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The specific security requests pertaining to benghazi, you know, were handled by the security professionals in the department. i didn't see those requests. they didn't come to me. i didn't approve them, i didn't deny them. >> she captured offense in the findings of the independent review led by thomas pickering and admiral mike mullen countless times, but that wasn't good enough for many republicans. >> how can this review be considered thorough when the person at the top, the secretary of state, was not part of the investigation? >> madame secretary, you let the consulate become a death trap....

Security and i'm just wondering if you might mention one reform that would be helpful, so that you would have known of the needs there of security that went undone? >> well, obviously i have thought about this almost constantly since that date, senator, because, you know, i do feel responsibility. i feel responsible for the nearly 70,000 people who work for the state department. i take it very seriously but the specific security requests pertaining to gauze dpauz -- benghazi, were handled by the security professionals in the department. i didn't see those requests. they didn't come to me. i di...

We can prevent some of this happening. i was curious about a number of things. first of all, were you ever asked to participate in any sort of internal or inner agency meeting before this attack with regard to the deteriorating security situation in libya? >> well, senator, you know, again, i appreciate your kind words, you know, and i reiterate my taking responsibility. and as i have already said, with specific security requests, they didn't come to me, i had no knowledge of them. with regard to the situation in libya, not just eastern libya, across libya, there were a number of conversations...

Government and the libyan government. so i saw first-hand what ambassador pickering and former chairman mullen called, timely and exceptional coordination. no delays in decision-making. no denials of support from washington or from our military. >> reporter: she described in great detail what she was doing the day of the attack. she said she was at the state department today, closely monitoring the situation in cairo, egypt, where protesters were scaling the fence of the u.s. embassy there. in that same time frame of other protests against u.s. installations across the area. she said she had a...

Said steps were taken to discipline those state department officials when in fact no significant action had or has occurred. there's just been a shuffling of the deck chairs. do you find it acceptable that state officials responsible for this, the lack of leadership, and mismanagement, for ignoring security requests during the benghazi attack and before remain employed within the state department? also, the accountability report cites several systemic failures at the department that cannot be overlooked or ignored. given that state was aware of the dangerously declining security situation in b...