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Let me go further. You said you found out in october that your attorneys met with the state department, i believe, in august. Now, from that time you said you turned over everything, and your lawyers went through this and i belief it was in november, after finding out in october that they had reviewed all these emails. The state department hasnt been able to give us all the emails in two years, but your attorneys you must have some of the fastest reading attorneys in the world to go through that. I know you have a group of them there sitting behind you. But how many attorneys does it take to g...

Further. You said that you found out in october that your attorneys met with the state department i believe it was in august. Now, from that time you said you turned over everything and that your lawyers went through this, and i believe it was in november after finding out in october that they had reviewed all these in two years . But your attorneys you must he some of the fastest reading attorneys in the world to go through that. I know youve got a group of them setting behind you but how many attorneys does it take to go through 65,000 emails in two months . Well, first of all, the process t...

So theres were trying to have more preexisting arrangements like that, and that goes to your question. If there are assets in the region, how do we plan for contingencies so that they can be immediately triggered and try to respond. I obviously spoke to the white house, i spoke to general petraeus, i spoke to lots of other people that evening trying to get whatever help we could get. We did get a surveillance plane above the location, but it took some time to get there. It had to be diverted it was an unarmed drone. Correct . Yes. It was unarmed uav. So we asked for everything we could get and...

Ambassador stevens after we dont know the answer. Did you ever personally speak to him after you swore him in this may . Yes or no, please. Yes, i believe i did. And when was that . I dont recall. And i want to clarify for the record that this document is about all of libya, not just benghazi. I dont want anybody 77 are about benghazi. Congresswoman, look. I appreciate it and i really do the passion and the intense interof your feelings about this. We have diplomatic facilities in war zones. We have ambassadors that we send to places that have been bombed and attacked all the time. And youre t...

The rest, tomorrow at noon on cspan. The first part of the hearing is about 4. 5 hours. Representative gowdy good morning. The committee will come to order. The chair notes the presence of a quorum. Good morning. Welcome, madam secretary. Welcome to each of you. This is a public hearing of the benghazi select committee. Just a couple of quick administrative matters before we start. Madam secretary, there are predetermined breaks, but i want to make it absolutely clear we can take a break for any reason or for no reason. If you or anyone, just simply alert me, then we will take a break and it c...