WILL COME TO ORDER. MY APOLOGIES TO EVERYBODY FOR THE SWITCH IN TIME, BUT AS EVERYBODY KNOWS, WITH THE LOSS OF OUR COLLEAGUE, SENATOR INOUYE , THE COURSE...

SENATOR LUGAR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IF I COULD ASK THE COMMITTEE, I'M GOING TO JUST TAKE A MOMENT. I WILL NOT ASK QUESTIONS, I'M GOING TO YIELD MY TIME...

SIR. WELL, IT'S SMALL COMPARE TODAY YOUR SERVICE, BUT WE HONOR YOU. AND THEN, FINALLY, WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE LOSING JIM WEBB AND JIM DeMINT. JIM, AS...

SECRETARY NYES. >> MR. CHAIRMAN, SENATOR

SEC THEIR NIDES AND SECRETARY BURNS. SENATOR LUGAR IS ALSO GOING TO YIELD HIS TIME, SO WE WILL GO DIRECTLY TO SENATOR BOXER. >> THANK

IS, YES, SENATOR. I AM, I AM, ALTHOUGH, AWARE -- AS WE ALL ARE -- IN THE CON STATEMENTS IN WHICH WE ARE LIVING. TO REMIND THE COMMITTEE, AS YOU ALL...

QUESTION, SENATOR BOXER, THAT WE WILL BE DOING SO. AS YOU KNOW, SECRETARY CLINTON ASKED US OR ORDERED US TO COME TO THE CONGRESS AND AMEND THE 2013...

ABSOLUTELY. >> -- WHAT

BOXER, WE RELY ON THE COMMISSION WHICH WHATEVER OVER -- THE FACT FOR US ON THE GROUND IS RELYING ON THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT, THE GOVERNMENTS TO PROTECT...

CHAIRMAN. I, TOO, WANT TO THANK SENATOR LUGAR FOR MANY, MANY YEARS OF GREAT SERVICE AND WILL MISS HIM. AND ALSO WANT TO WISH SECRETARY CLINTON A SPEEDY...

I UNDERSTAND. BY THE WAY, Y'ALL HAD 18 AARP'S IN THE PAST, AND YET NEVER FULLY IMPLEMENTED ONE YET. NOT ONE. SO OUT OF WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS ARD....

AWARE. AND EVEN YOU SEND PEOPLE THERE WITH SECURITY OR YOU DON'T SEND IN THERE. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY DIDN'T SEND A NOTIFICATION. WITH THE CABLES COMING...

THAT TEAM WAS IN TRIPOLI WAS NOT BENGHAZI. THAT TEAM VISITED BENGHAZI TO TIMES. BUT THE TEAM JUST TO BE CLEAR WAS POSTED IN TRIPOLI. >> WE ONLY HAD...

THREE TIMES, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY THE TEAM WAS, IN FACT, IN TRIPOLI IF THEY DID, IN FACT, VISIT BENGHAZI A FEW TIMES DURING THEIR TIME. >> LET

MENENDEZ? >> THANK

WE ARE GOING TO FOCUS VERY CLEARLY ON THE ISSUE THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE WITHIN DIPLOMATIC SECURITY. WE ARE, TOO, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK VERY CLOSELY...

RESPONSIBILITY? >> YES, SIR. WE NEED TO LEARN FROM THIS. I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE LESSONS THAT CAME OUT OF THE REPORT AND WE INTEND TO INCORPORATE THAT,...

SURE. I MEAN, THAT IS A CHALLENGE THAT WE NEED TO BE MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE IN ADDRESSING, BOTH WITHIN THE STATE DEPARTMENT AND ALSO I THINK THROUGHOUT...

YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. FIRST OF ALL, IT'S REALLY UNFORTUNATE THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH AN INCIDENT LIKE THIS IN ORDER TO GET OUR ACT TOGETHER, IF YOU WOULD....

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. I ALSO WANT TO ADD MY CONGRATULATIONS TO SENATOR LUGAR FOR HIS INCREDIBLE CAREER. WE ARE LOSING A REAL PARTNER ON THIS COMMITTEE...

A LOT OF RECENT -- >>

YOU. UNPRECEDENTED COOPERATION WITH THE STATE DEPARTMENT AND DEFENSE DEPARTMENT I SHOULD SAY. COMING, NOT ONLY DO THEY AGREE TO SEND VERY CONFIDENT,...

I WANT TO BEGIN BY COMMENDING SENATOR LUGAR ON SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY. AND WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY I HOPE YOU'LL TAKE A COUPLE. I'VE BEEN WATCHING YOU...

JULY? >> I VISITED IN JULY BUT I

YES. >> DID THAT ISSUE COME

NO SPECIFIC QUESTION ABOUT THAT. I DID TALK TO AMBASSADOR STEVENS ABOUT THE SECURITY SITUATION BUT WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT SPECIFICS AT THE TIME. >> SECRETARY

DID. YOU KNOW, WE CERTAINLY EMPHASIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF NOT ONLY COME THE, IMPROVING THE SECURITY CAPABILITIES OF THE LIBYAN INTERIM GOVERNMENT AT...

KNOW THE DETAILS THINK YOU MET WITH THE DEPUTY BY MUCH OF THIS YEAR. DID IT, BUT THAT MEETING? >> AGAIN, THE FOCUS THERE WAS

THE SECURITY SITUATION AND TO WHAT LEVEL DO THOSE CABLES GET REDUCE? >>

WERE ANY SENIOR OFFICIALS BEYOND THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY LEVEL MADE AWARE OF THE REPUTED REQUEST FROM THE POST FOR EXTENDED OR ADDITIONAL SECURITY,?...

CERTAINLY MEMO'S THAT CAME UP TO THE SEVENTH FLOOR THAT TALKED ABOUT THE DETERIORATING SECURITY SITUATION IN EASTERN LIBYA, YES OR. >>

THERE WERE CERTAINLY MEETINGS THAT TOOK PLACE AT AT SENIOR LEVELS WITH REGARD TO THE SITUATION IN GENERAL, AND PARTICULARLY WITH REGARD TO THE CONCERN...

I WOULD SAY THERE WAS CERTAINLY A GENERAL AWARENESS OF OLD THE DETERIORATING SECURITY SITUATION IN EASTERN LIBYA AND ALSO NOT ONLY A GENERAL AWARENESS...

REGARD TO THE INCAPACITY OF THE LIBYAN INTERIM GOVERNMENT IN DEVELOPMENT SECURITY INSTITUTIONS YESTERDAY AND WE WORKED HARDEST TO PUSH THE LIBYANS TO...

SENATOR CASEY. >> THANK YOU,

MEAN OBVIOUSLY ONE OF THE LESSONS OF ALL THE CHANGES HAVE TAKEN PLACE ACROSS THE MIDDLE EAST IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS IS YOU HAVE REVOLUTIONS IMPOSE...

AS YOU GO. THANK YOU VERY

MR. CHAIRMAN. LET ME FIRST SAY THAT I AGREE WITH THE SENATORS, SENATOR RUBIO IN THIS REFERENCE TO YOU, SENATOR LUGAR, EXCEPT SINCE WE'RE BOTH IN HIGH...

SECRETARY, I WILL ASSUME YOU PRETTY MUCH AGREE WITH THIS STATEMENT HE MADE. NOW, THERE ISN'T TIME TO GO INTO IT BUT FOR THE RECORD IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE...

WOULD SAY. WHAT HAPPENED IN BENGHAZI WAS CLEARLY A TERRORIST ATTACK. SECRETARY CLINTON ON THE DAY AFTER THE ATTACK SAID QUITE DIRECTLY THAT WHAT HAPPENED...

OF TIME. SPENT SPECIFICALLY, THE REPORT FROM THE CIA REFERENCE AL QAEDA AND TERRORIST. THAT'S SPECIFIC TO YOU CAN'T GET ANY MORE SPECIFIC THAN THAT....

WAS AN INTERAGENCY PROCESS BUT I'M NOT A WHERE A THOUGHT THAT OCCURRED. IT WAS AN INTERAGENCY PROCESS. >> I THINK THERE IS

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. AND THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE THIS WINTER I THINK THE REPORT, THE ACCOUNTABILITY REVIEW BOARD REPORT WAS VERY DIRECTED IT...

TEST THE TEAMS BETWEEN DEFENSE DEPARTMENT STATE DEPARTMENT WITH A VARIETY OF QUESTIONS TO ASK. THE PRINCIPAL QUESTION ASKED WAS WHAT WAS THE ABILITY...

YES. WE HAVE COME AS PUT OUT WE BROKE THE RIGHT CONDITIONS AND INDIVIDUAL TASKS, AS MONDAY NOW THAT MIGHT SOUND, IT IS CRIPPLING IMPORTANT. WE ASSIGN...

SENATOR, FIRST WITH REGARD TO THE SPECIFIC ISSUE OF BENGHAZI. IT WAS ADDRESSED IN THE REPORT. THE ARB'S JUDGMENT, THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH TIME TO HAVE USE...

YOU. LET ME JUST SAY THAT I'VE THOUGHT A LOT ABOUT WHAT YOU JUST SAID WITH RESPECT TO THE AVAILABILITY OF TEENS OR FORCES WITH RESPECT TO EMERGENCY DESTRUCTION...

WAS USING IT BROADLY SPEAKING BUT AS YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME WE PUT CONTRACT OUT THERE'S A BIDDING PROCESS THAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE BUT NOTHING CAN BE DONE...

EXPERT I SHOULD BE HONEST WITH YOU, BUT THERE IS, WHAT I AM AN EXPERT ON, NOTHING CAN GET DONE QUICKLY. AND I THINK, AND SOME OF IT IS LEGITIMATE. SOME...

CHAIRMAN. AND FIRST TO SENATOR LUGAR AND WYOMING, WE HAVE A CODE OF THE WEST. AND NUMBER ONE IS LIVE EACH DAY WITH COURAGE. AND NUMBER TWO IS TAKE PRIDE...

PRESIDENT OBAMA CLAIMS THAT THE MOMENT HE HEARD ABOUT THE ATTACK ON ON THE U.S. CONSUL IN BENGHAZI, HE SAID HE DID THREE DIRECTIVES AND ONE OF THOSE...

PROGRESS. >> THANK YOU. WITH REGARD TO IN THE MENTATION OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THIS REPORT, YOU GO THROUGH THE REPORT, SENATOR CORKER REFERRED TO...

CHAIRMAN. IN THE INTEREST OF TIME I WILL -- >>

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