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We didn't have the internet. we didn't have instantaneous communications. you would send diplomats and envoys into places and not hear from them for maybe months. this was obviously not of that kind, but it was not that different in degree from what we had done before, and it was a risky undertaking and one which chris volunteered for and was anxious to undertake. >> and it was so risky, i'd like to pull up another e-mail from the ops center that was forwarded to you from ms. abedin on sunday, april 10th, so he had been there about five days. and it indicates that the situation had worsened to...

That they so rightly deserve. having flown combat missions myself and in some dangerous places, i understand the dedication of our men and women who choose to serve this country overseas. i have a special affinity for the diplomatic corps because these are folks who go in without the benefit of weapons, without the benefit of military might, armed only with america's values and diplomatic words and a handshake to forward our nation's interests globally. so i am absolutely determine to make sure that we safeguard, in the name of our men and women in the diplomatic corps wherever they are around...

Times out of 1,000, and it's deeply distressing to them when anything goes wrong. we have lost non-americans with some of these attacks on facilities. we have lost our locally employed staff. they never want to see any successful attack so they have to be -- they have to be right 100% of the time. the terrorists only have to be right once. and you know, that's why this is really at the core of what i tried to do before even i got the accountability review board going back to the qddr to come up with a better way of trying to make those assessments. >> madam secretary, if i may, just two final ...

And i think the initial decision was, you know, up to 30 days and reassess, but it could have been ten days. it could have been 60 days fe s depending upon what he found and what he reported back to us. >> and possibly what was determined about the danger of benghazi. who were those officials, secretary clinton? >> well, there were a number of officials that were working -- >> that were advising you on the security specifically. >> well, with respect to the security, this was a particular concern of the assistant secretary for the bureau in which chris worked. >> i'm sorry, what was that perso...

Supported the united states and others in being able to do. we were combatting the proliferation of weapons. that's one of the reasons why there was a cia presence in benghazi because we were trying to figure out how to get those weapons out of the wrong hands and get them collected in a way and destroyed. and in fact, we began reducing those heavy weapons stocks. we were, you know, working on providing transition assistance to the libyans. i met with the libyans. i telephoned with the libyans. i saw the libyans all during this period. and it was hard because a lot of them knew what they wante...