threat to khartoum. we have advanced intelligence of that was the case and we were prepared to move people out. we have done that in several other areas where we get that advance notice, and we can respond. >> you are familiar with the timeline that is on that chart over there. suffice it to say that there were tax on the embassy -- excuse me, attacks on the embassy, beginning march 2012. there is a series of attacks on western assets -- was a series of attacks on western assets, red cross. was the president aware of that timeline of all of those instances that occurred? >> i'm not sure. >> were each of you aware of each of those incidents that had occurred? >> we were. every week, general ham sends a report to the secretary of defense and he copies me. he had been tracking the security situation in libya. >> with that report not go to the president -- would that report not go to the president? >> not routinely. >> do you know of any other place in the world where this number of attacks that occurred ove

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it's seen as an attempt to improve relations between the two regional heavyweights iran also wants khartoum bored with such issues as syria and its own nuclear program journalist knew clark told me a little earlier the needs of friends you can get. brown strongest ally in the arab world has now been serious serious been a bro in law ally of iran all this is the reason why the pro israel lobby why the americans why the saudis etc so keen to talk a sad now there's no such moment the syrian government is about to fall but were it for iran would be even more isolated than it is today and the you're in a very dangerous position so that makes good sense for iran to be trying to build bridges with cairo are there financial motives behind this meeting where we've got to believe the economy isn't bearing in mind the situation there in iran with all those sanctions appearing to have a quite an impact on the iranian economy do you do they both need each other i think they do bill and i think from morsi point of view i think as we see harty going to rest in egypt and what people are very happy with how

i was also concerned at that time with yemen, yemen, is, bob, khartoum, ka bul, baghdad, we had extreme threats against those places as well. >> none of those rose to the level of the threat and benghazi. did they rise to that level they could not survive a sustained attack? >> yes, they did. >> basically you say our capability allowed, we do not have the capability to station forces nearby? >> we did have the capabilities. >> but we did not use those capabilities. >> based on time and distance and alert posture that would not have gotten there in time. >> it is an hour and a half flight their general, finally, i would ask again what i asked last march when 7,500 citizens of syria had been killed it is not 60,000, how many more have to die before you recommend military action. did you support the recommendation by secretary of state clinton and head of cia general betrayers to provide weapons to the resistance in syria? >> we did. >> you supported that. >> we did. >> they give for appearing here today i also want to add my voice to thank you for your long service and we wish you well as

that caused incredible across the region and we saw in places such as the capital sudanese city of khartoum british german as well as american embassies being attacked so what we're witnessing really is a chain of events that. is seeing anger targeted at waste in embassies it's coming at a time that this region is in flux because of the arab spring we've witnessed what is happening in syria where we have ongoing daily violence and certainly what we've seen is this growing anger venting itself on the streets right archies paullus there bring us the latest live on this attack on the u.s. embassy in ankara we of course will continue to follow this story it is a developing one throughout the hour and throughout the day here on r t thanks paula. in other news the first man convicted over america's torture program is now on call waiting to start a thirty month prison sentence but decorated cia veteran john kiriakou played no part in the interrogations he was instead convicted overly after blowing washington's then secret program wide open speaking to archie he told us of just what it is he's bein

that caused incredible across the region and we saw in places such as the capital sudanese city of khartoum british german as well as american embassies being attacked so what we are witnessing really is a chain. vanes that is seen anger targeted at waste in the embassies it's coming at a time that this region is in flux because of the arab spring we witnessed what is happening in syria where we have ongoing daily violence and certainly what we've seen is this growing anger venting itself on the streets or at our choosing bring us the latest live on this attack on the u.s. embassy in ankara we of course will continue to follow this story it is a developing one throughout the hour and throughout the day here on r t thanks paula. in other news the first man convicted over america's torture program is now on call waiting to start a thirty month prison sentence but decorated cia veteran john kiriakou played no part in the interrogations he was instead convicted overly after blowing washington's then secret program wide open speaking to archie he told us of just what it is he's being punished fo

, that we thought there was a real threat to khartoum, we had advanced intelligence that that was the case. and we were prepared to move people out. as a matter of fact, the embassy took steps to move some people out and we've done that there. we've done that in several other areas where we get that kind of advanced notice, we can respond. >> you're familiar with the timeline that's on that chart over there and suffice it to say that there were attacks on the embassy or excuse me, on the compound, beginning in march of 2012. there were a series of other attacks on western assets, both u.s., red cross, u.k. was the president aware of that timeline, of all of those instances that occurred? >> i'm not sure. >> were each of you aware of each of those incidents that had occurred? >> yeah, we were. every week general ham sends a report to the secretary of defense on events in his area of responsibility and he copies me and he had been tracking the security situation in libya. and -- >> and would that report not go to the president? >> not routinely. >> would you not have discussions with th

additional security or withdraw diplomatic staff in advance of a crisis from central america to khartoumfrom tunisia to yemen, from egypt to mali and others. while dod does not have the primary responsibility for the security of u.s. diplomatic facilities around the world, we do work closely with the state department and support them as requested. in the months prior to the benghazi attack, as i've said, we had received from the intelligence community almost 300 reports on possible threats to american facilities around the world. over the course of the day on september 11th general dempsey and i received a number of reports of possible threats to u.s. facilities, including those in cairo, egypt, but there were no reports of imminent threats to u.s. personnel or facilities in benghazi. by our best estimate the incident at the temporary mission facility in benghazi began at about 3:42pm eastern daylight time on september 11th. the embassy in tripoli was notified of the attacks almost immediately, and within 17 minutes of the initial reports, about 3:59pm, africom directed an unarmed and un

accountability review board, but i would also say, senator, i was also concerned at that time with yemen, khartoumd, kabul, baghdad. we had some pretty significant threat intelligence those places. >> martha: joined bu margery clifton, a principal at clifton consulting and lars larsen, good to have you both here today. >> thanks. >> martha: marjorie, what's your reaction to that back and forth? >> i think that americans-- >> and marjorie. >> lars, lars, the two names-- >> sorry. >> you have to look at what the hearings are actually for and designed to do is to actually understand where the breakdown was. look, it's no secret and no one would say that it's a wild success. it was a failure in benghazi what happened, but what the hearings are designed to do is actually to understand and uncover where the breakdown exists and to make modifications and you know, look, i don't want to be cynical, but what it starts looking like as we're playing politics and starting to show a breakdown, you know, that is leaning towards or pointed at hillary clinton or democrats, and what mccain is doing is sort of unfa

sudan that there is no prospect of a lasting negotiated settlement with the current leadership in khartoum. and that ultimately, the only way to establish peace in sudan, and peace in the region, is for there to be a change of regime in sudan. we also have to be very candid about recognizing that there is no appetite in the united states right now for military action. we just now are getting out of a decade-long war in afghanistan. iraq was a long national nightmare. there's no appetite in the national security council, as we saw with the testimonies around recent confirmation hearings for intervention in a place like syria. and certainly not in sudan. so the we are appalled, the genocide of darfur and the aggression in blue nile and cortisone and south sudan, we need to be created -- creative about finding other ways of assisting victims and putting pressure on the regime. i think part of that come and these are conversations that we've had, how do you mobilize greater awareness about what's happened? and build domestic political support for both proactive effort. but that has to start fr