is sad i really do came to the families us and we met with all four families, of chris stevens, shawn smith, tyrone woods and glenn diretty, i wanted to make sure i mentioned their names because sometimes they seem to get lost in all of this. but when we met with the families they only asked for three things. that's all. and they basically begged us do ot make this a political football. we football. we beg you. some of them with tears in their eyes. the second thing they asked for find out what happened on that night and they asked us for a third thing and that was do everything in your power to make sure this does not happen to someone else. ladies and gentlemen, i think that no matter how you look at when you have when you have th person in the republican party who comes forward the person plans with the speaker and the person who will continue to be -- who is one step away from becoming the speaker to tell you that this is all about a taxpayer funded political effort to derail the campaign of hillary clinton, ladies and gentlemen, that is a problem. i am not answering plans any questions

the five men who were with chris and shawn smith risked thundershower lives repeatedly. and were themselves under grave threat. you wanted to point out that even when we try to get it right, which we do try, sometimes there are unintended consequenc consequences. there's an example out of this tragedy. coming out of previous assessments of attacks on facilities, we now have safe havens, safe rooms in facilities plrly residents. the diplomatic security officers were able to get both chris and shawn into that safe room. of course, the idea behind the safe room, why security experts advocated for them was to protect our civilians, our diplomats from attacks like the one that was occurring. the attackers used diesel fuel to set the compound on fire. and the safe room was anything but safe. i'm sure the committee members know that neither chris stevens more shawn smith died from injuries directly inflicted by the attackers. they both died of smoke inhalation. and one of the recommendations in this arb report is that when we have safe havens, we need to have equipment that wil

and that of glenn dougherty, shawn smith, and woods, would that be accurate? >> i would not say that. i think it is a disservice for you to make that statement, congressman. and -- >> who does it disserve? >> well, it is a disservice of how hard the people who are given the responsibility of making these tough security decisions -- >> the people that were disciplined, did they keep faith with chris stevens? no. >> well, chris stevens was someone who had a commitment to our presence in libya -- >> there was no question. >> and we want to honor that -- >> there is no question. >> by continuing to do what we can to support the libyan people's transition. it is very much in my view in america's interest to continue to try to do so. >> i yield back. >> the gentleman's time has expired. the chair will recognize the gentle lady from illinois, ms. duckworth. >> thank you, mr. chairman, i want to talk a little bit more about what has been done for embassy security, personnel diplomatic security since then. my understanding in benghazi, there were some security improvem

ambassador steven, shawn smith, and glen dowerty, tyrone woods those families' to know the truth that is the focus. >> reporter: the state department came under pressure for not addressing prior of state hillary clinton took responsibility. today the chairman of the benghazi committee, released a statement attacking bradley saying one month ago this staffer had a chance to bear his soul, and raise his claim, he did not do it. goudie's statement said he has never met the fired staffer, he is can say he near told him to focus his investigation on hillary clinton. christina: all right. thank you. >> today thousands mourn the 95 victims who died in yesterday's suicide bombing in turkey, turkish officials have declared three days of mourning, following yesterday's attack that targeted a peace rally net capital. about 160 people are still in the hospital today with injuries. in the meantime a turkish news members. >> new debate over last year's police shooting of a 12-year-old cleveland . who was carrying a -- cleveland boy who was carrying a pellet gun that was weapon. the prosecute are of

a grieving mother whose only son shawn smith was among those killed also blames clinton. >> it was her department. how come she let my son be kill snd how come? she knene this was happening. >> let's bring in tracy potts who is live in washington for us today. today? >> her strategy is to try to set the record saight from her perspective yetagain. this will be the first time she's testified before this select committeehat's only looking at the benghazi attack. we're expecting eight hours of testimimy. so this could go very long today. one of the things the committee wants to know is why weren't the requests for more security in benghazi heeded earlier. they n n have 000ages of e-mails from ambassador chris stevens who was one of the four killed in that attack. they have not been able to question her on these e-mails before much less her own e-mails. she is expected today to push for more diplomacy in risky areas and ask congress for money for a diplomatic training facility that so far they have t to fund. >> it t going to be interesting. tracie, thank you so much for that. >>> joe bide

the five men who were with chris and shawn smith risked their lives repeatedly. and were themselves under grave threat. i wanted to point out that even when we try to get it right, which we do try, sometimes there are unintended consequences. and there is an example out of this tragedy. coming out of previous assessments of attacks on facilities, we now have safe havens, safe rooms in facilities particularly residences. the diplomatic security officers were able to get both chris and shawn into that safe room. of course, the idea behind the safe room, why security experts advocated for them, was to protect our civilians, our d diplomats from attacks like the one that was occurring. the attackers used diesel fuel to set the compound on fire. and the safe room was anything but safe. i'm sure the committee members know that neither chris stevens nor shawn smith died from injuries directly inflicted by the attackers. they both died of smoke inhalation. and one of the recommendations in this arb report is that when we have safe havens, we need to have equipment that w

the five men who were with chris and shawn smith risked their lives repeatedly. and were themselves under grave threat. i wanted to point out that even when we try to get it right, which we do try, sometimes there are unintended consequences. and there is an example out of this tragedy. coming out of previous assessments of attacks on facilities, we now have safe havens, safe rooms in facilities particularly residences. the diplomatic security officers were able to get both chris and shawn into that safe room. of course, the idea behind the safe room, why security experts advocated for them, was to protect our civilians, our d diplomats from attacks like the one that was occurring. the attackers used diesel fuel to set the compound on fire. and the safe room was anything but safe. i'm sure the committee members know that neither chris stevens nor shawn smith died from injuries directly inflicted by the attackers. they both died of smoke inhalation. and one of the recommendations in this arb report is that when we have safe havens, we need to have equipment that w

and that of glenn dougherty, shawn smith, and woods, would that be accurate? >> i would not say that. i think it is a disservice for you to make that statement, congressman. and -- >> who does it disserve? >> well, it is a disservice of how hard the people who are given the responsibility of making these tough security decisions -- >> the people that were disciplined, did they keep faith with chris stevens? no. >> well, chris stevens was someone who had a commitment to our presence in libya -- >> there was no question. >> and we want to honor that -- >> there is no question. >> by continuing to do what we can to support the libyan people's transition. it is very much in my view in america's interest to continue to try to do so. >> i yield back. >> the gentleman's time has expired. the chair will recognize the gentle lady from illinois, ms. duckworth. >> thank you, mr. chairman, i want to talk a little bit more about what has been done for embassy security, personnel diplomatic security since then. my understanding in benghazi, there were some security improvem

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i really do, that when the families came to us we met with all four families of chris stevens, shawn smith, tyrone woods, and glenn daugherty. i wanted to mention their names. sometimes they get lost in all of this. when we met with the families, do you know what they said? they only asked us for three things. just three things. and they basically begged us, they said do not make this political football. we beg you. some with tears in their eyes, the second thing that they asked for they said find out what happened on that night and they asked us for a third thing and that was do everything in your power to make sure this does not happen to someone else. i think no matter how you look at it when you have the number two person in the republican party who comes forward, the person who makes plans with the speaker and the person who will it continue to be -- who is one step away from becoming the speaker to tell you that is all about a taxpayer funded political effort to derail the campaign of hillary clinton, ladies and gentlemen, that is a problem. i'm not answering any questions. and so, a

ambassador chris stevens, shawn smith, tyrone woods and glen doherty.r screen there. really any inquiry set up should be about getting answers as to why this happened and how it can be prevented from ever happening again, marc. >> and that's why this is so sad for many of us. you know, we've done investigation after investigation. we've seen mistakes have been made, where errors were committed, where things could have been done differently. but to date, i still have yet to see anything that suggests that hillary clinton was deliberately culpable or criminally culpable or has done anythig close to what has been alleged. and i'm not a hillary clinton supporter. i don't go into investigation over the clintons assuming they're telling the truth or assuming that they followed the law or the rules. but in this case, this does have the feel of a partisan witch hunt. they could both be true. he could be angry and bitter and he could be mad because he's fired, and he could still be elitting the truth. again -- >> let me ask one more thing before i let you go. to

question would be, not details, not information what did it feel like standing over chris stevens, shawn smith, ty woods and glen doherty's' caskets, blaming the video when you knew it was a terror attack. and let her answer that, that will be a good look into what type of person she is i'm sure she'll have an answer for all the specifics. >> wow, this is pathetic. you mean you guys don't have one question that you would ask her? >> i would ask her about sidney blumenthal, for sure. >> about her involvement with benghazi? you want to talk about videos? >> that's the story. >> this is the story. >> this is why democrats say you know what, this is just a set-up. and you know what, you know what's going do happen tomorrow? probably? if this is the way it's going to go, the way you guys don't have one question. about a video? >> yes. >> no, people are interested in actually what what caused the murder of those people. >> and it's about the video. who pushed the lie. >> forget about the video. you're just asking something that seven committees have looked at. >> they didn't ask that question. >> it

. >> while did you learn that shawn smith had died? >> that was earlier in the evening. >> and what about ambassador stevens. >> before i left. >> and what about the confirmation of his death, before or after his death. >> we knew that, yes. >> what about the recovery of his body, was that before or after you left. >> we got word that we had a sighting of -- >> confirmation. >> well, i'm trying to tell you what we knew, and how we found out, because it -- it was something that we were trying to determine, and we had mixed signals about what we had learned. and it was our underring, and certainly by the time i left, that he was most likely not alive. but i'm not sure exactly when we were able to confirm that, because it depended upon getting firsthand information libyan contacts. >> where were you when you learned of the second attack? >> i was at home. >> did you go back to the state department when you learned about the second attack or did you stay home. >> i stayed home and i went to the it state department early in the morning. the

skills are shared by not just the diplomatic security agents, but people like chris stevens and shawn smithalso been working hard, to up the interagency cooperation. the interagency security teams that you asked about earlier, congresswoman, that's a continuing commitment that we are working on. and i know because of this, terrible tragedy, d.o.d. is much more focused on what needs to be thought through with respect to planning and reaction. you know, we had problems in the past with the pastor from florida, terry jones, inciting riots and protests that resulted in the deaths of people, including u.n. and others, who were stationed in afghanistan. and so we're trying in very close touch between the state department and the d.o.d. in that case secretary gates called him and asked him please not to get involved in what he was doing. because it was dangerous to our troops and our civilians. unfortunately, you know, he has a mind apparently of his own. so we are trying to have a closer coordinated planning and response effort. with respect to your specific questions that are really within the p

when the families came to us and we met with all four famili famili families, of chris stevens, shawn smithto make sure i mentioned their names, because sometimes, they seem to get lost in all of this. but when we met with the families, you know what they said? they only asked us for three things, that's all, just three things. and they basically begged us. they said, do not make this a political football. we beg you. i mean, some of them with tears in their eyes. the second thing that they asked for, they said, find out what happened on that night. and they asked us for a third thing, and that was, do everything in your power to make sure this does not happen to someone else. ladies and gentlemen, i think that no matter how you look at it, when you have the number two person in the republican party who comes forward, the person who makes plans with the speaker and the person who will continue to be -- who is one step away from becoming the speaker, to tell you that this is all about a taxpayer-funded political effort to derail the campaign of hillary clinton, ladies and gentlemen, that is

next morning -- the night before was a brief statement that we put out because we knew we had lost shawn smithnd i felt an obligation to tell that to the american people. the next morning i gave a much longer statement and it was very clear. heavily armed militants assaulted the compound and set fire to our building. >> secretary clinton, that is all good. you said you were trying to communicate to folks all over, all the folks you have around the middle east, right? >> yes, i was trying to send a message, yes. >> okay, i got it. but that is not what the experts said. they said don't conflate the events. tell the truth about benghazi, what happened there, other places where the video may have had an impact, why did you put them altogether when you didn't do it privately. when you told your family about benghazi it was terrorists killed our people. when you talked to the libyan president, the egyptian prime minister, we know it's not a film or a protest or a video or a terrorist attack. >> well, congressman i was working off the information that we had which was that all sharia claimed responsi

and that of glenn dougherty, shawn smith, and woods, would that be accurate? >> i would not say that. i think it is a disservice for you to make that statement, congressman. and -- >> who does it disserve? >> well, it is a disservice of how hard the people who are given the responsibility of making these tough security decisions -- >> the people that were disciplined, did they keep faith with chris stevens? no. >> well, chris stevens was someone who had a commitment to our presence in libya -- >> there was no question. >> and we want to honor that -- >> there is no question. >> by continuing to do what we can to support the libyan people's transition. it is very much in my view in america's interest to continue to try to do so. >> i yield back. >> the gentleman's time has expired. the chair will recognize the gentle lady from illinois, ms. duckworth. >> thank you, mr. chairman, i want to talk a little bit more about what has been done for embassy security, personnel diplomatic security since then. my understanding in benghazi, there were some security improvem

focused on the lack of security at the benghazi diplomatic compound, only ambassador stevens and shawn smith'ssean smith were killed there. both died of smoke inhalation well seeking refuge in his wasn't safe room. the two other americans who were killed, but security contractors, were hit by mortar fire in an attack about seven hours later at a nearby cia where u.s. intelligence agents, at a separate mission, were based. the cia contingent had far more protection, including heavily armed private american security guards. mike in connecticut, a democrat. hi there. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. on the subject of investigations and the lack of assistance, i 2003 when thek to bush administration decided to invade iraq. the army chief of staff troops in400,000 plus order to commit the in -- complete the initial invasion and stabilize the country. the bush administration decided that he would only need -- the army would only need 135,000. what happened in that case was, they did not have adequate troops to control the situation after the invasion. i think it is similar to beng

we are seeing in today's financial times to plug shawn smith paper an interview with the ceo of barclaysk was making the case for the buildup of a global, european champion in investment banking. because american investment banks are getting too competitive. that's the sort of government interference in the economy we are seeing and it is going to sort of have companies as governments become much closer. that's the context that i see strategic, which sort of translates itself into a new type of scenario for global trade where trade is going to go far more slowly in the future than it did in the past 25 years. we are seeing this in the trade statistics. we'll see read orientation of the structures and trade. partly because ac on emerging markets have developed to the point out economy where they begin to integrate much more regionally than they do globally -- asia. you see ethics come into asian region which is taking away a lot of the benefits that the american economy and the european economy could thrive on for the past 20 years. >> i just want to pick up on the points you made earlier

the five men who were with chris and shawn smith risked their lives repeatedly. and were themselves under grave threat. i wanted to point out that even when we try to get it right, which we do try, sometimes there are unintended consequences. and there is an example out of this tragedy. coming out of previous assessments of attacks on facilities, we now have safe havens, safe rooms in facilities particularly residences. the diplomatic security officers were able to get both chris and shawn into that safe room. of course, the idea behind the safe room, why security experts advocated for them, was to protect our civilians, our d diplomats from attacks like the one that was occurring. the attackers used diesel fuel to set the compound on fire. and the safe room was anything but safe. i'm sure the committee members know that neither chris stevens nor shawn smith died from injuries directly inflicted by the attackers. they both died of smoke inhalation. and one of the recommendations in this arb report is that when we have safe havens, we need to have equipment that w

ambassador chris stevens, shawn smith along with cia contractors tyrone woods and glen doherty.ter. and she gave our anderson cooper her impressions of the hearing today. >> overall, you know, i thought she did a fairly good job answering some of the questions. you know, as expected, a lot of the real answers that we're looking for were kind of brushed off or not answered in the detail that we would like. but in general it was what i expected it to be. >> you met with this committee on benghazi last year. what do you make of the accusations that some have made that it's not really a fact finding mission, that it's really just politics in play out to get secretary clinton? >> yeah, i mean, i think the word benghazi is certainly politically motivated. and there were certainly some grandstanding today. when i met with this committee, i really found them to be on a fact-finding mission. i mean, the facts speak for themselves, you know. a decade after the worst attack on american soil on 9/11, you know, there was another terrorist attack on the same day. and there were absolutely war

ambassador christopher stevens, foreign service officer shawn smith and tyrone woods and glen daugherty and the actions immediately in the aftermath were rightfully and thoroughly examined to honor the memory of the victims and to improve the safety of the men and women serving our country overseas. whereas the independent accountability review board convened by the u.s. state department investigated the events in ben fwazzy and found no evidence of deliberate wrongdoing. whereas five committees in the u.s. house of representatives investigated the events in benghazi and found no evidence of deliberate wrongdoing. whereas four committees in the u.s. senate investigated the events in benghazi and found no evidence of deliberate wrongdoing. whereas in each fiscal year more than $4 billion is appropriated to run the congress with untold amounts of this taxpayer money expended by nine congressional committees to investigate the events in bens, none of which pro-- benghazi, none of which produced any wrongdoing. whereas after the exhaustive, thorough and costly investigations by nine congres

and that's when they were pulling shawn's body out of the window. >> sean smith. >> sean smith. >> buthe ambassador is still lost. >> ambassador is still lost. >> tig, you and rone go into the building, one of many times, and there was a moment there. >> he was saying, hey i can't foon my way out. i was saying tom to my voice. but he almost made another right sproo the dining room that was engulfed in flames. i reached in and grabbed him and we went out and cuffed up a a couple lungs. >> and you are -- >> with libyan guards in the back. he said mr., mr., open the gate. i opened the gate. i looked at the commander, i said when you come through this gate you close it and you lock it. i moved forward. and i fine lighter that he didn't do that. we paid for it. we paid for it down the road. >> you have been there for a while now and you can fine the ambassador. you have been in multiple times. >> yeah. >> then you hear gunfire from outside the compound. and then rocket propelled grenade? >> all of a sudden, a big explosion. bam, just huge. >> where does it hit. >> over in this area. basical

rashard jackson, wade mckinley pemby, eric diction jr., james skinner, shawn hickman, kelvin warfield, rupert sam unanimous, michael smith, craig shields, robert michael mange, lamont scurry, e reen diggs, hassan fields, bruce flemming jr., charles jackson jr., shaquille hinton, harles dobbins, jennifer lee brown, tony brown iii, justin ay, elioto bennett, tyrell peterson, maurice, jerald smith, tony moody, davone stay king, kevin jones, -- davonte king, kevin jones, ellory udson, curtis mitchell, jerome grant, eric talbert, michael s. montgomery, bruce wayne, durant dorothy, allan gilbert. henry mcarthur, spencer lee mccain, terrence dumond, ivan cox jr., lonny pay, nathaniel wheeler, jerald thompson, jacqueline peark, lamont randall, eric forster, gary jackson, darius johnson, yrell hardy, donte barnes, tyrone johnson jr., marvin coffman jr., darrell king, ronald penn, robert lee jackson, delvin trusty, terrence singleton, julian rosary jr. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expired. ms. edwards: it is time to end the violence. it is time to end the violence. it's time for this congress to do something