what is senator corker's main concern? corker is a member of senate foreign relations.of the response to the attack in benghazi is more bizarre every day.

>> i agree with bob corker, senator corker.nformation from the dni, director of national intelligence and hillary clinton and others. and that hasn't been coming. we could go back to washington, if that's what it takes. we just need get to the bottom of this. i hope there is not a coverup. but if not, it is at least incompetence and that's pretty sad. that should be -- there should be outrage in this country. >> shannon: do you think we should be doing more in missions around the country --arn the world, especially in some of the country, where we saw the violence in kirow and other places. do you feel what you know about our embassies and consulates that they are adequately staffed with security at this point? >> i have been to a number of embassies around the world. usually, there is decent security. i don't know what happened in benghazi. i don't know what is happening in northern africa. this administration does not seem to understand the threat against america and americans abroad. so until we can actually state clearly wh

. >> thank you, senator corker. and my thanks to you for holding this hearing today and focusing on an issue that i think has not only financial and fiscal implications, but also really potential dangers for consumers and the integrity of the entire program and public confidence and trust in its integrity. and i want to thank senator kohl as well for his leadership. without belaboring some of these numbers, the oig reported in 2011 finding that 80% of the claims for power mobility devices did not meet medicare coverage requirements certainly raises urgent concerns not just strong, but also urgent concerns. and this error rate represents close to half a billion dollars in improper payments at a time when we're trying to desperately cut or reduce the increasing costs of health care. so i appreciate your being here today, and i am really interested in what you can do and what you plan to do to address some of the direct-to-consumer ads. as attorney general, i'm very familiar with the potential for deceptive and mislead

senator bob corker describing the obama administration's response to the attack on the u.s.onsulate in benghazi as bizarre. corker, a republican from tennessee making the statement in a letter to national intelligence and wants to know what led up to the death of ambassador chris stevens, two navy seals and a worker. and steve centanni, what's the latest in washington. >> the fbi has yet to enter benghazi because of the dangerous security climate there. senator corker who sits on the foreign relations committee wants to know why, and he fired off a letter to intel chief james clapper, calling the situation bizarre and demanding answers and says in part, 18 days ago, the administration judged it was appropriate for our consulate to be lightly guarded. and what has changed in libya in such a short time. is that even fbi agents and our personnel entered the city. and the u.n. ambassador susan rice who has said a few days after the attack, that it appeared to be a spontaneous uprising and the long video. >> and we have reports now that intelligence people knew within 24 hours th

republican senator bob corker who sits on the foreign relations committee is curious that thought it was safe enough for u.s. ambassador to have such lighted security three weeks ago but not safe enough for our best and brightest investigators to work under heavy guard. he wrote a letter to james clapper what has changed in libya that even f.b.i. agents, our most elite personnel cannot safely enter the city. what has led to a decline and unwillinglessness to provide answers and inaccuracy of information we have received has undermined the credibility of the administration. the chairman of the house committee peter king echoed that sentiment. that the time for the f.b.i. to do their best work to do their best work in benghazi has come and come. >> that crime scene has been totally compromised. f.b.i. has not been able to get there. the whole idea of relying on the f.b.i. goes back to pre-9/11 mentality where we are treating these crimes rather than acts of terrorism. >> reporter: two days ago james carney said i can tell you that the president is determined as he said many times that

so, senator bob corker and joe lieberman among others, they want answers from clapper about why it'spening. >> dave: to the point at that tony schaeffer made on our program yesterday, he's worked with the fbi, some of the toughest and highly technically trained individuals on the planet. comfortable going into hostile zones like benghazi, it must not be an internal reason, it must be someone else they can't go in. >> clayton: bee seeds the tactffac tactffac fact-- besides the fact that libya is a free country and not the hot son that-- as it's unfolding and discussions about james clapper on the show this morning, who is james clapper we'll taking a look at his record. he made headlines in 2010 when asked about that london terrorist attack by diane sawyer and appeared he didn't know what had happened or unfolded. take a listen. >> london, how serious is it? any implications that it was coming here, and any of the things they have seen coming here? >> and-- i was surprised you didn't know about london, director clapper. >> oh, i'm sorry, i didn't. >> and that was, by the way, hours af

good afternoon, ranking member corker. thanks very much for the opportunity to discuss the centers for medicare & medicaid services efforts to reduce fraud and improper payments for power mobility devices and update you on the prior authorization demonstration which cms began earlier this month. power mobility devices, or pmds had high incidents of fraud or improper payments and suppliers of pmds continue to be subject to significant law enforcement activities. joint investigations by the department of justice and the hhs office of inspector general and cms have resulted in numerous suppliers being charged with and convicted of defrauding the medicare program. recently a supplier was sentenced to 180 months in prison for participating in a scheme that defrauded medicare of more than $21 million billing for power wheelchairs and other medical equipment that was never provided to beneficiaries. in addition the oig, you mentioned this, and our comprehensive error rate results more than 80% of claims for motorized wheelchairs

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talk about the legislation and future of funding for these countries, senator jim demint and john corkerhave a couple of bills and first is the investigation. to me. i out this out last night. either they are totally stupid or have the worst intelligence or political cover-up a because they don't want to admit that is obvious, on the anniversary of 9/11 they should have some protection for our embassies and they didn't. >> this is a terrible tragedy. since this has happened, the administration has sent out confusing and contradictory explanations of who did it and what it was. it was extraordinary that secretary rice said it was a spontaneous incident when it's very clear in this was done by a well-trained, well-equipped militia. the senator and i have created legislation but that required the administration to get us on answers within 30 days and we won't be able to pass a bill before the election because it was blocked. we have gotten an agreement by senator kerry and others to send a letter with the content of our bill to the administration demanding answers of very important criteria

senator corker emerged from the meeting. he called it useless and worthless. were you equally aggrieved when you emerged from that meeting? >> yeah. the idea, that they have been telling us for a week that there was a demonstration that spun out of control when everybody that had any, any idea what was really going on knew that it was a terrorist attack. it was a follow-up to 9/11. it was led by al qaeda. i mean, let's get real with this. we know we're in a war on terrorism, and the president now wants to make this a legal action. he is assigned the fbi now, total control. this is just a total joke. the president, commander-in-chief, the one person that is elected by all americans, is so busy campaigning that he can't focus on what's happening around the world. our many a ambassador and three other great americans were killed, on property that should be as sacred as in their own living room. this is just an outrage that is hard to live with. gregg: congressman, the press secretary finally admitted yesterday what was obvious it seems to most everyone. in fact h

i'd like to recognize my friend from tennessee, senator corker.he's on the foreign relations committee and is moving up the ladder, will be chairman and ranking member, depending on how the election comes out. no matter how it comes out, bob will be there talking about instructive engagement and guarding the taxpayer dollar. i'd like for him now to be able to speak to us, his thoughts about the rand paul amendment and the noncontainment of a nuclear-capable iran. mr. corker: thank you, mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mr. corker: i want to thank the great senator from south carolina, where i was born. i do want to say the committee makes those decisions. i don't want anybody to be jumping the gun on the kind of statements made earlier about future situations. i do want to speak, though, to both the amendment you brought forth on iran. i want to thank you for that. i want to thank you for the tremendous work that you've done to bring so many of us on as cosponsors. and i think it's a really strong signal to iran, bu

between the 18th and 27th the information came out about the diary that is when senator corker of tennessee and myself sent the letter asking for the communiques. we believe if chris stevens' diary is correct he sent information to the administration and shelling and they failedsmith failed to to do what they should have done to protect the ambassador. >> can this affect the vote turnout and total in florida? >> i think so. when you look at the bush administration, a moment was katrina. when the american people thought that the administration was not properly handling katrina. this so me is potentially much more serious and much more devastating because not only is it -- it is either total incompetentence or worse so i don't know which you want to call it. say that they were totally incompetent and didn't know what it was and one person wasn't speaking to the other all the way up to the president or they frankly were covering it up and i don't know frankly how you want to categorize it but either way i think there are a lot of unanswered questions and i want to commend senator isakson. one

. >> senator corker's been on this show. he had described the the briefing he received as there wasn't one new piece of information. he was incredibly frustrated with it, but then he's come out and asked for more information. he wants every cable for example that ambassador stevens may have sent to the state department. the state department says hey, i know cnn is reporting there were warnings and that the ambassador was concerned about his safety and hit list, but if he was, nobody ever told us. >> it's not just a matter of placing blame for this incident. it really is, what went wrong here because four americans lost their lives and so what intelligence information did we have? did it get to the right people? what decisions did the state department make, the ambassador himself make? >> especially if he was afraid. >> exactly. against the british ambassador just before this. so, they knew that there were problems in benghazi. >> i'm curious who you think should be held responsible, if there are warnings signs missed and if

"outfront" tonight, senator bob corker, a republican, was briefed on the attacks today, including secretary of state hillary clinton and director of intelligence. i spoke with him a couple of moments before the show began and asked him about that briefing. >> i will just tell you, the briefing today was an absolute not event. almost a one-hour filibuster. no new information. what you just carried on cnn regarding the interview with the prime minister there is information that was not shared during this briefing and i can tell you it was really, people on both sides of the aisle, i think left there feeling like they had not learned one thing additionally about what happened. so i think all of us just want to get to the bottom of this. you know, we're all concerned and again, today, was basically a one hour filibuster and i do hope that sometime soon, we'll find a real details report about what has happened. >> why were they, to use your word, filibustering? did they not know the answer? didn't want to tell the answer? i'm a little confused. it seems like we've gotten a clear answer, that the

bob corker is one of them and he is "outfront" tonight. appreciate your taking the time.ten a letter and you, sir, have asked for all of the information, all of the cables that ambassador stevens may have sent to state. was he worried about security? what's been the response so far to your request for all of this information? >> well, senator isakson and myself sent the letter two days ago. we've heard nothing. when we had the briefing, after the event, the director of national intelligence, probably ten days after the event occurred, was part of that briefing. they've turned an incident all of us care about. we have four americans that have been killed. bipartisan concern. everybody on the foreign relations committee, republicans and democrats want to know what has happened. for some reason, it's not forthcoming. typically in these briefings, we know what's happening in nuclear armaments, we know what's happening in some of the private developments between other countries. basic proobriefing about how fo me americans were killed and they've turned something into a scanda

defense secretary panetta calling the benghazi assault an act of terrorism and republican senator bob corker joins a growing number of officials questioning whether the obama administration was involved in a coverup and we are back with the panel. the director of national intelligence issued an extraordinary statement friday afternoon that their initial information was that it was a spontaneous protest but since then got new you information and revised the assaysment and now believe it was a deliberate and organized terrorist attack. does that get the obama white house off the hook in their shifting explanations of what happened in benghazi? >> it shouldn't. it was clear it was a terrorist attack. it was obvious it was a terrorist attack before susan rice came on this show and others saying oh, no, it was a spontaneous attack about a video. it turns out al-qaeda is capable or al-qaeda affiliates are capable of launching terrorist aattackeds on american embassies and in this case quite a sophisticated one. and attacks on the day after in sudan and tunisia and yemen. we have a war going on and

while republican senator bob corker joins a growing number of officials questioning whether the obamawas involved in a cover-up. and, we're back now with the panel. the director of national intelligence issued an extraordinary statement friday afternoon, that their initial information was, that it was a spontaneous protest, but since then they got new information, they revised their assessment, and they now believe it was a deliberate, quoted, deliberate and organized terrorist attack. question, bill: does that get the obama white house off the hook in their shifting explanations of what happened in benghazi? >> well, it shouldn't because it was clear, it was a terrorist attack and leon panetta said it was obviously an attack, before susan rice said it was a spontaneous protest about a video and the president has a big investment in the narrative, is usama bin laden dead an al-queda finished and, it turns out al qaeda and affiliates, al-sharia are capable of launching sophisticated terrorist attacks, and, the day and day after in sudan and tunisia and yemen and we have a war on terror

corker: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mr. corker: this year we will spend over $3.5 trillion, 60% of which is taxpayer money, 40% is borrowed. over the next 10 years, we will spend $45 trillion. we haven't had a budget in this body for 1,240 days. not only is this dysfunctional and america looks at us as a dysfunctional body, it is an embarrassment. the fact is that we are one fiscal reform package away from being able to focus on being a great nation again, and yet many around the world look at us as a nation in decline, which affects everything from people hiring and producing jobs in this country to the activities that we see overseas as it relates to our foreign relations. what we need in this nation is new leadership in november that has the courage and the will to address the most major issue this nation faces, which is fiscal reform, and with that, we'll put this malaise in the rearview mirror and again be able to focus on being a great nation. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from georgia.