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Do. let me mention a couple of those most important tasks here. first, we need to continue to develop and refine our national cyber policy framework which includes the evolution of all dimensions of our deterrence posture. the ability to deny the adversary its objectives, to impose costs and to ensure we have a resilient infrastructure to execute a multidomain mission. this refinement and evolution in our deterrent thinking and capability will further empower decision making at net speed. second, within the department, cyber command has matured and is doing more to protect the nation and suppo...

Decompression of reintegration. i would also like to thank our experts from brook army medical center and the joint personnel recovery agency. they make our reintegration mission here possible. u.s. army south has conducted this important mission six times previously. i cannot emphasize enough that reintegration phase is the culmination of herculean efforts that have taken place over a long period of time across the united states government's interagency and the combatant command. this clearly demonstrates from our commander in chief on down our nation is committed to never leaving a comrade b...

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...

Mission was going on. this is fairly are you tone when things break out in a nation where we have diplomats and the families. it doesn't always make news when the goes go get them. how typical that forces would fire on u.s. military aircraft? ntotally unexpected. they knew there was ground four in the city, but the u.s. command thought they had clearance from both sides in the contest to fly an evacuation mission and get the americans out and fly home. but the rebel group didn't get the memo and when they saw the three aircraft on final approach they opened fire. it is a traditional mission an...

To the risk of what those terrorists would do overall to their country. patti ann: but you say the state department is overall reluctant to militarize africa. why? >> well, when you talk to the people in africom, that is the combatant command that looks at africa, military command, regional command as we refer to it, they have had difficulty making military moves in northern africa not -- mostly for presence, not to be involved in any fighting, because of the state d.'s unwillingnesses to -- state department's unwillingnesses to militarize it. that's their word, not mine. and the fact of the m...