jeff duncan and others pushed for answers. >> i want to tip my hat to jeff duncan. i have spoke ep to him three times. once in his office when i gave him a picture of ty. >> and you gave me. >> thank you. he called me twice. once last spring and he said i appreciated visiting with you and i want you to know that i have taped ty's picture to my computer so that i will not forget. and then right before the anniversary of ty's going home to be with the lord, he called me again, and said i want you to know that i still have your son's picture taped to my computer so that i will not forget. there are really awesome people in d.c. not all of them are there for the wrong reasons. he's one and other one is jason. we have talked a half dozen times. he even gave me his personal cell phone. and last january, i called him and he happen to be packing up his kids to go to disneyland and he took quite a bit of time out of the schedule and we talked and he mentioned to me, i believe it was october 28th. he went back to libya with general ham. and this was the statement he made to m

jeff duncan, some others are pushed for answers. >> first of all, i want to tip my hat to jeff duncan have spoke to him at least three times. once in my office when i gave him a picture. >> which you gave me and i appreciate that. >> thank you. >> he has called me twice, once last spring and he said, i really apreebted visiting with you and i want you to know that i have taped ty's picture to my computer so that i won't forget. right before the anniversary of ty's going home to be with the lord, he called me again and he said, i want you to know, i still have your son's picture taped to my computer so they won't forget. there are some really awesome people in washington, d.c. not all of the people back there are there for the wrong reasons. we have some really awesome ones. he's one. another one would be jason chitas and we have talked at least a half dozen times and he gave me his home -- or his personal cell phone. and last january i called him. he happened to be packing up his kids to go to disneyland. he took quite a bit of time out of his schedule and we talked. and one of the th

let's start with this heated exchange between secretary kerry and jeff duncan of south carolina. what was that moment all about? >> that's right, tony, very heated. you could sense secretary kerry's frustration and emotion mounting as he was brought back to addressing scandals such as bengahzi and really ending with some strong remarks, shame on us if we don't--pardon me, if the u.s. does not respond. this comes after earlier comments from another republican of south carolina, joe wilson, notorious for his remarks during the state of the union a couple years back when he shouted out "you lied." he brought up obamacare, th scandals and if the president was deflecting from those issues by focusing on syria, and getting political and heated. >> paul, as we go back to the discussions of debate, it certainly seems to be on point for this discussion. it seems that there have been questions about the objective here, and about the opposition. not much different than the line of questioning pursued yesterday by senators. >> that's right. as you mentioned earlier, tony. there seems to be n

. >> reporter: south carolina republican jeff duncan accused secretary kerry of being more hawkish now than when he was in the senate. >> is the power of the executive branch so intoxicating that you would abandon passed caution in favor of pulling the trigger on a military response so quickly? >> when i was in the united states senate i supported military action in any number of occasions and i am not going to sit here and be told by you that i don't have a sense of what the judgment is with respect to this. >> reporter: there were several members who pushed for intervention. republican adam kinzinger of illinois is a former air force pilot. >> listening to some of my colleagues it's been amazing to me that we are seeming to paralyze ourselves into inaction running through every potential scenario that could occur in this. and it makes me wonder god help us if we become a country that can't do the right thing because we paralyze ourselves to inaction. >> reporter: the chairman with the joint chiefs of staff testified today he believes the risk to u.s. soldiers and airmen in such a str

here south carolina representative jeff duncan jabbed secretary of state john kerry, a vietnam veteran a former senator. >> you have never been one that's advocated for anything other than caution when involving u.s. forces in past conflicts, the same is true for the president and the vice president. mr. secretary -- >> when i was in the senate. i am going to finish congressman. i am going for finish. when i was in the united states senate, i supported military action in any number of occasions. including grenade, a panama, i can run a list of them. and i am not going to sit here and be told by you that i don't have a sense of what the judgment is with respect to this. when the real issue here is whether or not the congress is going to stand up for international norms with respect to dictators that have only been broken twice until assad. hitler and sadam hussein. >> reporter: but republicans were not the only skeptics, even administration supporters insist odd limits. >> i hope my clerks will join me in supporting such an authorization. but we should not give the president a blank che

congressman jeff duncan who said not only should the u.s.lved but it's a diversion from questionable issues with benghazi. >> i'm not going to sit here and are told by you i don't have a sense of judgment. we're talking about people killed by gas and you want to talk about benghazi and fast and furious. >> i want to talk about benghazi, four americans lost their lives. i have sympathy for people in syria and i think there should be a worldwide response but we should act cautiously. >> congress is acting cautiously, so cautiously the president of the united states was not accused of not acting because he wanted sufficient evidence. >> it's been 15 days. >> congressman. >> mr. chairman, point of privilege, this is important. i think this is important. i think it is important whether or not the -- we're going into syria in a way that the congressman describes which i think most people in america don't want us to do. we don't want to do that. that's why the president said no boots on the ground. >> i'm told that it's held up there by jeff duncan

south karolina representative jeff duncan dabbed john kerry, a vietnam veteran and former senator. >> you have never been one to advocate for anything other than caution in past conflicts. the same is true of the president and vice president. >> when i was in the senate - i'll finish. i am going to finish. when i was in the united states senate i supported military action in any number of occasions. including grenada, panama - i can run a list. i will not sit here and be told by you that i don't have a sense of what the judgment is with respect to this. the real issue is whether the congress will stand up for international norms with respect to dictators that have only been broken twice until assad - hitler and saddam hussein. >> republicans were not the only skeptics. administration supporters insisted on limits. >> i hope my colleagues will join me in supporting an authorisation. but we should not give the president a blank check. the authorisation measure we take up must clarify that any strike should be of a limited nature, and they should absolutely be no american boots on the gr

jeff duncan told john kerry he couldn't believe the administration due to benghazi, the irs coverup.> has an issue with the american people due to the unanswered questions surrounding the terrorist attack in benghazi a year ago. when you factor in the irs of targeting conservative groups, fast and furious, and nsa spying programs. bottom line is there's a need for accountability and trust building from the administration. >> we're talking about people being killed by gas and you want to go talk about benghazi and fast and furious. we don't deserve to drag this into yet another benghazi discussion when the real issue here is whether or not the congress is going to stand up for international norms with respect to dictators that have only been broken twice until assad. hitler and saddam hussein. >> that guy's a walking clown show. anyway, the washington examiner reports that the influential conservative group heritage action has come out against the president's syria resolution. they may end up scoring gop lawmakers positions on it. in terms of how good you are. put more pressure on gop

. >> we should go to jeff duncan at -- of south carolina at this time. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i cannot discuss the possibility of the u.s. involvement without talking about benghazi. the administration has a serious credibility issue with the american people. the benghazi attack was almost one year ago.there are unanswered questions. when you factor in the targeting of the irs to conservative groups and nsa spying programs, the bottom line is that there is a need for accountability and trust-building. to paraphrase, it was said that i am not upset over you not telling me the truth. i am upset because from now on i thenot believe you. administration has a credibility issue. benghazi is germane to the discussions in syria, because as you stated, the world was and is watching for our response. after almost a year of not bringing anyone to justice in benghazi, they are watching our response. your predecessor asked, what difference does it make now? this is the difference. these issues call into issue he accountability of this administration. the american people need to -- need ans

later in that hearing jeff duncan picked up where wilson left off. >> the administration has a seriousdibility issue with the american people due to unanswered questions surrounding the terrorist attack in benghazi a year ago. when you factor in the irs targeting of conservative groups, the ap, fast and furious, and nsa spying programs, bottom line is there's a need for accountable and trust building from the administration. >> got the list there. cynthia tucker is a commentator and professor at the university of georgia. and john brabender is a republican strategist. seems like the two members from south carolina did have the same list of items to bring up. my question is what does this do? is this just, like waving the red cape at a bullfight? you bring this out and wave it and drives the other side crazy? what's it supposed to illicit in the conversation about whether we go to war in syria or not? which is important enough not to change the subject from. when you're talking war and peace, you should stick to that topic for an hour or two. >> come on, chris. the irs must have somethi

one of the more heated exchanges came when republican representative jeff duncan pressed john kerry on benghazi. >> the same administration that was seemingly so quick to involve the u.s. in syria, now, was reluctant to use the same resources at its disposal to attempt to rescue the four brave americans that fought for their lives in benghazi. mr. kerry, you have never been one that has advocated for anything other than caution when involving u.s. forces in past conflicts. the same is true for the president and the vice president. is the power of the executive branch so intoxicating that you would abandon past caution in favor for pulling the trigger on a military response so quickly? >> let me begin, congressman, by challenging your proposition that i've never done anything except advocate caution because i volunteered to fight for my country and that wasn't a cautious thing to do when i did it. >> mr. secretary -- with all due respect -- >> i'm going to finish. when i was in the united states senate, i supported military action in any number of occasions. including grenada, panama, i

representative jeff duncan had with secretary of state john kerry. >> mr.ted for anything other than caution. the same is true for the president and the vice president. is the power of the executive branch so intoxicating you would abandon past caution in favor for pulling the trigger on a military response so quickly? >> when i was in the united states senate, i supported military action in any number of occasions, including grenada, panama. i can run a list. and i am not going to sit here and be told by you that i don't have a sense of what the judgment is with respect to this. we're talking about people being killed by gas, and you want to go talk about benghazi and fast and furious. >> absolutely i want to talk about benghazi. i have sympathy for the people in syria, and i do think there should be a worldwide response, but we should act cautiously. >> we are acting cautiously. >> that was just a flavor. really it went on. there were other testy exchanges as well. how much of a problem does the president have in getting this authorization to the house? >

tenses moment came yesterday at the house foreign affairs committee where south carolina republican jeff duncanst another nation than he was when he was senator. >> is the power of the executive branch so intoxicating that you would abandon past caution in favor of pulling the trigger on a military response so quickly? i have sympathy for the people in syria. i do think there should be a worldwide response but we should act cautiously. >> we are acting cautiously. we are acting so cautiously that the president of the united states was accused of not acting because he wanted to have sufficient evidence and he wanted to build the case properly. >> it has been 15 days. >> congressman -- >> duncan also held up a stack of letters and e-mails that he said came from constituents who to a letter were calling on him to vote against striking syria and that's why, charlie and gayle, we are now hearing that the house may not be able to vote on this resolution until mid-september. so many members say they are feeling the pressure to vote no. >> tharngnk you nancy. >>> after nearly 12 years of heightened air

this is how congressman jeff duncan of south carolina got the crowd fired up outside the capitol thisooer is a video. we will ask you a question after it. >> guess who is in the building right behind us? all news the president of the united states is right there talking to senate democrats or republicans. let's let him hear how you feel about obama care. let him hear it. no, no, no sclnl. >> the question contestants the congressman talks about obamacare. what was the president in the capitol to talk about in. >> syria. >> syria is correct. 300 points. christina takes the lead. these are no longer video questions. these are worth 200 points again, republican senator ted cruz of texas said this woke he would like to see the senate filled with 100 people. all of them just like a certain person for 200 points, who was that person? zblb uh-o. >> time. the correct answer is jesse helms. >> oh my goodness. >> i now. we are down to 30 seconds. see if we can squeeze another question. republican senator tom coburn says he does not want to stage a shutdown over obamacare. he wants a spending pla

. >> we should go to jeff duncan of south carolina at this time. thank you, mr.you, mr. chairman. i can't discuss the possibility of u.s. involvement in syria's civil war without also talking about benghazi. administration has a serious credibility issue with american people due to unanswered questions surrounding the terrorist attack in benghazi almost a year ago. when you factor in the irs targeting of conservative groups, ap and fast and furious and then nsa spying programs, bottom line is there's a need for accountability and trust building from the administration. to paraphrase frederick, he said i'm not upset over you not telling me the truth. i'm upset because from now on i can't believe you. the administration has a credibility issue. in my opinion secretaries kerry and hagel, benghazi is jermaine to the discussions in syria because the world was and is watching for our response but after a year of not bringing anyone to justice in benghazi, they are watching our response. your predecessor asked what difference it makes. this is the difference. it calls i

south carolina republican jeff duncan going after the issue of benghazi and the administration's responseanswers that have been lacking since then when questioning the secretary of state john kerry. >> i'm going to finish, congressman. i am going to finish. when i was in the united states senate, i supported military action in any number of occasions. including grenade darks panama. i can run a list of them. and i am not going to sit here and be told by you that i don't have a sense of what the judgment is with respect to this. we're talking about people being killed by gas and you want to go talk about benghazi and "fast and furious." >> absolutely want to t about benghazi where four americans lost their lives. i have sympathy for the people in syria and i think there should be a worldwide response but we should act cautiously before we act unilaterally. >> we're acting cautiously. so cautiously because the president of the united states was accused of not acting because he wanted sufficient evidence and build the case properly. bill: the argument went on from there. the terror attack ha

. >> we should go to jeff duncan at -- of south carolina at this time. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i cannot discuss the possibility of the u.s. involvement without talking about benghazi. the administration has a serious credibility issue with the american people. the benghazi attack was almost one year ago. when you factor in the targeting of the irs to conservative groups and nsa spying programs, the bottom line is that there is a need for accountability and trust-building. to paraphrase, it was said that i am not upset over you not telling me the truth. i am upset because from now on i cannot believe you. the it ministration has a credibility issue. benghazi is germane to the discussions in syria, because as you stated, the world was and is watching for our response. after almost a year of not bringing anyone to justice in benghazi, they are watching our response. your predecessor asked, what watching for our response. difference does it make now? this is the difference. these issues call into issue he accountability of this administration. the american people need to speak up.

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here is jeff duncan talking with secretary kerry. >> i would say to congress marino, with respect to the body bags, we had a 28 day campaign, maybe 30 day campaign echoes of oh -- in kosovo. none of which is contemplated here. none of which -- and there were zero casualties. >> we should go to south carolina at this time. >> thank you. i cannot discuss the possibility of u.s. involvement in syria without also talking about benghazi. the ministration has a serious credibility issue with the american people. you not answer questions about the terrorists account -- terrorist attack in benghazi. bottom line is, there is a need for accountability and trust from the administration. to paraphrase, i'm not upset of you not telling the truth. from now on, i can't believe you. the administration has a credibility issue. secretary kerry and hegel, then gaze is germane to the discussions because the world was and is watching for a response. after a year of not bringing anyone to justice in benghazi, they are watching a response. your predecessor asked, what difference does it make now? this is t

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republican congressman jeff duncan said the negative impacts of obamacare represent a far greater threat to the country than any impact to be shut down. new york democratic senator cummock kirsten gillibrand says enough with the tea party tincher and peered house should do their job and avoid a government shutdown. tonight we will bring a new live coverage from the hugh lane here on c-span 2, taking you live to new york city come or the u.n. security council is meeting unserious chemical weapons resolution after its five permanent members agreed on the terms of that resolution, requiring syria to cement his chemical weapons. we will have that tonight live from the u.n. in new york city at 8:00 p.m. eastern right here on c-span 2. earlier this week, president obama and former president bill clinton talked about republican efforts to defend the health care lot and the government shutdown. they talk during the clinton family foundation's annual convention also held in new york city. it's close to an hour. >> hilary rodham clinton. [applause] ♪ >> at afternoon, everyone. wow, thank you, than