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Lieutenant colonel woods' testimony comes back and it haunts my soul. he said benghazi, it was inevitable we would get attacked. almost inevitable. we were the last flag flying. everybody left there. we are trying to normalize relationships with the government that has no capacity. i can't believe the white house would allow the president of the united states to go out and be among the public after our consulate was attacked june 6. blowing a hole in the wall that 40 people could have gotten through. i don't think anybody is that incompetent. i'm assuming that the president knew about the dete...

Saying every piece as it came out on the libya investigation, the administration has laid out. today, a lot of pieces were laid out. more than 166 pages of the state department cables came out from the investigation from the house oversight committee. some of them written by the late ambassador chris stevens. start back in june. this is a few months before his death. writing that islamic extremist appears to be on the rise in eastern libya. the al-qaeda flag spotted several times flying over government buildings and training facilities. the government of libya until they are able to effectivel...

Growing frustration on the part of local residents with libyan police and security forces. these forces the ambassador characterized as to weak to keep the country secure. that was on the day he died. the documents include regional security officers and state department personnel stationed in libya complaining about the frequent denials by the state department for enhanced security measures in benghazi. one official saying he had begun to sounds like a broken record. but the mission's ability to develop intel was suffering because of the short staffing of security personnel. august 8 ambassado...

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store. gabby giffords survived and is still recovering. he will avoid the death penalty. after the hearing a number of survivors came together outside the courthouse. >> give up this hopelessness in this country that we can't do anything. because we can and we must. >> these taboo words, gun control can be spoken plainly in the halls of congress again. >> one of ways i believe we can make good come out of this, is to begin some common sense discussion about who should bear arms. what hands should firearms go into. >> kyung lah was in the courtroom. >> he seemed calmer than previous a...