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Respond, there was never a recommendation from any intelligence official in our government, from any official in the state department or from any other person with knowledge of our presence in benghazi to shut down benghazi even after the two attacks that the compound suffered. and perhaps, you know, you would wonder why, but i can tell you that it was thought that the mission in benghazi in conjunction with the cia mission was vital to our national interests. gentlelady from indiana yields back. the chair will briefly recognize mr. cummings and then ms. duck worth. thank you, mr. chairman. when i was asking secretary clinton a question a moment ago, i mentioned an e-mail that had gone from ambassador chris stevens to deputy secretary lamb. what i meant to say was a cable, and i just wanted to make sure the record was clear. the record will reflect that. ms. duckworth. ....
Yield back. well, if i if i could just quickly respond, there was never a recommendation from any intelligence official in our government, from any official in the state department, or from any other person with knowledge of our presence in benghazi to shut down benghazi even after the two attacks that the compound suffered. and perhaps, you know, you would wonder why, but i can tell you that it was thought that the mission in benghazi, in conjunction with the cia mission, was vital to our national interests. the gentle lady from indiana yields back. i briefly recognize mr. cummings and ms. duckworth. thank you very much, mr. chairman. i just want to clarify, when i was asking secretary clinton a question a moment ago, i mentioned an e-mail that had gone from ambassador chris stevens to deputy secretary lamb. what i meant to say was a cable. and i just wanted to make sure the record was clear. the record will reflect that. ....