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We didnt have the internet. we didnt have instantaneous communications. you would send diplomats and envoys into places and not hear from them for maybe months. this was obviously not of that kind, but it was not that different in degree from what we had done before, and it was a risky undertaking and one which chris volunteered for and was anxious to undertake. >> and it was so risky, id like to pull up another e-mail from the ops center that was forwarded to you from ms. abedin on sunday, apri...

That they so rightly deserve. having flown combat missions myself and in some dangerous places, i understand the dedication of our men and women who choose to serve this country overseas. i have a special affinity for the diplomatic corps because these are folks who go in without the benefit of weapons, without the benefit of military might, armed only with americas values and diplomatic words and a handshake to forward our nations interests globally. so i am absolutely determine to make sure th...

Times out of 1,000, and its deeply distressing to them when anything goes wrong. we have lost non-americans with some of these attacks on facilities. we have lost our locally employed staff. they never want to see any successful attack so they have to be -- they have to be right 100% of the time. the terrorists only have to be right once. and you know, thats why this is really at the core of what i tried to do before even i got the accountability review board going back to the qddr to come up wi...

And i think the initial decision was, you know, up to 30 days and reassess, but it could have been ten days. it could have been 60 days fe s depending upon what he found and what he reported back to us. >> and possibly what was determined about the danger of benghazi. who were those officials, secretary clinton? >> well, there were a number of officials that were working -- >> that were advising you on the security specifically. >> well, with respect to the security, this was a particular concer...

Supported the united states and others in being able to do. we were combatting the proliferation of weapons. thats one of the reasons why there was a cia presence in benghazi because we were trying to figure out how to get those weapons out of the wrong hands and get them collected in a way and destroyed. and in fact, we began reducing those heavy weapons stocks. we were, you know, working on providing transition assistance to the libyans. i met with the libyans. i telephoned with the libyans. i...

December of 2012 that the state department and d.o.d.isat initiative created a road map for addressing emerging security challenges. why did you partner with the department of defense to conduct such a high-priority review, and was it effective in addressing the shortfalls in benghazi and applying it for other locations? >> congresswoman, thank you very much, and thanks for your service and particularly your knowledge about these issues rising from your own military service and the service on th...

Ms. duckworth. >> thank you -- thank you, mr. chairman. secretary clinton, im pleased that you finally have the opportunity to be here. before i start my line of questioning, i just want to clarify with regards to the april to june 2012 incidents, i believe that the procedure that the state department had for these types of incidents was to actually hold what are called emergency action committee hearings on the ground immediately. and in fact, there were at least five records for june alone on ...

Presence in benghazi. i think she would be upset to hear yes, we do, but because we dont have enough security, they are on lockdown, end quote. and i say that this is very troubling to me because it raises several issues that id like to ask you about. im struck by the first part. quote, the secretary asked last week if we still have a presence in benghazi. now, you pointed out to mrs. brooks in her last line of questioning, based upon the e-mail stacks here, that you engaged in a lot of conversa...

Conducted any joint interagency planning and training exercises, this may have actually helped the state and d.o.d. to identify and fix existing vulnerabilities in the temporary mission facility in benghazi. moreover, regular communications between africom and the special mission in benghazi could have facilitated the prepositioning of military assets in a region where there were very real questions over the host countrys ability to protect our diplomatic personnel. secretary clinton, within the...

It would be, whether it would be appropriate for him to stay for a long time or a short time. that was very much going to depend upon chriss own assessment. we knew we were sending someone who understood the area, who understood the language, who understood a lot of the personalities because of the historical study that he used to love to do. and we were going to be guided by what he decided. >> id like to draw your attention to an e-mail. its an e-mail found at tab 1. its an ops center e-mail t...