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POPE WAS SELECTED WHAT HE WAS GOING TO BE DOING, ET CETERA? >> WELL, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE WE WANTED TO HAVE SOMEBODY WITH SIGNIFICANT EXPERIENCE IN THE...
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SEASONED DIPLOMAT AT THIS COMPLEX TIME AND AS WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH LIBYANS, AS YOU SAW FROM HIS BIO HE'S HAD A LOT OF TOURISM IN THE REGION. HE...
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HAD -- >> MM-HMM. >> DIDN'T SEE SERVING IN CHAD,
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LIBYA. >> HE WAS IN LEBANON IN THE '80s? >> I SHOULD
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HAVE BUT I DIDN'T BRING HIS BIO WITH ME. I WILL CHECK ON
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THAT. >> MAYBE IT WASN'T EFFECTIVE? >> I WOULD SAY ON THE CONTRARY GIVEN THE
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GREAT CHANGE AND
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THE HUGE RELATIONSHIP WE HAVE IN COUNTRIES LIKE NORTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST. OUR YOUNGER FOLKS ARE GRAVITATING TO WANT TO SERVE IN THE AREA...
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REGARDED AS AN INTERIM
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CHOICE? >> WELL, HE'S THE CHARGER AT THE MOMENT WITH REGARD TO ANY WHITE HOUSE PLANS TO NOMINATE A SUCCESSOR TO AMBASSADOR
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STEVENS. >> SOME OF THE PEOPLE THE SECRETARY SAID I WILL GO FOR A YEAR OR -- >> I DON'T HAVE INFORMATION ON WHETHER WE SET A TIME FRAME
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WITH HIM GENERALLY ONE SIGNS UP FOR THESE THINGS FOR A YEAR AND WE
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SEE WHERE WE ARE. AGAIN, WE ARE, AS SAID SAID, A MONTH OUT FROM THE TRAGIC LOSS OF AMBASSADOR STEVENS. WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE LARGER QUESTION. >> WHEN...
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WILL. IT GOES TO THE QUESTION OF WHETHER THE WHITE HOUSE HAS AN
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INTENTION FOR A SUCCESSOR IN ONE. >> IN A REGION HAES OBVIOUSLY BEEN TRAUMATIZED BY VARIOUS EVENTS
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CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THE ROLE WILL BE AND HOW HE WILL BE WORKING WITH THE GOVERNMENT? >> HE LEADS THE MISSION STAFF, HE'S THE SENIOR AMERICAN IN COUNTRY...
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A REACHING OUT TO CIVIL SOCIETY RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING OUR VARIOUS PROGRAMS WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF LIBYA ARE OPERATING. HE OBVIOUSLY HAS ALL OF THE...
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SITUATION? >> IT'S ESSENTIALLY THE SAME IN OPERATIONAL SPAN OF CONTROL ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, BUT EVERY RELATIONSHIP IS
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DIFFERENT, EVERY AGENT, THE COUNTRY, THE PROGRAMATICS IN TERMS OF ONE KIND OR ANOTHER ARE DIFFERENT IN EVERY COUNTRY. >> IS THERE DISAPPOINTMENT? HAVE...
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SIDE. >>
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WHAT WAS IT LIKE? >> FRANKLY, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. >> I DON'T WANT TO
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RAISE THE RULES BUT -- >>
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BUT YOU'RE GOING TO. >> I DON'T WANT TO RAISE THE WOUNDS THEMSELVES. DO YOU KNOW IF
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CONGRESS OR THE SENATE WAS
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INFORMED ABOUT IT? GETTING CONFIRMED WHEN HE WAS NOMINATED TO BE MADE TO PRESIDENT CLINTON. >> CONFIRM EDEDCONFIRMED. [ INAUDIBLE ] THOUGHT IT MIGHT...
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SENATOR HELMS IS LONG GONE AND DANIELLE PLETQA IS NO LONGER A CONGRESSIONAL AIDE. DO YOU KNOW IF THERE WAS DISCUSSION WITH THE SENATE ABOUT SENDING HIM...
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IT. >> WILL PART OF THE BRIEF BE TO ASSESS THE SITUATION ABOUT A RE-OPENING OF A MISSION IN BENGHAZI? >> HE ARRIVED LATE LAST NIGHT LIBYA TIME IS MY...
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THIS WAS PROMPTED BY THE ANTI-ISLAM VIDEO. HOW IS IT THAT AMBASSADOR RICE CAME TO A DIFFERENT CONCLUSION ON THE SUNDAY SHOW? >> I WILL REFER YOU TO...
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YESTERDAY WITH REGARD TO WHAT HE HIMSELF WOULD HAVE SAID IF HE HAD BEEN ON THE SUNDAY SHOWS THAT DAY BASED ON THE INFORMATION WE HAD AT THE TIME. I THINK...
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CONCLUSION. >> AGAIN UNDERSECRETARY KENNEDY SPOKE TO THAT. >> I DON'T THINK HE ANSWERED THE QUESTION AS TO WHY THIS OFFICIAL SAID THAT WASN'T THE CONCLUSION
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OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT YET
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UNDERSECRETARY KENNEDY SAID HE WOULD HAVE SAID THAT. I DON'T THINK HE ANSWERED THE QUESTION THAT IF IT WAS THE CONCLUSION OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT THAT...
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IN THE SAME SENTENCE THE OFFICIAL GOES ON TO SAY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO INVESTIGATE WHAT HAPPENED, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A FULL VIEW OF ALL OF THESE...
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TIME? >> I THINK AS YOU HAVE HEARD REPORTED AS OF 8:30 AT NIGHT WHEN AMBASSADOR
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STEVENS ESCORTED OUR GUEST OUT OR HIS GUEST OUT THERE WERE NOT ANY FOLKS OUTSIDE THE BUILDING. AND THEN THE ALARMS WERE SOUNDED BY THE SECURITY OFFICIALS...
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THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT AT THE TIME THE ALARM WAS SOUNDED WE WERE IN A SERIOUS SITUATION WITH FOLKS COMING THROUGH THE GATES. NOBODY SAID ANYTHING...
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THAT. >> IF THERE WAS SOMETHING OUTSIDE DON'T YOU THINK THE GUARDS WOULD HAVE NOTICED IT? IF THERE WAS SOMETHING SAID BETWEEN
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8:30 AND 9:40 HAD THERE BEEN ANY UNUSUAL CROWD GATHERING WHETHER IT WAS, WOULDN'T THE GUARDS HAVE SAID SOMETHING HAD THERE BEEN ANY KIND OF A DEMONSTRATION?...
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MODEST ONE. WE HAVE TO FINISH INTERVIEWING THE PEOPLE INVOLVED. I WOULD REMIND THAT ON THE DAYS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING ALL OF THE AMERICANS WHO WERE...
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HAD BEEN 15 OR 20 GUYS OUTSIDE THE EMBASSY CARRYING SIGNS OR YELLING BUT NOT WITH WEAPONS -- GIVEN WHAT HAPPENED IN CAIRO ALREADY THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE...
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TALKING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN BETWEEN IF ANYTHING WHEN WHEN THE TURKISH
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DIPLOMAT LEFT AND -- >> THAT OFFICIAL SAID THERE WAS NOTHING OUTSIDE. >> RIGHT. >> STILL HOLDING UP A POSSIBILITY THAT THERE MIGHT BE
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SOMETHING.
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IT SEEMS IT WOULD HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN CAIRO. EVEN SOMETHING MODEST WOULD HAVE BEEN CAUSE FOR AT LEAST SOMEONE TO NOTE IT. THERE MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN...
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CONCLUSION. THEN HE SAID I'M NOT SAYING THERE WAS A CONCLUSION. >> RIGHT. IF THERE WAS AND YET UNDERSECRETARY KENNEDY SAID IN HIS CONVERSATIONS WITH...
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HILL THE NEXT DAY OR THE 12th OR 13th THAT HIS PERSONAL OPINION WAS THAT IT WAS PREMEDITATED OR IT WAS A COORDINATED TERRORIST ATTACK. DOES THE STATE...
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WHEN ONE GOES OUT AND TRIES TO REPRESENT WHAT THE TOTALITY OF WHAT WE KNOW, THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY PLAYS A LARGE ROLE IN THAT AND THEY HAD GIVEN...
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SAY IN MAKING PUBLIC STATEMENTS ONE DEPENDS ON THE TOTALITY OF WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION KNOWS. >> BUT YOU NEVER SAID
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THAT. >> LOOK, I'M GENERALLY DUMBER THAN THE REST OF THE GOVERNMENT. THAT'S WHAT I'M PAID TO BE. >> WHEN ASKED -- >>
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IN THIS CASE IT TURNS
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OUT YOU MAY HAVE BEEN SMARTER. >> EXACTLY. >>
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LOOK, ELISE, WE ARE NOT GOING TO PARSE IT
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FURTHER. WE'RE NOT. SAID? >> ON THIS
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ISSUE, FOREIGN DIPLOMATS IN HOT
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SPOTS NORMALLY SEND IN AN ADVANCED SECURITY
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TEAM. THEY HAVE ACTUALLY SAID DO WE KNOW IF AMBASSADOR STEVENS WAS GIVEN THE BENEFIT OF THAT? >> WHETHER THERE WAS ADVANCED DISCUSSION ABOUT SECURITY?...
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AND ADVANCED SECURITY SURVEYS THE AREA BEFOREHAND. >> BEYOND SAYING THERE WAS
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OBVIOUSLY SECURITY PLANNING FOR HIS VISIT TO BENGHAZI AS
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EVIDENCED BY THE FACT HE TOOK EXTRA AGENTS WITH HIM TO TRIPOLI, I WON'T GET INTO THE VEHICLES. HE WASN'T MOVING BEYOND THE COMPOUND AT THE TIME OF THE...
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STAGE? >> WELL, THE SUBJECT OF THE CONFERENCE AT CSI S WHERE SHE'LL SPEAK TOMORROW IS THE TRANSITION IN THE MOGREB. SHE'LL SPEAK TO
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THAT. I THINK YOU CAN EXPECT BROADER COMMENTS ABOUT THE DEMOCRATIC TRANSITIONS ACROSS THE MIDDLE EASTERN NORTH AFRICA. >> SOME IN THE MEDIA HAVE DRAWN...
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OF STATE? >> WE ARE STILL IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL OF THIS, BUT CAN YOU GIVE US YOUR APPRAISAL AS TO HOW THIS KILLING, ATTACK, INCIDENT,
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MIGHT AFFECT THE SECRETARY? >> THE SECRETARY HERSELF HAS SAID THAT THERE IS NO ONE IN THIS BUILDING WHO WANTS TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF WHAT HAPPENED...
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THE LESSONS WE CAN LEARN FROM IT MORE THAN SHE DOES, MORE THAN ALL OF US WHO ARE EMPLOYEES OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT WANT. SO SHE IS FOCUSED ON THAT...
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WELL. I WAS SURPRISED WITH THE RESPONSE TO THE QUESTION. IT HAD TO DO WITH WHAT MR. NORDSTROM SAID. THE QUOTE WAS FOR ME THE TALIBAN IS INSIDE OF THE...
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KENNEDY RESPONDED WAS APPROPRIATE AND DIGNIFIED AND WELL REPRESENTED THE DEPARTMENT WHEN HE SAID THAT HE AND ALL OF US ARE EXTREMELY PROUD OF WHAT DIPLOMATIC...
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IT OFFENSIVE? YOU DON'T THINK THERE IS TRUTH TO MR.
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NORDSTROM'S CLAIM
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THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE INSIDE THE BUILDING ACTING
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LIKE THE TALIBAN AND
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DENYING OR WISHING HARM ON COLLEAGUES? >> I THINK THE WAY UNDERSECRETARY KENNEDY ANSWERED THE QUESTION SPEAKS FOR ALL OF US. PLEASE? ANYTHING ELSE ON...
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YEP. >> AT THE HEARING YESTERDAY THEY SPOKE OF WARNING SIGNS AND AN ATTACK ON BENGHAZI TWO WEEKS BEFORE AND THEN ANOTHER ATTACK
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ON THE WALL OF THE COMPOUND IN BENGHAZI AND THEN THE THIRD ATTEMPT WAS THE ATTACK THAT RESULTED IN THE KILLING OF FOUR AMERICANS. NOW THAT THE SECURITY...
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SEPTEMBER 11, BUT SINCE THE INCIDENT TO LOOK AT MISSIONS AROUND THE WORLD AND CERTAINLY MISSIONS IN NORTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST. THE PRESIDENT...
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