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And are letting them know that? are there sixes that you recall -- i'd like to know what the conversation was with ambassador stephens, what month it was with ambassador stevens. there are no call logs from him, nothing from the op center that we found. we have no record that you had any conversations with the ambassador after you swore him in and before he died. you were his boss. >> i was the boss of ambassadors in 270 countries. i was the boss of ambassadors in places like afghanistan where shortly before i visited one time the embassy had been under brutal assaulted by the taliban for hour...

Honor the memory of those we lost, and to work as hard as i know to try to create more understanding and cooperation between the state department, our diplomats, our development professionals from usaid, and the congress so that the congress is a partner with us. as was the case in previous times. i would like us to get back to those times, congressman, whereas i think one of you said, beirut, we lost far more americans, not once, but twice within a year. there was no partisan effort. people rose above politics. a democratic congress worked with a republican administration to say what do we ne...

Professionals -- our development professionals? because the first thing i heard when i got to the state department was a litany of complaints from a lot of our most experienced diplomats that they were being hamstrung, that the security requirements were so intense that they were basically unable to do their jobs. and, of course, then from the security professionals who were all part of this what we call the qddr, they were saying we don't want you to go beyond the fence. we can't protect you in all of these dangerous circumstances. how you balance that. and it is a constant balancing of risk ...

Whatever position i'm in to honor the memory of those we lost, and to work as hard as i know to try to create more understanding and cooperation between the state department, our diplomats, our development professionals from u.s. a.i.d. and the congress so that the congress is a partner with us, as was the case in previous times. i would like us to get back to those times, congressman, whereas i think one of you said beirut, we lost far more americans not once but twice within a year. there was no partisan effort. people rose above politics. a democratic congress worked with a republican admin...

Are there situations where you recall and i would like to know what the conversation was with ambassador stevens and what month it was with ambassador stevens because there are no call logs with him, nothing from theops center with him that we have found? we have no record that you had conversations with the ambassador after you swore him in and before he died. you were his boss. >> i was the boss of ambassadors in 270 countries. i was the boss of ambassadors in places like afghanistan where shortly before i visited one time the embassy had been under brutal assault by the taliban for hours. i...