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In the big picture, you have accused the republicans of not take it seriously. it's in your power. if you don't think they're doing it seriously, why haven't you come up with a witness list? why haven't you decided i don't like what they're doing? it's if in your power if you think the investigation needs to go in a more serious direction, you can do it and you haven't done it. >> chuck, i have and i've tried. in fact, the first two hearings this committee had were hearings i proposed to look at the arb recommendations and how they're implemented. i requested ways we could speed up the documen...

And are there any changes in connection with the arb recommendations to the idea of special missions that are not notified formally to their host governments? >> well, senator, congratulations to you as well. and welcome to this committee. the united states notified to the libyan government the specific names of people who were serving in libya in both tripoli and in benghazi. that in no way affected the legal obligation of libya under the hague, under the vienna convention. the problem as i said was not their willingness. it was their capacity. and as you know, from the first time chris steve...

Forth in the cables and discussions, you need 3ds agent or you need five? we had five there but we had an unprecedented attack as one of the former rsoes, regional security officers, testified. an attack that truly was not expected on though on that night we had the requisite number of ds agents. we can get mired in the back and forth but i believe we will be doing more to help prevent future tragedies and attacks if we take the arb recommendations because after all they had no stake in this debate one way or the other. they just wanted to look at the facts which they did an excellent job doin...

Weak libyan governmental response on the 11th? and are there any changes in connection with the arb recommendations to the idea of special missions that are not notified formally to the host governments? >> congratulations to you as well, senator. and welcome to this committee. the united states notified to the libyan government the specific names of people who were serving in libya in both tripoli and in benghazi. that in no way affected the legal obligation of libya under the vienna convention. the problem as i said, was not their willingness, it was their capacity. as you know from the firs...

Accepted from the arb recommendation is that even though there was a back and forth in the cables and discussions, you need three ds agents or have five. we had five there but unprecedented attack as one of the former rsos, regional security officers, tefd testified, an attack that was not expected. even though on that night we had the rec quis it number of ds agents. we could get mired in the back and forth but i believe we will be doing more to help prevent future tragedies and attacks if we take the arb recommendations because after all, they had no stake in this debate one way or the other...