as stephens, diplomat officer sean smith and former special operations members tyrone woods and glen doherty were killed. >> there is a lot of responsibility and onus that needs to be taken up and accounted for. [explosion] >> the attack began about 9:30 p.m. on september 11th, 2012. at a diplomatic compound in benghazi. and culminated roughly seven hours later at a second location. a cia annex about one mile away. while the official responses from washington have been that the assets could not have made it from benghazi in time that killed woods and dohety. there were at least two military units that could have made it in time. including the one training in croatia. >> besides those guys who went in on their own, we had two more assets that could have been there. >> two more assets that could have been on the ground. >> upsetting especially being in the community. the hardest thing to deal with in any kind of, you know, dangerous scenario or gun fight, is, you know, we always look to each other to help each other and that's how we get through situations. it's not about the assets overhead.

chris stevens, state department officials sean smith and two former navy seals tyrone woods and glen doherty. >> this letter first obtained by fox news is signed by more than 700 special operations vets with special operations speaks. best known nor hard line stance against what it describes as damaging national security leaks related to the usama bin laden raid. today the group's founder explained why benghazi still matters. >> this has been slow rolled as we say in the air force. you know, if we wait long enough maybe it will go away. but we owe the truth to the american people and particularly the families of the fallen. >> the letter includes 16 points of investigation from the well-documented warnings before the attack to the realtime decision making of president obama, secretary clinton and the defense department on the night of september 11th. the letter reads in part, quote: america has always held to the notion that no american will be left behind. given our background, we are concerned that this sent a very negative message to future military and diplomatic personnel. in response t

glen doherty.it is one of those things that we have seen so many great individuals make the ultimate sacrifice. my philosophy is i don't have time to feel sorry for myself. i have to go on and live in part for these guys don't run anymore. >> we are going to go ahead and open up for questions and answers. but i'd like to put out a brief plug here. also the branding that was just recently published. the book was published, behind the scenes. number nine on the national bestsellers list. and also for howard's new book, an easy day for the double? >> no easy day for the double. >> that's coming out in october. if you haven't read "seal team six: memoirs of an elite navy seal sniper" and "the red circle: my life in the navy seal sniper corps and how i trained america's deadliest marksmen", i thoroughly recommend them. if we have questions, we can start with this gentleman. the questions are scripted. >> did you have to get any permissions or were your writings of you before you publish? >> mine was so

glen doherty. it is one of those things that we have seen so many great individuals make the ultimate sacrifice. my philosophy is i don't have time to feel sorry for myself. i have to go on and live in part for these guys don't run anymore. >> we are going to go ahead and open up for questions and answers. but i'd like to put out a brief plug here. also the branding that was just recently published. the book was published, behind the scenes. number nine on the national bestsellers list. and also for howard's new book, an easy day for the double? >> no easy day for the double. >> that's coming out in october. if you haven't read "seal team six: memoirs of an elite navy seal sniper" and "the red circle: my life in the navy seal sniper corps and how i trained america's deadliest marksmen", i thoroughly recommend them. if we have questions, we can start with this gentleman. the questions are scripted. >> did you have to get any permissions or were your writings of you before you publish? >> mine was so