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And some were not. but from my perspective, again, these were handled by the people that were assigned the task of evaluating them. and, you know, think it's important to again reiterate, that although there were problems and deficiencies discovered by the accountability review board, the general approach to have security professionals handle security requests i think still stands. >> yes, ma'am. i wish you had listened to those security professionals. you described mr. stevens as having the best knowledge of libya of anyone, your words this morning. and yet, when he asked for increased securi...

After 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. chair would recognize mr. shift. >> thank you. now almost at the end of the second round of questions, and i find it necessary to amend something i said after the first round and that is, i don't understand the theory of this kaps i thought i did but after this round i honestly don't understand where my colleagues are coming from. probably not as good a lawyer, undoubtedly not a...

>> madam secretary, you are telling me you had no authority to take anyone's paycheck, to cause anyone to be fired? you were telling me you were legally prohibited from doing that, is that your position here this morning. >> it is my position in the absence of finding dereliction or breach of duty, there could not be immediate action taken but there was a process that was immediately instituted and which led to decisions being made. >> yes, ma'am. the decision was put these back at fullback pay and keep them on as employees. that was the decision that was made as a result of the processes that...

Ten years from now. what needs to be done so we can make sure that our four heroic dead did not lay down their lives in vain? >> the attacks in benghazi, the congress never fully funded the security requests that the administration sent to congress. following benghazi, that has improved, but there are still areas where i think e greater fund i funding and responsiveness would be helpful. it was unfortunate that e we didn't get all the resources that might have enabled us to do more before benghazi. the one specific recommendation that i would like to see the congress act on expeditiously is th...

Say she was engaged, but i think one of the questions that has been out there for years now is whether or not she was sufficiently engaged in the security requests being made by individuals including ambassador stevens. i know that she has instituted when she was secretary of state recommendations from the accountability review board. but do you know why all those requests were rejected? do you as a sitting united states senator have a better idea of why chris stevens and others didn't get the security they asked for? >> well, i think the point she's tried to make and i think she's done it wel...