including another one with congressman issas committee. steven smith was killed and intelligence sean smith, and glen doherty and tyrone woods. we have been digging through the draft report since first obtaining it, and catherine is li...

Department saying it is willful ignorance to think that there are still remaining questions on benghazi and that is offensive, and i know doug, and doug needs to be it is not willful ignorance when we find out through this report that top state department officials werent even interviewed and hey, doug, guess what, secretary of state hillary clinton was not interviewed and how is it willful ignorance to suggest that we have serious questions about benghazi and what happened when no one has been ...