foreign service officer shawn smith, former navy seal, glenn dougherty and tyrone woods, and ambassador christopher stevens, who was our first ambassador murdered while serving sing adolf dubbs in 1979. at the time, my colleague, the junior senator from california, objected on the grounds that the administration was trying -- quote -- "to address benghazi" and that president obama would -- quote -- "not rest until the perpetrators were caught." madam president, here we are eight months later. the perpetrators still have not been caught and the confusion about what incurred on september 11, 2012, in benghazi has only gotten worse. in recent weeks, what happened on that terrible night has gotten more and more obscured. on april 2 of this year, mike morrell, the deputy director of the c.i.a. during the benghazi attacks, testified regarding the c.i.a. talking points that he -- quote -- "took out the word 'islamic' in front of 'extremist' because he thought there were other kind of extremists in libya and that he did not use the word 'terrorist' because -- quote -- "we see extremists and ter