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Happened. >> again, we determined that we needed to send a second team from tripoli to secure the airport for the withdrawal of our personnel from benghazi after the mortar attack. >> were any of these u.s. military personnel not permitted to travel on a rescue mission or relief mission to benghazi? >> they were not authorized to travel. >> what happened with those personnel? >> they remained in tripoli with us. the medic with the nurse to the hospital and his skills to the treatment of and care of our wounded. >> how did the personnel reacted to be told to stand down? >> they were furious. i ...

A response team in tripoli was also kept out. >> two different things, the fest team which is designed to respond to crisis was, the decision was made not to use them. that is what mark thompson is testifying to and he doesn't know why. why he was kept out of loop. then the questioning from representative chaffetz to gregg hicks, it was about the special forces team and special forces on the ground in tripoli who was going to get on c-130 to get the people out thereof and they were told to stand down. they wouldn't have made it in time for the second attack, the mortar attack that killed the t...

To send a second team from trip apply to secure the airport for the withdrawal of our personnel from benghazi after the mortar attack. >> were any of these u.s. military personnel not permitted to travel on a rescue mission or relief mission to benghazi? >> they were not authorized to travel. >> what happened with those personnel? >> they remained in tripoli with us. the medic went with the nurse to the hospital and his skills to the treatment of our -- and care of our wounded. >> how did the personnel react to being told to stand down? >> they were furious. >> megyn: ollie north, fox news mil...

Ambassador chris stevens and sean smith were dead but two other americans, former navy s.e.a.l.s did not die until a second full assault at 5:15 am on a cia annex several miles away. six special forces commandos flew in from tripoli but couldn't stop the onslaught. now an interview with gregory hicks has been released, deputy chief of mission who says he called for military help from four more forces operatives in tripoli but was overruled. a dploeiplomat, not a military officer said i believe if we had been able to scramble a fighter or aircraft or two over benghazi as quickly as possible aft...

>> shepard: 18 minutes before the hour. united nations removing some of its staff in syria after a mortar attack damaged a hotel and a u.n. truck. the temporarily mod some damascus based staff to beirut and cairo and has asked all other u.n. personnel in the country to work from home until further note. the fighting in syria, damascus, has escalated in recent months. meanwhile, a bomb attack reportedly injured a rebel leader who was one of the federal to call for the syrian people to rise up against the syrian president. activists say somebody put a bomb in his car, and whoever that somebody i...