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However, this flag was pointed out to be affiliated with al qaeda, terrorists who attack and kill united states citizens and other individuals around the world. do you -- did anyone in your department below you, were they aware of this report and these photos prior to? and don't you think they should have brought this to your attention? >> well, what i'm trying to say, congressman, is i am well aware that there were people claiming to be associated with al qaeda that were attempting to influence militias, attempting to exercise more authority along with a number of other groups that didn't nec...

Those failures. i think it's an opportunity for us, also, as a committee, but also as a country, to develop a foreign policy that reflects, again, the dynamics of the region, as they really are today. lastly, i think this is an opportunity for this committee to finally do the work that are it should have been doing for years. when you read the arb report and you realize that we have never done an authorization of the state department in the six years that i've been here, we've never looked at how foreign aid has been spent. we've never done a top to bottom review. i know that is something that...

>> mr. moreno of pennsylvania. >> good afternoon, madam secretary. in august of 2012 prior to the benghazi attack, the liberian congress published a report called al qaeda a libya pro file. this outlined the al qaeda presence in libya. something was especially alarming to me in this d.o.d. report was the mention that siriya and other groups have adopted the black flag promoted by al qaeda senior leaders. in my hand i hold a picture of the flag that the department of state identified to be a prominent issuance of this flag on the rise in libya. i also hold a picture of the

Rb report, the importance of examining the state department's organization as it relates to security planning, my expectation is that would be one of the responsibilities of this new position. i'm wondering if you would tell us a little bit about the roll of this new secretary within the bureau, what responsibilities the position will have, and will this individual in particular have the authority to reallocate resources in order to fill potential resource gaps if that's one of the challenges they face? >> thank you. this is a deputy assistant secretary. i want one person held accountable look...

10% off as well. now the arb as you said have recommends an increase in facilities funding to $2.2 billion per year to restore the construction levels called for in the 1998 arb report. the only other one that was public. i would go back to something the chairman said. consistent shortfalls have required the department to prioritize available funding out of security accounts. i will be the first to say that the prioritization process was imperfect but the funds provided were inaccurate. we need to work together to overcome that. we are asking for funding for more marine security guards for ref...