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Officers first learned about the attacks. what do they sew? >> reporter: you're right bill. they show the chain of reporting in early minutes right up to including the president of united states. general carter ham was head of africom, the combatant command with jurisdiction over libya. in top secret testimony ham told the house committee on oversight and investigation, he was notified of the assault on the compound in benghazi within 15 minutes at 9:42 libya time on 9/11/2012. he broke the news to the marten dimsy and defense secretary leon panetta within minutes of the assault commencing. my...

What assets to assist the rescue and why they were so slow in arriving. national security correspondent jennifer griffin examines the 450 pages of newly declassified congressional testimony by commanders who led the rescue efforts. >> the transcripts provide new insight into the military decision making in the benghazi attack, in particular, for the first time, general carter ham then head of africom who led the response, explains in sworn testimony what assets he had available to him and debunks widespread speculation he was removed from overseeing the military operation because he wanted to ...

The commander went on to present a picture of a woefully ill-postured military force whose assets were not in position to launch a timely response or rescue. not just in benghazi, but also across africa and the middle east. no attack aircraft were placed on high alert on september 11th. fighter jets were unarmed and air refuelers were ten hours away in great britain. >> they did what they could with what they had. the bottom line here is they didn't have what they needed to respond. >> u.s. africom commanders were aware of a deteriorating security situation in libya and offered a detachment of...

Said the president heard from key national security principals on our preparedness and security posture on the eve of the 11th anniversary of september 11th. the president and the principals discussed the steps taken to protect u.s. persons and facilities abroad as well as force protection. gop house investigators now want to know how that press release was drafted, who was in those meetings because they've determined that no military assets could possibly have responded to the benghazi attacks due to poor force posture on that date. >> my job was to look at the days and the weeks and the mont...

Things having to be involved with a second u.s. ambassador. so another ambassador came in, and we are told that he was given information by general carter hamm who used to run africom who said we can get these guys now, why don't we go do it, and that, too, didn't happen. martha: boy. it just raises so many questions still. adam houseley, thank you very much. gregg: troubling new information from the outgoing director of the fbi. robert mueller sitting down for a rare interview before leaving his post and telling our own catherine herridge that the threat from al-qaeda is still very real. chie...