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They would go kill some americans? >> reporter: that anger and frustration palpable for hillary clinton two years ago. >> what difference at this point does it make. >> reporter:? a moment likely still fresh in the minds of republican led committee members. >> madam secretary, you let the consulate become a death trap. >> reporter: yet after three years of investigations, seven investigations, thousands of pages of e-mail, and hours of testimony, republicans say they still have unanswered questions. on september 11, 2012, islamic extremists overran the u.s. mission in benghazi, setting it abla...

>> no, i do not. >> ma'am, there were 172ish. might have been 171 or 173. how many were there in july and august and then in that week, a few days before the attacks, do you know? >> there were a number of them, i know that. >> yes, ma'am, 83, by our count. that is over 600 requests. you've testified here this morning that you had none of those reach your desk? >> that's correct. >> madam secretary, mr. blumenthal wrote you 150 e-mails. appears from materials all of those reached your desk. can you tell us why security requests from your professionals the man you just testified which i agree a...

The great attributes that chris stevens had was a really good sense of humor, and i see him smiling as he is typing this because it is clearly in response to the e-mail down below, talking about picking up a few, quote, fire sale items fr^jq britts -- >> those fire sale items are barricades -- >> that's right. >> additional -- >> that's right. >> -- requests for security for the compound. >> that's right. >> that's what the fire sale was, because we weren't providing enough physical security for the compound. isn't that right? so they're picking up a fire sale because other consulates are pull...

The end of the gadhafi regime. i was responsible for quite a bit, congressman. i was not responsible for specific security requests and decisions. that is not something i was responsible for. >> time has expired. chairman recognize gentleman from california mr. schiff. >> thank you, mr. chairman. may d madame secretary, we're now almost to the end of second round of questions and i admit something i said after the first round is i don't understand the core theory of this case. i thought i did, but after this round i honestly don't understand where my colleagues are coming from. i'm probably no...

How is that possible? >> well, congresswoman, one of the great attributes that chris stevens had was a good sense of humor. i see him smiling as he's typing this because it is clearly in response to the e-mail down below talking about pick up a few, quote, fire sale items from the brits. >> those fire side items, by the way, are barricades. >> that's right. >> they are additional request for security for the compound. that's what the fire sale was because we weren't providing enough physical security for the compou compound. . isn't that right? so they are picking up a fire sale because other ...