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Let me go further. You said you found out in october that your attorneys met with the state department, i believe, in august. Now, from that time you said you turned over everything, and your lawyers went through this and i belief it was in november, after finding out in october that they had reviewed all these emails. The state department hasnt been able to give us all the emails in two years, but your attorneys you must have some of the fastest reading attorneys in the world to go through that...

So theres were trying to have more preexisting arrangements like that, and that goes to your question. If there are assets in the region, how do we plan for contingencies so that they can be immediately triggered and try to respond. I obviously spoke to the white house, i spoke to general petraeus, i spoke to lots of other people that evening trying to get whatever help we could get. We did get a surveillance plane above the location, but it took some time to get there. It had to be diverted it ...

What day and who believes what. Some people might say it would be better if we could wrap it in but democracy is the ability to no matter where you are or were you come from to run for president. The social media are as fizzling are facilitating that. Mr. Volpe i just believe a couple of things. Think it has to be that way. I know for a fact if some candidate said im going to use twitter tonight to say i will host a Community Meeting to talk about what is working in the city, you would have 100 ...

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Awareness seminar. Prompted at least in part by o. P. M. Breaches. 9 45. Thanks for that. John lets give director clapper express our appreciation to him. [applause] that concludes the first session of our summit. Well now have a coffee break in the exhibit hall and please enjoy the refreshments. The Breakout Sessions will start at 10 15 a. M. 10 15 on the lower level where you all came in. And then remember, director clapper just mentioned the 9 45 event. Thank you. [captioning performed by the...

Our borders from other transnational threats, our operation is based on layered security where we attempt and i have described earlier some of the partnerships that we have with regard to Port Security to inspect port facilities for their security regime overseas. With regard to specifically the source and transit zone for narcotics we also have significant partnerships with countries in south and Central America that allow us to board their flag vessels on the high seas, recognizing that many o...

Ambassador stevens after we dont know the answer. Did you ever personally speak to him after you swore him in this may . Yes or no, please. Yes, i believe i did. And when was that . I dont recall. And i want to clarify for the record that this document is about all of libya, not just benghazi. I dont want anybody 77 are about benghazi. Congresswoman, look. I appreciate it and i really do the passion and the intense interof your feelings about this. We have diplomatic facilities in war zones. We ...

Information officer at the pentagon on cybersecurity. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee earlier this week had a confirmation hearing. Tennessee senator bob corker chaired the hearing. Its an hour and a half. Foreign Relations Committee will come to order. Senate Foreign Relations committee is meeting this morning for a confirmation hearing on nominations, including state Department Counselor Thomas Shannon, to be undersecretary of state for Political Affairs. If confirmed by the senate, he ...

Asked about gun laws, 55 of those responding say that gun sales should be more strict than they are now and the majority of those responding saying they dont favor a ban on handguns for the average american. If you are one of those who wanted stricter laws or maybe you disagree with that for republicans. Gun owners, we set aside a line for you too. Can also tweet us at cspan wj and posts on her Facebook Page. Here is the poll from gallup taking a look at gun ownership and gun ownership issues. A...

And yes, the Intelligence Community assessment served as the basis for what ambassador rice said when she appeared on the sunday show. And on september 18th, when the video footage arrived from the security cameras the deputy cia director has testified it was not until september 18th, when the cia received the libyan governments assessment of video footage that showed the front of the facility with no sign of protesters that it became clear we needed to revisit our analysis. And then, after they...