. >> today, "newsmakers" mac thornberry followed by the house oversight a commanding on the benghazi. than a confirmation hearing from u.s. ambassadors to libya and chad. >> this week, mac thornberry, chairman of the intelligence arm services committee. to reporters to help us with that. >> on friday, abc news reported that the state department played a major role in the talking points. how do you see this playing out? think there are three categories of questions. they include what happened before and after the attack. i think reports you reference give us a lot more fidelity on the change the talking points and you did not want to call this a terrorist incident. hopefully we could understand more about why they would do that. the whole purpose here to me is to make sure that something like this does not happen again. it is very important to learn the lessons about the embassy security and had a time, and emergency response. on friday senator ad hoc said the president may get in peace over this. do you see a rising to that level? >> i do not see it at this point. it is important. we

so without any further delay please join me in welcoming congressman mac thornberry. [applause] >> thank you, andy. and the work of cs ba has been a tremendous help to me since i've been in congress. in fact, i would say i have relied more on the work product of this organization than any other in my years on the armed services committee. so when they come out with a study on special operations, which is a subject very important to me and very important to the country, then obviously i'm going to pay attention. and having read the report, i do believe that this study is an important contribution to the thinking that we all need to do about the future of special operations forces are in summary i think there are three facts of life that will have to deal with. one is we're going to have tight defense budgets for as far as the eye can see. the second one is the world is not getting any safer and it's not getting any simpler. and just a list of places like molly, nigeria, iran, syria obviously, north korea, or domains, states, cyber, help emphasize that point. but i thin

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blackthorn barry is our guest -- mac thornberry is our guest on "newsmakers." the author of a new book called "takedown." first we will take a look at the other programs that air on c- span radio, beginning with an dc's meet the press. a lot of questions about the irs and benghazi. good morning, nancy. >> good morning. on to a's sunday talk shows topics will include the latest on benghazi and sexual harassment in the military. we re-air five programs. guests include the chairman of the government reform committee, intelligence committee chair senator dianne feinstein, and former investor and co-chairman of the state department accountability review board. democraticeek", senator jack reed and new york democratic senator kg. on the program, congressman adam smith, he is the ranking member on the house services committee. and representatives elect, former governor of south carolina mark sanford. "stated the union closed " follows at 3:00 p.m.. guests include susan colorado and thomas pickering. also making an appearance democrat from illinois. balky for talks wit

matt thornberry who sits on the committee says u.s. officials are concerned. >> question is the military positioned to rescue americans, protect americans and obviously part of that depends on the history. we've all been through that with benghazi. part of it depends on how much notice you have. >> reporter: a car bomb targeted the french embassy in tripoli. two weeks ago armed militias overtook the ministry. the u.s. britain and france issued a joint warning wednesday to the militias to observe the rule of law. in benghazi today there were two explosions at police stations there. the british embassy issued the following warning, quote, given the security implications of the ongoing political uncertainty, the british embassy is temporarily withdrawing a small number of staff. the president's nominee to replace chris stevens faced questions at her confirmation hearing this week about the deteriorating situation. >> obviously, i think principle goal is to address the security vacuum, to address the capacity vacuum of the government in te

the story of jailed cia officer tonighat >> today on c-span newsmakers with represent thornberry.then a discussion on home grown terrorisms with former f.b.i. irector. >> this week, mac thornberry, chairman of the intelligence arm ervices committee. >> we have two reporters to help s with that. >> on friday, abc news reported that the state department played a jo

congressman thornberry are you satisfyd? what pieces of information, if any, are still lacking for you? >> i think there continue to be questions what happened before, what happened during special what happened after the attack in benghazi. as a matter of fact, we were both in a lrg this week where i learned new things about what went on that day. and whether it's exactly twho denied the repeated requests for increased security before the attack and why they denied them, to questions about the military change of command, why things did or did not happen during the event and the political spin afterwards, i think there is more to come. it is not-- the temptation will be, we have the irs scandal, the a.p. scandal, to turn our attention away from benghazi. but for the families of those who lost their lives, but also those people who are serving our country all around the world in embassies, potentially exposed like this, i think we have an obligation to get to the bottom of the matter and learn why it happened so it doesn't hap

by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] mac thornberry talked about defense issues. watch this today at 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> post 9/11 a lot more people cared about national security issues than was the case before. formeras a market for cia folks in national security all the guys you're used to operating in the shadows -- who were used to operating in the status of themselves as commentators and book writers. a somewhat uncomfortable interaction between the agencies and the usually former employees. at the time i felt that water boarding was something we needed to do. as time has passed and as a 9/11 has moved farther back into history, i think i have changed my mind. i think it is probably something we should not be in the business of doing that. >> like you say that? >> we are americans and we are better than that. a guy who meant well, who served his country well for 15 years in some very dangerous situations. he risked his life to take on al qaeda in in pakistan. prison,s going to leaving his young family behind. >> this w