here is charlene lamb, defending herself, ms. lamb was in charge of the office that denied security to the u.s. ambassador in libya before the attacks. and she is the one that is now getting a new job within the state department. brandon webb is the journalist reporting on this story, a former u.s. navy s.e.a.l. and the editor of soft wrap. now we just heard from the state department a short time ago on the record. it says these reports of a new job for ms. lamb are not true. they say she is undergoing training, but they wouldn't say more than that. what is your interpretation? >> well, she is undergoing a regional security officer training. so really it is the other state department trying to dodge a bullet. and this new post is really characterized as a reward. everybody in the department states she is being rewarded for essentially towing the administration line. and it really sets a bad precedent. now, the guys and i have covered the story on soft rep.com, we realize that bad things happen in the world. the problem is what ha

the republicans issue a very scathing review of charlene lamb, pat kennedy, two officials and secretaryg the lead and they will have much more on this. thank you. see you at the top of the hour. coming up next, a senator is trying to bring back the firing squad. is that even legal? how is that ethical? ♪ humans -- even when we cross our "t's" and dot our "i's," we still run into problems. that's why liberty mutual insurance offers accident forgiveness with our auto policies. if you qualify, your rates won't go up due to your first accident. because making mistakes is only human, and so are we. we also offer new car replacement, so if you total your new car, we give you the money for a new one. call liberty mutual insurance at... and ask us all about our auto features, like guaranteed repairs, where if you get into an accident and use one of our certified repair shops, your repairs are guaranteed for life. so call... to talk with an insurance expert about everything that comes standard with our base auto policy. and if you switch, you could save up to $423. liberty mutual insurance. resp

yet the state department's assistant secretary for international programs, charlene lamb, rejected the request because libya was -- quote -- "a political game" according to the report and the administration did not want to look bad according to senate intelligence committee's report. the absurdity and egregious behavior of putting politics before security is overwhelming. lives were at stake, and it has been confirmed that our top military leaders -- general ham, general demsey, secretary panetta -- knew immediately, immediately this was a terrorist attack and not a protest. and so did the president. we knew that aqim, aqap, the mohammed jamal network, ansar al sharia, founded by a former detainee released by this administration were all involved. this just raises more questions. why were there no contingency plans in place? we had actionable intelligence. the british left. the red cross left. there certainly were no flags flying in benghazi by any western nation. and the consolate had already been attacked. why didn't we deploy immediately with the assumption that there would be follo