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To be. there are still some unanswered questions. it was after all, the fog of war. but i'm absolutely convinced that the united states and all of our various agencies with all of our professionals, including the congress is, you know, piecing together the best information we can find. >> again, you've been asked so many questions. i want to ask you a question about chris stevens who was thought as of the expert on libya. you said he was in benghazi that day of his own choosing. >> uh-huh. >> in retrospect, do you knowing what you know now, would you perhaps not have given him such a long leas...

The reason it takes long is to put together cases which is what the fbi and other law enforcement agencies were doing. they have to piece it together just as we started piecing it together on the night of the attack. we want to know who was behind it, what the motivation of the leaders and the attackers happened to be. there are still some unanswered questions. it was, after all, the fog of war. but i'm absolutely convinced that the united states and all of our various agencies with all of our professionals including the congress is you know, piecing together the best information we can find. ...

A long leash? would you might have told him not do go to benghazi on that day of all days? >> well, that's a difficult question because our ambassadors are the personal representatives of the president of the united states. we send people who we believe have the understanding of the cultures and the political systems that they are working in, and it's very hard to second-guess. i'll give you another example. when robert ford, then the ambassador to syria decided he was going to drive right up to rebel-held areas and to show american support, there were a lot of people who said, he shouldn't ...

Uncomfortable few days. and speaking of the state department, we are waiting for a live briefing from the state department right now. the u.s. government at the highest level, and muammar qaddafi's name was used for the first time and the reason they were not using the name was they did not want to insight him to take americans hostage and end up with iranian hostage crisis like that of the late 1970's, that is not something the president wanted to see happen and did not want to stir the pot with that man any more than necessary so now all the americans we know of who want to get out are out. ...