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So the president deserves the historic credit. what role i played, i'm very grateful to have had that chance, and i'm very convinced that it was the right thing to do. >> you just resited the clinton doctrine to us. let me tell you what i think it is. i think it's where an opportunity is seized to turn progress in libya into a political win for hillary clinton. and at the precise moment when things look good, take a victory lap like on all the sunday e shows before gadhafi was killed and turn your attention to other things. i yield well, congressman, that only a political statement which you w...

Benghazi on the night of the attacks. during the select committee's first hearing, which was more than a year ago shs the chairman posed the following question. we know the risk of being in benghazi. tell us what our policy was in libya that overcame those risks. in other words, why were we there? the accountability review board already answered that question. benghazi was the largest city and historical power center. although the transitional national council declared that tripoli would continue to view the capital of post gadhafi libya, many players remained based in benghazi. it went on to ...

Role to be acknowledged. >> on august 2011, you received an e-mail from sydney blumenthal, that's tab 11, he wrote this to you. this is a historic moment and you will be credited for realizing it. when gadhafi himself is finally removed, you should, of course, make a public statement before the cameras wherever you are, even in the driveway of your vacation home. you must go on camera. that was blumenthal's admonishment to you. >> i don't recall doing that, just in case you're going to ask me. >> you forwarded blumenthal's suggestion to jake sullivan and focused on how dramatic it would be. yo...

Discussions you had as it related to how long the benghazi mission itself was going it to last. i'm putting up a map just because most of us really don't know much about libya. don't know much about the geography of libya. as we talked about these various communities, i don't think most people really realized. i want to share with you that wi know from my last round that chris stevens went into benghazi in april of 2011. i want to talk to you about what happened the rest of that year. just because there was a lot going on i thought it would be helpful to have this map. by mid-july our governme...

Expert on libya policy and did you also give his opinions a lot of weight and respect. >> yes, i did, congresswoman. >> do you recall him advocating for continued u.s. presence in benghazi? >> yes, he did. >> ambassador stevens e-mails, many of which the committee has had for more than a year, confirm what you just stated. mr. chairman u i would ask consent to enter this document into the record. it's being passed out to the members of the committee. >> without objection. >> secretary clinton, i understand this e e-mail is not one you have seen before as it was not address ed or sent to you. i...