stews extraordinary piece of tape
from sold at o'brien
on c_n_n_ now as you know right now
devices been holding hearings on
the attacking tendency
which led to the deaths of
our ambassador
to libya and
or forty four hundred three holder
embassy personnel
one of whom i guess mitt romney was going around talking about how
he had met
at a party in california
apparently mitt romney's had to stop talking about this because
the victim's mother
simply stop doing this
and apparently the victims
best friend was like i remember
when um... mitt romney was
had met my friend my friends said he was amazed at what role did mommy wants
miranda kept asking him his name up over and over again
with a situation where
the because he lives
the state department is now made clear
there was in fact the no protest
about the film in been does he know your review
i have to say i have to give myself some pretty it is almost like i was very
strange
you know i was taught to the extent that there was any protest of the film area
would have been to simply
a
bonnie
this militant group in libya that wanted to attack it's not really the embassy
was actually just a
consulate and not even an official consulate yet now the bells part the
problem frankly
pitches doesn't make sense that in libya there would be up in arms about this so
quickly i understood why egypt because it was broadcast in egypt in
and i got the idea that
uh... libya in egypt to
our next door to each other but but nevertheless
so it turns out the state department says that we had never concluded that it
was part of any protest the administration of course and
particularly the u_n_ uh... secretary race
had said that there was a protest
so there was a clear
road breakdown in communication
polo choose i guess i want problematic to the extent that happened after the
fact
prior to the time there's a a lot of questioning as to why
master stevens
does not give in
security in more protection
competing stories but maybe not necessarily erin mutually exclusive
the state department
did not want to her did not have the resource to provide extra security
that investor stevens did not want to be
ensconced in eight
high walls
balearic
uh... consulate he had moved to ben does the because he wants to be at the center
of
where the
the libyan freedom into central eastern
they were here today
police chief
fairly
temporary or new facility
was not built to be an embassy was simply like i think it was like an old
school
or something to that
what's really stunning
is this uh... republican
catholics
pursuits of all of this error
dell has sickened
on c_n_n_ yesterday
both blasting lead administration for not providing more security and
defending the first
that they wouldn't
authorized the funds for more security
here is that the clinton health with the support
is it true that you voted to rena
to put the funding for anderson security
perhaps a little late
but we have to make priorities in choices in this country we have think
about this fifteen thousand contractors in uh... a rock
we have more than six thousand contractors a private army there for
president obama in baghdad and we're talking about can we get to dozen or so
people into libya to help protect our forces when hearings tough economic
times you have to make difficult choices to prioritize delights ok so your
prioritizing so when there are complaints that in fact
that there was not enough security you just said absolutely that
you you were the one to vote against didn't know that the increased security
for the state department which would lead directly to think that seat that
seems like they're saying now you have a hand in the responsibility to this right
the funding apa security if you're happy cutting
you don't get it
but because there are there are literally uh... close to two hundred
embassies club uh... consulates those types of things
you up thousands of people that are involved in this you have to prioritize
things libya before nine eleven two bombings honored uh... on our consulate
out there of course that's gotta be a higher priority than making sure that
were protect there's a fresher other at this point we just heard that the from
the clip
from other guys is that testified before you today that there was definitely this
this pressure in his mind uh... to to not staff the embassy fully security
wise wooden back pressure b coming from yuo directly essentially people and
others who voted against funding for security keep a low because there's no
funding for security football you're also talking about a boat that never
came to flourish in because we actually continued at the exact same funding
levels moving forward this is a vote that happened over the house remember
the senate never i've got to this point so we get a continue resolution so it's
a red herring
the reality is you have to prioritize those and what you're talking about such
as small small number of security personnel
their in country that's a problem the other thing that we're gonna talk about
in this hearing
is the fact that the physical facilities themself did not meet the minimum
standards and when you're in libya after revolution i've got argued that that's
gotta be a higher priority than protecting some other you know
uh... compound in mauritius or wherever he might be out of me to pick on them
but
you've got a prior tries things and what clearly didn't happen is libya was not a
priority i'd believe what i've heard is that it's because they wanted the
appearance of normalization that's what they wanted that fit the
the uh... how obama narrative moving forward
reinvesting distant cousin hearing today nice to see as always thank you for
talking they sold out here
so here you have
representatives
first are doing that
the
the state department was a prioritizing aetna that welch tryin excuses road home
while you had to cut
uh... didn't want to increase the uh...
budget for security for the state department
and then is will back him at all just how well the said it didn't pass today
deeply he's so my modem child
unbelievable
really stunning