those are just a few of the 13 things that darrell issa listed. and he also included this major allegation. according to issa, multiple u.s. federal government officials have confirmed to the committee that prior to the september 11th attacks, the u.s. mission in libya made repeated requests for increased security in benghazi. the mission in libya, however, was denied these resources by officials in washington. the state department has responded to darrell issa's letter. here is spokeswoman victoria nuland. we are now working through all of the documents, all of the information that is available to us in this department. we will see where we are on the 10th, but it is our intention to cooperate fully. >> all right. hillary clinton also responded to issa with a letter of her own. i have it here. she said she has established an accountability review board, which begins work this week to determine, and i want to quote her, i'll read here straight from the letter, wants to determine whether our security systems and procedures in benghazi were adequate.

and darrell issa and david chapman sent a letter to secretary of state hillary clinton claiming that quote, multiple u.s. federal government officials confirmed to the committee that prior to september 11th attack, the u.s. mission in libya made repeated requests for increased security in benghazi. the mission in libya, however, was denied these resources by officials in washington. the fbi arrived in benghazi wednesday, three weeks after the attack, but spent only about 12 hours there. we're back with dan henninger, and also wall street board, matt comiskey and bret, foreign policy has said to be a big edge for president obama. is that edge eroding maust of libya and the middle east. >> i think it is eroding and time the president to get credit for policies that don't exist. >> there's focus on the kind of bureaucratic blunders made both prior didded especially prior to the attack and not sufficiently securing our diplomatic security there. >> it's an important issue? >> it's a democratic issue. >> paul: don't we have to keep our diplomatic issues secure? >> yes, but it's not the la

thank you, darrell issa. >> again? wow. >> stephanie: do you see what he did?s in time for the debate tonight. several names of libyans working with u.s. officials were contained in the 166 pages of documents the house oversight committee which issa released friday. top congressional democrats accused issa of drumming up negative coverage for the obama administration on the head of the final debate. >> if those guys get killed, it will be because of darrell issa. >> stephanie: senator john kerry said it is a moment of real incompetence and irresponsibility. the oversight has exposed libya nationals to possible danger. this is irreresponsible inexcusable, worst of all, entirely avoidable. it is profoundly against america's interests in a difficult region. it is bad enough it is becoming a political side show presumably driven by the calendar of monday's upcoming presidential debate. even worse in their rush to make shust, if exposed libyans working side by side with americans. representative elijah cummings said it would be an extremely great consequence of isa'

bill: darrell issa i appreciate your time.g will keep you busy throughout the day. we will be watching from here and see how much you uncovered today based on security in libya and other posts throughout the world. darrell issa thank you. >> you're most welcome. martha: the boss' letter that he wrote to his employees warns that four more years of president obama could mean that they could lose their jobs. so are business owners around this country feeling that way? we are going to talk to two financial analysts who join us next. bill: also, so long to a piece of americana, the ironic glass coca-cola bottle. martha: say it isn't so? bill: where are you going? ♪ if i could buy the world a coke and keep it company. that's the real thing. ♪ i'd like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmon see. harmony. ♪ i'm eating what i kn is better nutrition. mmmm. great grains. search great grains and see for yourself. oh, hey alex. just picking up some, brochures, posters copies of my acceptance speech. great! it's always good to have a

and we'll talk to california congressman darrell issa whose committee is investigating. we'll also gret the take of congressman elijah cummings, senior democrat on the committee. then we'll talk about that, the with vice presidential debate, and the campaign with our political panel, david corn of "mother jones" magazine. katrina vanden heuvel of the can the nation. bay buchanan, pollster frank lutz and our own john dickerson. that's a lot but this is "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news in washington, "face the nation" with bob schieffer. >> schieffer: good morning. senator lindsey graham is one of the senior republicans on the armed services committee. and he has been looking into this attack. senator, welcome to the broadcast. i know you have been investigating this. have you reached an conclusions on why the administration waited so long to acknowledge this was the work of terrorists? >> well, the facts are there was never a riot. the night in question, september 11, ambassador stevens was being visited by the turkish ambassador. and the coord

what's more, this is the same darrell issa who some would say hypocritically derided wikileaks almost for doing exactly what he's done now. >> the kind of transparency we need is not to have somebody outing what is said by diplomats in private, and we need to change that and that's going to be a big part of our committee's oversight is to get that right so diplomats can do their job with confident dense. >> the kind of transparency we need is not to have somebody outing what is said by diplomats in private. fine words, mr. issa. a pity you don't seem to remember them in an election year. joining us thousand is democratic congressman elijah cummings, the oversight committee's ranking democrat. >> good to be with you. >> chairman issa's document dump included disclosures about a fee meal human rights activists, a ben ghazi port manager and a militia commander providing information. >> is he happy to expose these individuals to threats, perhaps even death, to provide fodder for mitt romney's debate performance this evening? >> i believe there's no other way of seeing this, martin. i have

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republican house oversight chairman darrell issa, meanwhile, is pressing the white house for answers about the attack. issa sent a letter to the president along with 166 pages of documents that the state department had turned over to issa's committee. nbc's jim mick klaszewski joins now from the pentagon with more on this. good evening, jim. >> reporter: good evening, larry. in those documents released by the house oversight committee today we heard directly from ambassador chris stevens himself, who was killed in that attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi on september 11th of this year. and in those cables to the state department he called the security situation there in benghazi unpredictable, volatile, and violent. in one cable as early as last june he said that libya's fragile security situation has deteriorated as tribal rivalries, power plays, and extremism intensifientensifies. then only one month, larry, before he was killed in that attack he wrote in a cable entitled "guns of august" that a security vacuum in benghazi had allowed islamic extremists to attack the red cross

darrell issa shows he does not care about investigating the politics. lou: that sounded bipartisan.he communist? >> i did not say that. [laughter] this discussion belongs with serious investigations. >> you could make jokes like 10 up. >> he can debate the law at the same time. >> believe me at all believe the travesty should be the subject of a comedy show and darrell issa showed poured judgment. >> i did watch the show. he was not being funny. i think he was educating the viewers who were not currently informed. lou: months turn to the daily poll romney is up nationally. are you surprised? >> no. clearly since the first ave there has been a surge. i was coulda recommend be careful about doing your a victory dance over oneepoll. [laughter] >> it is tempting way your guy is doing well to say that proves everybody has come to my position. >> i cannot be too sineappreciar guidanceand cautious statements protecting us from hubris. [laughter] we are coming right back with the "a team." we will find out what is going on at hofstra university. one viewer has come up with a capital summati

here's what republican congressman darrell issa had to say earlier.a listen. >> they repeatedly warned washington officials about dangerous situation in libya. instead of, however, moving swiftly to respond to these concerns, washington officials seemed preoccupied with the concept of normization. >> at the debate the vice president said, quote, we did not know that they needed -- excuse me -- that they wanted more security. was thursday's debate a missed opportunity by the obama administration to explain exactly what happened in libya? >> well, i thought joe biden was pretty clear, craig, and this is the problem now you. have people like paul ryan, darrell issa, and mitt romney all trying to politicize the death of our ambassador and three other great americans. they're trying to play monday morning quarterbacking and there was something that wasn't said. the president was very clear when he said it was a terrorist attack the very next day. but let me tell you something else. general clapp, he report ed to the white house that there are a bunch of pr

stage in the homestretch of this qualm pain season for an oversight hearing led by congressman darrell issa, one of the obama administration's toughest critics. the last week before the vice presidential debate. >>> plus capital control, the future of the senate could come down to just a handful of races, but, boy, are they different from state to state. today an exclusive, but the two guys driving their party's paths to power. good morning from washington, it's wednesday, october 1010/10/2012. >> last night senior state department officials gave their fullest account yet on the athat killed ambassador chris stevens. the most important take away, there were no protests in front of the consulate before the attacks ever. directly contradicting the story given by susan rice three weeks ago. here's the timeline as we know it from the state department. at 8:30 p.m. local, the streets are calm as ambassador stevens says good night to a viz siing turkish diplomat. answer agent sees a large number of men flowing into the compound and immediately puts out on alarm. a security act hustles the ambassa

the point republican darrell issa of california head of the house oversight committee made clear as he spoke about the consulate attack that killed ambassador chris stevens and three other americans. >> it is a long time to wait. >> reporter: today's hearing is supposed to determine if ambassador stevens had adequate security. the chairman of the subcommittee read part of a statement. >> certainly, not an environment where posts should be decked to normalize operations and reduce security resources in -- in accordance with an artificial timetable. >> reporter: the former head of a military team in libya is saying the consulate never had forces it needed to protect itself and stevens knew he was in danger. >> in june, the ambassador received a threat on facebook with a public announcement. >> reporter: still, some committee members have questions. >> he told the committee -- the total committee there should have been five agents in benghazi. in other interviews conducted yesterday, we learned there were, that there were in fact, five agents in benghazi on the day of the attack. >> repor

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. >> darrell issa, he released documents late last week about the security failures in libya. democrats are suggesting that there were some sensitive documents, classified documents that should not have been released and compromised names in libya who have been helping the u.s. they say that is not true but they are glad the congressman has been pushing the investigation. >> darrell issa does a documentary dump on his website of sensitive information about those in libya who are helping keep america safe. it shows the lengths many will go to try to politicize this tragic situation. >> thank god for a media that asks questions and if you left it up to this administration to inform the american people, we would still be believing this was a spontaneous riot spurred by a video. there was no mob and no riot. >> reporter: a lot of other big issues will be on the table like iran and israel, syria as well as the rise of china, but libya will be front and center. >> shep: ed, thanks. this election could come down to a handful of key battleground states. ohio chief among them. that sta

. >> committee chairman darrell issa is drawing attention to the r.p.g. attack in benghazi on june 11. >> the most disturbing was absolute attempt to assassinate the british ambassador that could have succeeded and obviously cast real questions on whether our ambassador was properly protected. >> briefing the state department spokesperson said secretary clinton would respond to the oversight committee today. adding -- >> yoit's fair to say we're still working through what we have in the building in terms of documentation, in terms of information, what we knew, who knew and when we knew it. >> reporter: the letters obtained exclusive by fox news appeared to confirm similar allegations and show the state department refuse to get involved in the dispute between blue mountain libya, security license holder and the operation blue mountain u.k. that trained and provided local guard. source with knowledge of the two state department meetings one in june and the second in july tells fox that the libyan contract holder felt the security provided by blue mountain u

the point republican darrell issa of california head of the house oversight committee made clear as he spoke about the consulate attack that killed ambassador chris stevens and three other americans. >> it is a long time to wait. >> reporter: today's hearing is supposed to determine if ambassador stevens had adequate security. the chairman of the subcommittee read part of a statement. >> certainly, not an environment where posts should be decked to normalize operations and rduce scuri sources -in accordae th an aificial timetable. >>eporter: the forread mitaryeam inibya is saying the consute never had forces it needed to protect itself and stevens knew he was in danger. >> in june, the ambassador received a threat on facebook with a public announcement. >> reporter: still, some committee members have questions. >> he told the committee -- the total committee there should have been five agents in benghazi. in other interviews conducted yesterday, we learned there were, that there were in fact, five agents in benghazi on the day of the attack. >> reporter: as testimony continues today we

this is between darrell issa and charlene lamb.r it, because it gets testy. >> a compound owned by us in severing like a consulate was in fact breached less than 60 days before, approximately 6 d0 days before the murder of the ambassador in that facility. isn't that true? >> sir, we had the correct number of assets in benghazi at the time of 9/11 for what had been agreed upon. >> my time has expired. to start off by saying you had the correct number and our ambassador and three other individuals are dead and people are in the hospital recovering because it only took moments to breach that facility, somehow doesn't seem to ring true to the american people. >> i want to bring in wolf blitzer in washington. i want to get straight to hillary clinton. because my question is, you know, she has incredibly high approval ratings. she has been touted as a possible presidential candidate come 2016. where is she today and how might all of this cloud her legacy? >> those are great questions and there is no easy answers. i know what the chairman

democrats are pointing to state department documents, released on friday by darrell issa, chairman of the house oversight committee, saying the move endangered libya nationals mentioned in the document, to score political points here at home. >> let's make sure that we understand exactly what did occur. but jumping to conclusions. i think darrell issa does a documentary dump on his web site of sensitive information about those in lib libya what are helping keep america safe t. shows the lengths many will go to to try to politicize this tragic situation. >> an aide to congressman issa says the documents were already listed as unclassified and he charges the committees are trying to, quote, create a distraction, to protect the president. >> jamie: live in washington, molly, thafers very much. >> eric: how will the attack play out in the debate tomorrow night? could this, the last of the three debate, turn out to be the deciding factor for undecided voters? we have a former spokesperson for jeb bush, and a democratic pollster and we welcome you both. >> good morning. >> eric: justip, let

what darrell issa did by releases names in that entire document put people at risk in libya and people around the world will now know that you're at risk if you cooperate with the united states. that office, that chairmanship of that committee comes with responsibility. you can't act reckless with it. we have a foreign policy issue. it will be handled. people who do this will be brought to justice. and how it happened will be investigated so we never see it again. but the idea from day one that people have been politicizing this event in my view is absolutely reckless. this is a time for the united states to come together, figure out what happened, found out who did it, whicthe commander in chief has done, and to demand and seek justice. >> and finally, mayor, the "new york times" is reporting this morning that iran has agreed in principal to direct talks. over their nuclear program. the white house says that there's no deal. president obama first expressed willingness to have talks when you were with the white house. do you believe that iran is ready now for direct talks or is this a

congressman darrell issa tilling fox news he plans to hold hearings on the jobs data as fox business hat september employment data appeared to have significant differences between the household survey and establishment survey. representative issa said data collection is not as exact science as it needs to be. >>> korn/ferry was target after criminal data security breach and is working with law enforcement. the databases affected they say do not hold personal information like credit cards and social security numbers. that's the latest from the fox business network, giving you the power to prosper lori: breaking news. we want to draw your attention to the markets right now. stocks are losing ground with the nasdaq falling into negative territory. the dow only up 15, 14 points right now. we're hearing government, congressman darrell issa from california with investigate job numbers. payroll numbers, household survey huge disconnect. the initial jobless claims showed improvement of 30,000 which is unheard of especially at this point in the economic cycle where we're at. we'll keep you upd

a spokesman for the committee's chairman, congressman darrell issa says kerry's trying to cree yagt a distraction to mislead the american people. >>> lib yap and foreign policy will take center stage on tomorrow's showdown between president obama and republican mitt romney. both candidates are being prepping. cnn's athena jones takes a look at which candidate might have the edge in the final face-off. >> reporter: the third and final face-off between president obama and governor romney will focus entirely on foreign policy. from afghanistan and pakistan to israel, iran, and the changing middle east. >> it's like they said -- >> reporter: the candidates will spar over america's role in the world, the new face of terrorism, and how to deal with a rising china. the polls have narrowed since the summer. mr. obama tried to highlight one of his biggest foreign policy accomplishments as a light-hearted charity din never the new york. >> monday's debate is a little bit different because the topic is foreign policy. spoiler alert. we got bin laden. >> reporter: he also used his speech to poke

as far as darrell issa, he performed a real service with this hearing as to what should have been redacted will let chairman issa handle that. he's done an outstanding job on this from the start. as far as politicizing, you have mike rogers coming up next, he and i have stood by the president on a number of foreign policy issues including the killing of bin laden. we don't take partisan shots. i wouldn't have jumped into this as quickly as i did, in fact, when we were on "meet the press" i was pretty restrained. i wanted to wait until it was all in. but i was surprised that susan rice went as far as she did and the fact that jay carney kept it up for days afterwards and the president was still talking about it two weeks later at the u.n. about this tape shows me a lot has to be answered here. it's either spinning, which you should never do with american lives or it's a real failure of -- with the administration to run a competent administration. >> congressman, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> up next, the man who does have direct oversight over the cia, house intelligence chairman mi

the question now as darrell issa and know jason chav fits right letters to hillary clinton demanding answers to what happened in benghazi, questions about whether people there asked for more security, whether there was an intelligence failure, there's talk of plans for retaliation, if the targeting can be found, what is the response to the republican criticism and criticism from some democratshat this was not handled well? >> well, i'll leave some of the details to my white house friends because it's better for them to answer some of these substantive questions but say a couple of things. one, since the moment of that attack we've been focused on two things, embassy security all over the world and getting to the bottom of that attack and bringing to justice the people who perpetrated it. that's what our focus has been on. as new information has come to light, the white house and the administration has shared it. to congress, to the american people. i think this criticism from the romney campaign, mitt romney himself, is really obviously he's politicizing it for his own benefit but it

. >> as we know from darrell issa, guess what, there might have been a cia operation going on on that compound and that may be why the cia didn't actually declassify those cables the republicans are now hitting president obama saying they knew that it may not have been spontaneous. those cables weren't actually declassified by the cia for several days. >> p.j., i want to go back to you on this in terms of the politicizing, making libya a political football. there has been accusations on both the right and the left, certainly darrell issa's actions this weekend have outraged a lot of folks on the left saying this was completely inappropriate, you're doing this because it's campaign season. those on the right are saying the president hasn't been forthcoming with the american public because in fact it is election season. what is your read on sort of who gets stuck with the hot potato in the end on this as far as this being a political football? >> well, it's regrettable because from inside government, as i was for 30 years, for the intelligence community to spend eight days before matt o

republican house oversight chairman darrell issa has released sensitive, but unclassified documents onya. among the 166 pages are diplomatic cables from ambassador christopher stevens that reveal his now prophetic concerns. we'll dive deeper into the details in a few minutes. >>> first professionally gay boxer in history won his first match since coming out two weeks ago. the puerto rican bit his opponent in a a unanimous decision. he was touched by all the support. he hopes his big win earns him a chance at a world title fat. >>> a storeied career in tatters among allegations of doping. >> that is the situation facing lance armstrong. >> it accuses the cyclist of having a prominent role in what the usada calls a sophisticated doping program. don explains how, despite the charges, some are sticking by the embattled athlete. >> reporter: he's been accused, disgraced and humiliated. but in his hometown of ostaen and within the cancer community, in particular, lancearmstrong is still very much loved. >> i've been better, but i've also been worse. thank you so much for your support. it mea

democrats point to state department documents released friday by republican congressman darrell issa,the house oversight committee. democrats say the move endangered the libyan nationals mentioned in the documents to score political points here at home. >> let's make sure we understand exactly what did occur. but jumping to conclusions, i think darrell issa does a documentary dump on his website of sensitive information about those in libya who were helping keep america safe. it shows the lengths many go to to politicize the situation. >> and aide says all the documents from unclassified and charged the democrats are trying to create a distraction to protect the president. >>> thank you very much. tune in at 3:00 and 10:00 eastern today to catch the special, death and dedeet in benghazi. brett takes a closer look into the timeline of what happened with all kinds of details and facts you don't want to miss. >>> the politics surrounding the terror attack in libya are in the spotlight monday. john roberts is live in florida, the site of the final matchup. >> good afternoon. usually when