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Speaking man inform ising tripoli that the ambassador it dead. the president in regular communication with his national security team speaks for the first time directly with secretary of state hillary clinton who sometime during the evening has released a statement saying i condemn in strong epiterms the attack on our mission in benghazi. her statement goes on to say "some have sought to justify this vicious behavior as a response to the inflammatory material posted on the internet. the united states deplores any international effort to denigrate the religious beliefs of others. ". 5:15 a.m. i...

Saved lives? >> that's exactly right. on the other hand, they are going to be casualties. the fact is that what we ought to be doing is making sure that everything in our power to minimize those circumstances. what i'm saying to you, chris, this is, i think, something that the republicans want to keep going, keep in mind, they delayed the votes almost an hour and a half today, two hours. just so they could get through this hearing. so they considered this pretty important. but again, i just want us to concentrate on making a difference with regard to security for our personnel. that's what thi...

In what was a violent week of anti-american protest through much of the middle east. the events of that fateful tuesday began not in libya, rather in cairo, egypt. a mob gathered outside the u.s. embassy in cairo and at one point scaled an outside wall. but this was essentially a protest by angry, unarmed egyptians. around 800 miles west in benghazi, libya, a very different mob was forming. [gunfire] >> and this is what pentagon officials say happened next. 9:42 p.m. in benghazi. men warmed rifles and rocket propelled grenade launchers begin their assault on the u.s. consulate. 50 minutes late...

Defense secretary leon panetta and joint chiefs chairman martin dempsey discussing potential responses with president obama. 11:10 unarmed u.s. surveillance drone arrives over consulate. by 11:30 p.m. all surviving americans have left the consulate and headed to the annex. the whereabouts of ambassador chris stevens is unknown at that point. he, of course, did not make it to the annex and was later taken from the embassy to a benghazi hospital where he was pronounced dead. from midnight to 2:00 a.m. benghazi time, secretary panetta gives orders to what's called a fleet antiterrorism platoon es...

Underway, additional security upgrades had taken place. >> thank you. did you see personally the cable on i believe it's august 12th specifically asking for basically reinforcements for the security detail that was going to be evacuating, or leaving in august? did you see that, personally? >> no, sir. >> okay. when you read the arb, it strikes me as how certain the people were that the attacks started at 9:40 benghazi time. when was the first time you spoke, or have you ever spoken to the returnees, the evacuees, did you personally speak to those folks? >> i've spoken to one ever them, but i w...