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Acknowledgment, american commandos were now boots on the ground. >> carol, the pentagon subsequently released video from the come pckpit of the air stri they sent in after they left the compou compound. the air strike that destroyed the remaining isis facility, hoping to target whatever militants remained inside and make it unusable going forwards. it is rare that you see this kind of detail, this kind of footage. acknowledged by american officials to be genuine of american special forces in action. this could perhaps be about trying to explain to the american public why they're on the ground,...

>> he had the fax number of the state department. >> did e he have your home address? >> no, i don't think any ambassador has ever asked me for that. >> did he ever stop by your house? >> no, he did not. >>. mr. blumenthal had had those. this man who provided you so much information on libya had access in ways that senior diplomat had to you and your person. i had a picture up here. you didn't recognize who he was. were you briefed that he was present at the compound the night that ambassador stevens was killed? >> we're trying to track down the basis of your question, congressman. we have no ...

Stormed the u.s. diplomatic compound in benghazi. then a separate cia annex. this time there were no outbursts during the course of the hearing. no banging on the table like we saw in 2013. but the session in the first three and a half hours did end on a very, very acrimonious note. watch this. >> would the gentleman yield? >> you need to make sure -- >> that's exactly what i want to do. >> then go ahead. >> i'm about to tell you. i move we put into. the record the entire transcript of sydney blumenthal. we're going to release the e-mails. let's do the transcript. that way the world can see it...

Plrly residents. the diplomatic security officers were able to get both chris and shawn into that safe room. of course, the idea behind the safe room, why security experts advocated for them was to protect our civilians, our diplomats from attacks like the one that was occurring. the attackers used diesel fuel to set the compound on fire. and the safe room was anything but safe. i'm sure the committee members know that neither chris stevens more shawn smith died from injuries directly inflicted by the attackers. they both died of smoke

He weighed in on whether or not the compound should stay open. but i'd like to direct your attention to and e-mail that's at tab 4 dated december 15th from chris stevens. . i might add for the record we still do this day have all of his e-mails. we don't have the universe of the e-mails. but he e-mailed to a reporting officer who we know was in benghazi still. he wrote, interesting, has security improved in benghazi in recent weeks? also curious what you guys decided to do regarding future of the compound. he was in washington, d.c. or back in the states during that time and in december ambass...