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And are there any changes in connection with the arb recommendations to the idea of special missions that are not notified formally to their host governments? >> well, senator, congratulations to you as well. and welcome to this committee. the united states notified to the libyan government the specific names of people who were serving in libya in both tripoli and in benghazi. that in no way affected the legal obligation of libya under the hague, under the vienna convention. the problem as i said was not their willingness. it was their capacity. and as you know, from the first time chris steve...

Forth in the cables and discussions, you need 3ds agent or you need five? we had five there but we had an unprecedented attack as one of the former rsoes, regional security officers, testified. an attack that truly was not expected on though on that night we had the requisite number of ds agents. we can get mired in the back and forth but i believe we will be doing more to help prevent future tragedies and attacks if we take the arb recommendations because after all they had no stake in this debate one way or the other. they just wanted to look at the facts which they did an excellent job doin...

Accepted from the arb recommendation is that even though there was a back and forth in the cables and discussions, you need three ds agents or have five. we had five there but unprecedented attack as one of the former rsos, regional security officers, tefd testified, an attack that was not expected. even though on that night we had the rec quis it number of ds agents. we could get mired in the back and forth but i believe we will be doing more to help prevent future tragedies and attacks if we take the arb recommendations because after all, they had no stake in this debate one way or the other...

Events. we did get to talk to the ds agents when they got back to this country. we did so. it was not before september 15th. we had no access to the surveillance cameras for weeks, which helped to answer a number of questions. but with respect to helping the libyans and that also goes to the questions senator rubio asked, we will provide a list of everything we were doing and were attempting to do. but i will also tell you that since march 2011, congressional holds have been placed on programs for many months for aid to libya. we've had frequent congressional complaints, why are we doing anyth...

Deployment teams. i traveled to benghazi on two occasions with the rso. ones with the rso to evaluate the security situation there and once to conduct some work for the defense attache's office. i was there a second time in june when the u.k. ambassador's convoy was attacked. i responded with ds agents in order to help provide medical and security assistance to wounded u.k. security personnel. i conducted a post-attack investigation of the ambush or assault. i regularly met with and held frequent conversations with ambassador kretz and stevens, the other and other members of the security team....