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>> no. nobody does because nobody cared. we know that several hundred died, but there was never an official count done of security contractors in iraq. so when i see this focus on what was essentially a small fire fight, i have covered a lot of fire fights. it's impossible to figure out what happens in them sometimes. and second, i think that the emphasis on benghazi has been political partly because fox was operating as a wing of the republican party. >> all right. tom ricks, thank you for joining us today. >> let's turn to michael tomasky. that was one for the archives. your latest column is...

Died in iraq? do you know? >> i don't. >> no. nobody does because nobody cared. we know that several hundred died, but there was never an official count done of security contractors in iraq. so when i see this focus on what was essentially a small fire fight, i have covered a lot of fire fights. it's impossible to figure out what happens in them sometimes. and second, i think that the emphasis on benghazi has been political partly because fox was operate iing as a wing of the republican party. >> all right. tom ricks, thank you for joining us today. >> let's turn to michael tomasky. that was o...

Ambassador. he seems to be backing away from that. what do you think? >> i think benghazi was hyped by this network especially and now that the campaign is over i think he's backing off a little bit. they are not going to stop susan rice from being secretary of state. >> benghazi was hyped, especially by the network, but it doesn't stop there. >> you have four people dead including the first u.n. ambassador. >> i see this focus on a small fire fight. i've covered a lot of fire fights. it's impossible to figure out what happens. second, i think that the effort of benghazi have been extremely po...

>> in colorado springs near the waldo canyon fire. fire fights are at 30 percent containment and making significant progress. and the foir did grow some what overnight. and the command center tells us that that will expected. construction. it is the most destructive fire. two poem died and 10 poem are still missing president obama made the battle a topic of the radio address and the visit he paid her yesterday, take a listen. >> one of the things i told the fir foits is, we can provide them all of the resources they need but only

Especially when you're just firing from the air noor civilian centers. >> and quickly, richard, there's reporting of, again, more attacks, including in damascus. what can you tell us about this latest report out today? >> there are now regularly attacks in damascus. we've been told there are different fire fights in three areas from damascus. there have been intense fighting in the town of haifa closer to the turkish border. a few days ago, the united states was warning syrian troops had been encircling firing onto the town. now troops have entered the city sending rebels into retreat and havi...