during the war in libya against gaddafi we had ships offshore.ips were still there, they could have sent research to knock out the second round of terrorist attack -- >> chris: i want to the you that. in the seven hours between the terrorist, consulate and c.i.a. attack on the c.i.a. annex. given forces we have on the ground. could they have done more to protect u.s. forces to the u.s. personnel and prevented the last two -- >> the answer is we didn't have resources in range. secretary petraeus and dempsey acted quickly but they had to get somebody from spain and croatia. group of special operating forces to the u.s. arrive much too late. if we had, they sent a drone but unarmed drone. if we had an armed drone, in that dangerous part of the world, it probably could have knocked out people firing the mortars that killed the two seals. >> chris: given what we had there, you are saying -- >> there was no capacity to defen our personnel. in a timely way once the attack occurred. we can't let that happen again. part of what we have to do to make sure

we led international action to support the libyan people and getting rid of muammar gaddafi.ped up the use sanctions against iran, and at the forefront of efforts to isolate assad in syria. we've got us out of the bailout fund and rejecting the treaty that was not of interest. i am a prime minister who said even in tough economic times of britain will not break its promises to the poorest of our world. i am sharing the united nations high-level panel of development with ambition of eradicating absolute poverty in our world. i am a prime minister who will work closely with president obama in a renewed effort on the middle east peace process, and let us congratulate him tonight on winning a historic second term. yes, i am a prime minister who will -- you will bring troops home from afghanistan. let us all take a moment to pay tribute, as we all did yesterday, to the extraordinary courage of the brave servicemen and women who across the generations have given their lives for our safety and freedom. [applause] now i have spoken about the traditional foreign policy issues on many

many signed on as mercenaries for libya's former dictator, muammar gaddafi. after the duffy's demise last year, they returned. they are now armed, and they oppose the central government. within days this spring, they took control of the entire northern part of the country. the independence movement was quickly hijacked by islamist groups, with ties to the al qaeda terrorist network. last june, organizations such as defenders of the face and movement for when this in west africa wrested control from more moderate tuaregs. they oppose sharia law in places like timbuktu, formerly a leading tourist attraction. music and alcohol are prohibited. women have to wear veils. punishments are draconian. in the capital in the south, moderate muslims set the tone, and yet, the defacto loss of 2/3 of their national territory hurts, especially since many have relatives in the north. then i i am very afraid. if we do not succeed in solving the crisis in the north, we risk having the islamists come down south. >> the crisis is very bad for my country. i would like to put an en

privilege of doing so as we tried together as a government to free the libyan people from the tyranny of gaddafi. he was a valued colleague and his loss and that of his three colleagues is a massive tragedy for all of us who serve in the u.s. government and for all the american people. let me be very clear. i have great respect for senator mccain and his service to our country. i always have. and i always will. i do think that some of the statements he's made about me have been unfounded. but i look forward to having the opportunity at the appropriate time to discuss all of this with him. >> thank you very much >>> more than half a million californians are on the verge of a huge spike in their health insurance premiums. and that is not all! why it is just the beginning of pain for anthem blue cross customers. >> he was the person i needed! [ crying ] >> whiflt when i felt like my whole world had disappeared! >> he helped in her hour of need and then vanished. one woman's quest to thank her hero. shut down the westbound lanf 580 after a shooting. the freeway has been closed near edward sued a sig

responsibility to protect sri lanka, but it did not get the type of publicity we got in libya when colonel gaddafi was threatening to destroy benghazi. sri lanka was destroyed field by field, a tree by tree, hospital by hospital, and we did not get that reaction. of course, they don't have oil and they're not situated on the mediterranean. u.n. secretary shouldst dick up and say this is not good enough. you may have power interests, but your also supposed to reform international law at all certain principles. >> the report points out in the last months of the war, there was not a single formal meeting of the u.n. security council. but the engagement by u.n. headquarters with member states was heavily influenced by what they perceive to member states wanted to hear rather than by what they needed to know if they worked to respond. the end of the civil war unfolded in a war that largely looked away -- in a world that largely looked away. now the u.n. wants to learn lessons from the conflict as it confronts new crises and places like syria. and we're told that it now wants to act on this report. but

one thing that gaddafi promoted was gender equality, so you had women -- the gender issue was never as big of a problem in libya acid has been and continues to be in some parts of the middle east -- was never as big of a problem in libya as it has been and continues to be in some other parts of the middle east. >> from st. john's college in santa fe, new mexico, my question is -- i am interesting -- interested in it if in the arab spring, it is more united, -- my question is, what i am interested in is if the arabs spring is more united -- the arab spring, if it is more united. >> world affairs forum from stanford, connecticut. one man spoke a little while ago in new york, and he made a couple of major points, one of which was the need for the growth of the spirit of pluralism across the middle east. when he was asked what the seeds of that growth would be a -- would be, it was that americans would not have much to do in creating or fostering it. i would ask this panel, are their seeds of growth of political pluralism -- are there seeds? or is the question not so relevant? >> marc, you

after we helped the libbians oust gaddafi, they need a lot of help-- and they could pay for it, by the way, with an army, secure the borders, get rid of these militias -- it was in a country that was basically chaotic, and we did almost nothing. and then there became these reports from our embassy and other personnel about attacks on our embassy twice, both in april and in june. the assassination attempt on the british ambassador. the british closed their consulate. the list goes on and on. on august 16 there was a message sent back we could not repail sustained attack on our consulate. so what was the state department doing? what was-- why didn't we on september 11 have military forls capable of intervening in a fight that lasted for seven hours? so all these questions need to be answered, and finally, for the president of the united states in the second debate said, "i said it was an act of terror in the rose garden or september 12." one, he didn't. that night, we now know, on september 12 in "60 minutes" he said, "it's too early to know exactly how this came about, what group was in

this administration also had relations with gaddafi. he had blood on his hands from prior years. not a good man. but he had opened up his country, aban dopped any nuclear weapons pursuits -- abandoned any nuclear weapons pursuits and became an ally. i have seen individual family members of gaddafi here in washington to meet with administration officials and lo and be hold, year and a half or so ago, this administration sides with the enemies and at the time, we knew al qaeda was contained within the revolt and we sided with the al qaeda-backed revolt to drive out gaddafi. that appears to have inspired the violence in tunisia. so we have seen israel's enemies grow in strength, tunisia, libya, egypt, coming on to surround israel. and any threat to western values that are found in israel, is a threat to our own existence. and it's important that someone in this administration make repeated note of that. the results here recently has been further violence to our friend and ally, israel. so we have this report, november 15, 2012, three people were killed as rockets fired from gaza str

but he said look we invested in it less than a billion dollars not even one person was killed and gaddafi is out so they know and this is the point here that it is not going to be like that with regard to syria that is why i don't even know in terms of how do you know how do you know they know that how do you know they know that i i'll tell you i'll do i know that i'll tell you i'll do i know that i have three elements here that i can inject into the discussion you may recall this interesting incident before the elections when the president at that time met you there's met president obama and he whispered to him live it all after the elections i'll be more flexible he will be more flexible many there was an anti-missile defense you hey wasn't about syria it was and i mean i'm trying i don't know but i hear that's part of an approach look look i'm trying to build a point here i try to build a case it i might be wrong but let me finish please the second point is the look back it was thomas friedman who is a mouthpiece of the obama administration wrote about israel and the palestinian situat

. >> we were selling arms to the gaddafi regime after the uprising. is the deputy prime minister pleased the prime minister is busy now selling arms to saudi arabia, a country where human rights is nonexistent, amputations take place secretly and we know how women are treated there. is that the liberal democratic policy as well? >> as you well know, we have the strictest controls of almost any developed economy in the world, governing the conditions in which we can sell conditions in which we can sell arms to othe

and gaddafi walked in and >>> welcome to "red eye." i'm greg gutfeld or as i am known in florida, the gainesville groper. let's go to andy levy for a pre game report. hi, andy. what's coming up on tonight's show, old sport some. >> coming up, why is mitt romney declining interviews with tv tabloids? why it has anything to do with the fact that he is, you know, running for, you know, president of the united states. and did a united states sthor fly to the -- senator fly to the dominican republic fly to have sex with prostitutes ? who care. the shocking answers straight ahead. i guess the shocking answer gives it away. greg? >> everything back to normal in your apartment? >> everything is good to go, greg, yes, thanks for asking. >> i was worried about the cat. >> i can hear the sincerity in your voice. it is dripping with sincerity. >> i know you had a problem with flooding. >> i had no flooding. we talked about this last night. everything was fine. i did not, i cannot stress this enough, i did not eat the cat. the cats are fine. i post

nieto conducted a successful campaign to bring down gaddafi in libya. we are now embarked in what i think he is a good campaign plan to allow us to draw down in afghanistan, and we have a continuing effort against al qaeda, and as we achieve some of those important goals, the united states is moving towards the end of the longest sustained armed conflict in the nation's history, and i would also like to take a moment to express my pride in the men and women in uniform who have fought throughout that period, putting their lives on line to protect this country. were it not for their sacrifices, were in not for their willingness to do that, we would not be able to accomplish what we have. thank god they are there. [applause] one thing i found out when i came from the cia to the defense department, i have a lot of great joy is. -- i have a hell of a lot of great choice. i have got great weapons, a -- i have a hell of a lot of great great ships, great plains, great toys. \ technologies, but none of that would be worth anything without the good men and women

and gaddafi walked in and you said, "you disgust me." it was upsetting. see you tomorrow. >> bret: a dead even race, five days go. now both candidates back on the stump full time. new documents, new disclosures and new questions in the libya scandal tonight. this is "special report." ♪ ♪ >> bret: good evening. i'm bret baier. close and bitter race for president interrupted by nature's wrath heading to the home stretch tonight. 19 million americans have already voted, the big day tuesday is just five days away. president obama is trying to make up for the lost time in the campaign trail. after a three-day pause to deal with hurricane sandy. mitt romney is hoping to ride post debate momentum in to the oval office. we start with chief political correspondent carl cameron with the governor in virginia. >> in a three rally swing across battleground state of virginia where he leads by half a point to real clear politics average of recent polls, romney resumed the post hurricane criticism of obama's presidency. >> we need change. for real change we have to take

nieto conducted a successful campaign to bring down gaddafi in libya. we are now embarked in what i think he is a good campaign plan to allow us to draw down in afghanistan, and we have a continuing effort against al qaeda, and as we achieve some of those important goals, the united states is moving towards the end of the longest sustained armed conflict in the nation's history, and i would also like to take a moment to express my pride in the men and women in uniform who have fought throughout that period, putting their lives on line to protect this country. were it not for their sacrifices, were in not for their willingness to do that, we would not be able to accomplish what we have. thank god they are there. [applause] one thing i found out when i came from the cia to the defense department, i have a lot of great joy is. i have got great weapons, a great ships, great plains, great technologies, but none of that would be worth anything without the good men and women in uniform that serve this country and did it take their lives to protecting this coun

she did say we needed to protect benghazi when gaddafi's forces were threatening the people of benghazibut that was one year or more before, and a separate issue of what happened in post-conflict benghazi. there are a lot of unstable events happening throughout the arab world in the aftermath of these protests that toppled one leader after another friend to me sierra -- tunisia, to yemen, to egypt. host: this is from maverick, who says republicans would prefer john kerry, freeing up space for scott brown. susan rice has degrees from stanford and oxford. patty, republican caller. caller: i wonder if this gentleman is aware that cnn had no problem going into this embassy to find documents. it was deliberate that did not send in the fbi to investigate. this was right before an election, and this gentleman is not sure why it took so long? also, c-span should have done some in depth shows before the election. i am disappointed in how you protected president obama in comparison to the-shows when president bush was president. part of the problem in ameritech is -- in america is the media shoul

muammar gaddafi stockpiles of weapons, surface- to-air missiles and we're doing everything to track thosen and secure them. the region was awash in those things. it's a concern. host: paul in indianapolis, go ahead. guest: where do you live in indy? caller: south of hamilton county. guest: not too far away. caller: i am pro-life progressive. i do not have a party. i never voted for you or against you. guest: you are open-minded. caller: i am retired civil servants. i think we need to step outside the box. once you get all the federal benefits, it is almost impossible to get off them because you have to make $20 an hour to be a " but what you're getting from the government. it makes it almost impossible for people once they get hoped to get off of that. there are very few jobs left out there for $22 an hour. i have a suggestion. bill clinton and david stockton agree on a solution for the entitlement program. they said to do away with the payroll tax and fund the medicare and pension system with a national sales tax, would eliminate the advantage that europe and the other nations have over

nato conducted a successful campaign to bring down gaddafi . we are embarked on what i think is a good campaign plan to allow us to draw down in afghanistan, and we have a continuing effort against all kind of. -- against al qaeda. i would like to take a moment to express my pride in the men and women in uniform who have fought throughout the time putting their lives on the line to protect this country. were it not for their sacrifices, for their willingness to do that, we would not be able to accomplish what we have. thank god they are there. one thing i've found out is i have a lot of great stories of the defense department. --great toys at the defense department, but none of that would be anything without the good men and women in uniform who give their lives to protect this country. that is the real strength of the united states of america. as we transition to this new era, we will have to look at some important priorities that will take on greater urgency, particularly as we look at the second term of this administration and look at what a

just released a new report on libya's first year since gaddafi that makes the same points made here, a little involved in trying to prepare that report. a couple small differences. we were a little more interested in seeing nato maintain a role in libya. the question i have is if we think about models for process and end product of security sector reform, i would be interested to hear from the panel are there any models that the country should be looking to in each of these cases in the process and the end results? >> you want to take this? >> i don't think so. this question comes up all the time. particularly on the part of organizations like ours to try to look at what the international experience can apply here. .. >> when we look at other areas in his eastern europe the country's largely had similar challenges you are facing very, very different challenges and the institutions from scratch. he and tunisia that is in the case. it is in the military. you are seeing these countries jury different challenges if we expand that out in places like syria you will see that in each of thes

in libya, gaddafi is killed. in yemen, he becomes the leader of the opposition party.he has immunity and is still a political player. these factions are fighting while everyone else is dealing with electrical blackouts that happen every day, the rising price of water, bread, and petrol. it is quite broken. into this steps organizations like al qaeda. in the south they were able to provide services. the opportunity has been missed. i do not see easy or quick solutions. that is what the u.s. is looking for. on the second point of accountability, you are correct. that is a frustration i have had. i have had many of the same conversations you have. i have talked to diplomats involved in the strikes. when i asked them about situations like the 16-year-old born in denver killed in a separate from strike in october of 2011, which has been told to me is -- what has been said to me is he was sitting with the wrong people. if you are sitting with the wrong people, that is what happens. that might make sense in washington. when you look at al qaeda, it might work. in yemen where

does egypt open the border between gaza and egypt and allow weapons to go from gaddafi's old weaponst does that dictates what america does, at the end of the day, i don't think it's going to happen, but if egypt joins a fight with hamas against israel, the united states is in an awkward position. both of those militaries, the egyptian and-- >> that's what we were worried about, mubarak out and the power vacuum, the leadership vacuum and the idea that the prime minister of egypt now is there, allegedly for peace talks, but saying nothing heartening for israel and is saying, we stand with the palestinians, they're the true heroes, it's just worrisome. >> and also he's in a weird position, if he does look too friendly to israel the radical extremists in egypt and other countries say, wow, air not far enough over in our direction. >> dave: yeah, and hamas is an off shoot of the muslim brotherhood and complicates the situation. kt mcfarland. >> thanks. >> alisyn: you may want to call them unfit for duty, but a group of police officers now excused from having to pass a physical fitness tes

we led international action to support the libyan people and getting rid of muammar gaddafi. the use sanctions against iran, and at the forefront of efforts to isolate assad in syria. we've got us out of the bailout fund and rejecting the treaty that was not of interest. i am a prime minister who said even in tough economic times of britain will not break its promises to the poorest of our world. i am sharing the united nations high-level panel of development with ambition of eradicating absolute poverty in our world. i am a prime minister who will work closely with president obama in a renewed effort on the middle east peace process, and let us congratulate him tonight on winning a historic second term. yes, i am a prime minister who will -- you will bring troops home from afghanistan. let us all take a moment to pay tribute, as we all did yesterday, to the extraordinary courage of the brave servicemen and women who across the generations have given their lives for our safety and freedom. [applause] now i have spoken about the traditional foreign policy issues on many occasi

no one like gaddafi. no one liked libya. no one liked the soviets. it's doable. >> to partially answer the same question. the issue for many in congress is whether this negotiation quote-unquote allows iran to continue enriching at the 3.5% level or not. the historical position of the united states going back to the early 2000's has been that there should be a suspension of all enrichment as a confidence-building measure. from what you're saying, jim, we're well past that point and iran has a lot of truth on the ground in terms of additional centrifuges and they want the -- their so-called right under the nonproliferation treaty to be recognized. the question is at what level do they continue. >> i think there's also -- i agree with that. i want to go on here. there is a debate over countries have the right to enrich. they have a right to peaceful activities. there's some ambiguities about that. people disagree. both the iranians have said, offered this as a principle. i think it's important to have principles to allow the negotiation to proceed. one

gaddafi's regime had stockpiles of weapons like that? shoulder fired ground to surface missiles. we are doing everything we can to track them down. but the region and that country in particular was awash in these things, it's chaotic. i don't think there are any american systems gone missing, it is a concern. host: paul in indianapolis, independent caller. go ahead. caller: good morning. guest: where do you live? caller: up on the northeast corner. up just south of hamilton county. guest: our place over at 83th and ditch. caller: we are at 86th and hague. i have a pro-life progressive, i guess you'd call me a true independent. i don't have a party. although i never voted for you, i never voted against you, either. guest: you're open-minded. i appreciate that. caller: i guess i work at st. -- >> today's "washington journal" in our video library at c-span.org. live every day. also at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. we ever breaking away here. the u.s. house is gaveling in for their first meeting of the lame duck session. wrapping up the 112th congress. they'll gavel in. we expect