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It took the fbi weeks to get the security situation sufficiently under control that they could even get to the benghazi consulate, and that's a real indication of why this is so complicated. i think it's a real testament. you remember, right around the time secretary clinton was testifying before congress in mid-january, fbi director muller, it was publicly reported that he had gone and met with the libyans to encourage and try to push them for additional cooperation. seems like it's paying off. >> all right, fran. appreciate the reporting. thank you very much. we also should say fran is a mem...

York and from a -- nearly getting the democratic nomination in 2008 and being secretary of state. so my point in the piece in the national journal was if you keep crying wolf essentially about someone, it's very hard for the, you know, 39th time you do it for it to stick. >> not only that but she's obviously gotten very practiced at how to deal with these kinds of situations. although she did become emotional when talking about those killed in the benghazi consulate, including ambassador stevens. let me play that. >> for me, this is not just a matter of policy. it's personal. i stood next to p...

Department. but, you know, you heard the echoes of some of those broader questions come up today when the secretary was asked, for example, well, why isn't the military -- why wasn't the military there to protect the benghazi consulate, and the answer is, it's not been a major mission of the military in the past to protect embassies. they mostly protect the classified documents. >> this wasn't an embassy, it was an intelligence listening post, that's why they didn't want a military presence, they didn't want to draw attention to it. chris cillizza, the foreign policy, in many regards, has been...

Murdered out our benghazi consulate. congressman, you were in on the hearings, did you get any answers to any of your questions? >> no! it's terribly frustrating. this report essentially blames everybody. consequently, it holds nobody accountsable. it is so frustrating to hear two gentlemen come before congress in the senate and the house and essentially not provide any details. when they were asked, poigned questions by members of the foreign relations committee, they basically pleaded ignorance. we don't know, we have no answers. and the problem here is we have four dead americans, we have t...

Murdered out our benghazi consulate. congressman, you were in on the hearings, did you get any answers to any of your questions? >> no! it's terribly frustrating. this report essentially blames everybody. consequently, it holds nobody accountsable. it is so frustrating to hear two gentlemen come before congress in the senate and the house and essentially not provide any details. when they were asked, poigned questions by members of the foreign relations committee, they basically pleaded ignorance. we don't know, we have no answers. and the problem here is we have four dead americans, we have t...