and then there was the traffic attacks in nairobi and is a lom. the state department has now 77 new embassies in the last 11 years. we know how to mobilize in this. we have the confidence and we have the personnel, and we absolutely in this case have the full and unairing partnership with the department of defense from every level from secretary gates and chairman mullen all the way down to the e-6 expendable and property clerks that we are dealing with now in iraq now, and have provided us with almost 4,000 pieces of equipment. there's a lot of work to be done. it's entirely correct that when the inspector general takes his -- took his snapshot last fall, there was a lot more to be done. but as i outlined in my oral testimony and in the longer written statement, many, many, if not most of the issues raised by the inspector general correctly that the moment in that snap is not time have now been resolved. and in the remaining six months, we will resolve the remaineder of them. we have the contracting vehicles in place. we were in the process of aw

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. >> reporter: for lom knee, it's one piece of good news he hopes can calm down conservatives like the club for growth, still skeptical of his credentials. >> it's up to the voters to decide if they want someone who will defend mistakes in the past or someone who says, i have learned from those mistakes, let's move on. >> reporter: speaking of candidates we have made a deal about the fact that newt gingrich took nearly two weeks off the campaign trail to go on vacation after announcing. today he finally returns from vacation with an appearance in new hampshire, matt. >> chuck todd at the white house this morning. thank you very much. >> reporter: bye, meredith. >> bye, chuck. now a check on the top stories at the news desk. >> i will miss hearing you say that, meredith. thanks so much. good morning, once again. >>> at least ten explosions rocked libya's capital city as nato presses on with air strikes. on tuesday the most intense barrage destroyed much of moammar gadhafi's compound. a defiant gadhafi gave a radio address vowing never to surrender. meantime, in brussels, nato ministers