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Avoid scandal. cbs news obtained an internal state department inspector general's memo that shows several investigations were called off after coming to the attention of high-ranking officials. among the allegations, that a state department security official in beirut sexually assaulted foreign nationals hired as embassy guards. that member -- former secretary of state hillary clinton security detail, quote, engaged prostitutes while on official trips in foreign countries. a problem, the report says, was endemic. there was a 2011 investigation into an ambassador who, quote, routinely ditched h...

Diego. that, of course, is the military war memorial that has been the target of atheist groups for years. both woods and doherty from san diego were killed while workingg as security contractors at the u.s. consulate in benghazi. while the attack and the aftermath as we know are still under investigation, these two men were honored by a military flyover, the navy band, the navy seals. you see hundreds of people along with their families. listen. >> it is with a sad and heavy heart that i humbly accept this honor on behalf of ty, myself, and most importantly, our son kai. >> american lives wer...

Rocket-propelled grenades. security contractors and former special forces operators tyrone woods and glen doherty are killed in this attack. again, this is the pentagon's official time line, one of the key questions critics want answered is why the rescue team secretary panetta put on stand by in europe were not actually deployed to libya and if they had been, could they have made it in time to stop the second attack that killed woods and doherty. that, according to those who organized it, was the point of today's hearing to try to answer that question and others with some degree of clarity. s...

They were unanticipate that secretary clinton couldn't testify before because she was unwell after her fall. >> saeblg clinton is going to take a lot of criticism for what happened in benghazi. i think she's also going to push back. i think she's going to say to congress, look, if you want more security at our diplomatic facilities, have you to pay for it. it's the case that in many places around the world the state department is required to go for the lowest cost security contractors as opposed to the ones that can do the best job. i bet she'll talk about that, and give as good as she gets.

Weapons meet the need and fully reliable. >> karzai says he will secure immunity for the troops to allow them to stay after 2014. the small force proposed means the pentagon will likely have to rely on expensive security contractors. >> bret: jennifer griffin live at the pentagon. thank you. still ahead -- why some of nation's toughest gup laws are not working if up with of america's most violent cities. first, you spend $6 billion hours a year trying to climb it. is anybody going to do anything about all the red tape in the tax code?