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>> bret: so you want to keep your team on the ground, the team that was in place. >> my team was only a small part. there was msd, state department msd. >> that stands for mobile security detachment team. >> a lot of those are ex-green beret, gs navy seals. there was three teams when i got on the ground there. >> august 5th, the state department decides not to keep the sst in libya. and the msd team is being reduced, as well. >> who opposed it? >> charlene lamb. she denied the requests or didn't fill in. >> why was that? you knew about all these other attacks? >> we had been training local lib...

>> you want to keep your team on the ground? the team that was in place already? >> my team was only a small part. >> that stands for mobile security detachment team. >> a lot of those are ex green p berets, navy seals. there was three msc teams when they got on the ground. >> august 5th, 2012, they decide not to keep the sst in libya. the msd team is being reduced as well. >> who opposed this? >> charlie lamb. she denied those requests or ignored them or just didn't fill in the cases. >> why is that? you knew about all of the other attacks that had been taking place. >> we had been training l...

>> bret: so you want to keep your team on the ground, the team that was in place. >> my team was only a small part. there was msd, state department msd. >> that stands for mobile security detachment team. >> a lot of those are ex-green beret, gs navy seals. there was three teams when i got on the ground there. >> august 5th, the state department decides not to keep the sst in libya. and the msd team is being reduced, as well. >> who opposed it? >> charlene lamb. she denied the requests or didn't fill in. >> why was that? you knew about all these other attacks? >> we had been training local lib...

>> bret: so you want to keep your team on the ground, the team that was in place. >> my team was only a small part. there was msd, state department msd. >> that stands for mobile security detachment team. >> a lot of those are ex-green beret, gs navy seals. there was three teams when i got on the ground there. >> august 5th, the state department decides not to keep the sst in libya. and the msd team is being reduced, as well. >> who opposed it? >> charlene lamb. she denied the requests or didn't fill in. >> why was that? you knew about all these other attacks? >> we had been training local lib...

>> we had been training local libyans and arming them for almost a year. >> let me interrupt. >> why do you think the request was denied? >> i don't know. i really don't know. in the case of the s.s.t., that was provided to them by d.o.d. the state department didn't have to pay money. i can't imagine why. i can't fill in the blank. that is part of what was trying to come out of a congressional investigation. >> were you flabbergasted like what can we do? we couldn't even keep what we had. >> i think what was motivating the state department was that if we had security that would have truly been...