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Were unarmed and separated from their aerial refuelers which were 10 hours away in great britain. there is no mention of a gunship refueler being available that night. again we mentioned the fast team of marines en route to spain and how they had to change their uniforms. that delayed their response time we learned by more than hean an hour. general carter ham pushed back by repeated committee members and military analysts sending an f-16 flyover on the night of the attack would have made any difference. >> he he the intel joins had at the time caused me to believe in my military judgment that...

Officers first learned about the attacks. what do they sew? >> reporter: you're right bill. they show the chain of reporting in early minutes right up to including the president of united states. general carter ham was head of africom, the combatant command with jurisdiction over libya. in top secret testimony ham told the house committee on oversight and investigation, he was notified of the assault on the compound in benghazi within 15 minutes at 9:42 libya time on 9/11/2012. he broke the news to the marten dimsy and defense secretary leon panetta within minutes of the assault commencing. my...

Congressman ham did the questions. this is what he said. i heard you made the statement you were prepared to go to their aid and somebody told you no and you said we are going anywhere. is that all some up significant that comes from some reporter to which ham police yes, sir, no one ever told me to. >> the bottom line here, he didn't have what they needed to respond. >> reporter: ham and the other commanders who testified in these closed door hearing essentially payments a picture of a woefully ill prepared and ill postured military on the night of the benghazi attack. martha: we heard elemen...

Was clearly a terrorist attack and he he so did the president. that fly in the face of repeated allegations that ambassador stevens and three others were victims of a demonstration. there are calls to hear from general carter ham who was the commander in charge of the benghazi rescue operation. through these documents we heard from him. what did we learn? >> reporter: general carter ham debunked widespread speculation that he was forced out, was forced to retire because he wanted to do more militarily the night of the benghazi attack, more than this superiors wanted to do, more than the white ...