indeed that of his colleagues, glen dougherty, sean smith, tyrone woods. i know you all join me in honoring and appreciating their service and devotion as well. chris and i worked together for a time almost a dozen years ago. he was even then fully committed to his work. an authority already in the middle east. a fine student of arabic. much more. he gave me careful and cogent advice and council as we wrestled together with the many growing problems that even back then were en endemic to the country's work. i learned about benghazi, as the critical changes in libya began to unfold. his leadership there at a time of great importance and danger was a tribute to his courage and bravery. his skill and dedication as a diplomat. to his commitment to a new and better libya. benghazi in a real sense, as you have heard today, became his city. as it is with a deep sense of fate that in benghazi he and his colleagues gave that last full measure for his country and his many friends in the city where he died, continuing to defend and prosper their hopes and their aspir

he was killed along with shawn smith, glen daughterty and tyrone woods. this arrest with wider implications. they believe this suspect was trying to launch a new wing of al qaeda. molly henneberg live from washington. what do we know about the suspect. >> u.s. officials have not had a chance to interrogate him yet. they have been tracking this guy for months. they intensified following the group attack in libya. akhmad about 45 years old is a former egyptian jihad member. he was released from prison in march 2011 during the arab string. he is the leader of the jamal met work and has been setting up training camps with financial help from al qaeda and yemen. he was trying to set up al qaeda in egypt. it could be the sign of muslim led brotherhood in egypt maybe willing to assist the u.s. in going after islamic terrorists. >> we know the secretary of state hillary clinton will be talking with lawmaker abouts benghazi and the attack coming up. what can you tell us about that? >> secretary of state hillary clinton will be heading to capitol hill to testify ab

. -- tyron woods. we were not asked to conduct an investigation into the attacks to find out who the perpetrators were or their motives. that is the statutory role of the fed ruled bureau of investigation and the intelligence community. we enjoyed excellent cooperation with both of them throughout the report. under relevant statute, secretary clinton asked us to examine whether the attacks were security related and other security systems and procedures were adequate and implemented properly. the impact of the availability of information and intelligence, and whether anything else about the attacks might be relevant to appropriate security management of u.s. diplomatic missions around the world. we were also asked to look at what the u.s. government employee or contractor breached his or her duty. basically we wanted to find the lessons to be learned. better to protect americans from future attacks. to do all that we interviewed more than 100 people. we reviewed thousands of documents and watched hours

ambassador to libya chris stevens state department official sean smith and two former navy seals tyrone woodsdoherty. what more do we know about these suspects. >> the head of the house intelligence committee would not identify the countries involved citing the sensitive nature of the investigation but confirmed there are other suspects in custody and federal agents are not getting the access they want. i will say i'm concerned about the multiple suspects taken into custody by other nations who could have strong information about the perpetrators to this event. earlier this month they detained a family roomer member of the egyptian islamist jihad benghazi attack. fox has told access has been blocked. lawmakers say federal investigators know who some of the players are but not their specific roles adding the investigation ♪ where they would like it to be. across the spectrum there is more that needs to be done. yes, we are still far from having definitive picture to what degree there was any level of command and control. and who was responsible. >> fox news asked the fbi for comment but there

embassy security personnel glenn doherty and tyrone woods. many questions have been raised about this tragedy about this whether we had sufficient intelligence ahead of time and. ambassador stephens became a good friend to this committee. while he was detailed to my staff in 2006 and 2007. his advice to me on the complexities of events in the region was invaluable. after he went back to state, he continued to brief staff from time to time, and he returned to meet with me after his remarkable tour as a united states representative to the rebels in benghazi. all of us have read accounts of chris stevens' extraordinary service. he was personally instrumental in advancing u.s. interests in libya. chris was providing the aind of energetic leadership we need for our embassy teams. he went beyond the walls to meet and converse with soldiers, shopkeepers and villagers as well as ministers and generals and bureaucrats. like united states embassy personnel around the world, and his team recognized that effective diplomacy in this era carries substantia

the father of tyrone woods one of the former navy seals saying he learned more from witness accountson died than he did from the white house. new hampshire senator kelly ayotte member of the house services committee and the budget committee. welcome back to "america's newsroom." >> good morning, bill. bill: do the families have any more answers now about how these four died? >> unfortunately, no. we had four brave americans that were murdered. my heart goes out to those families. they deserve answers. we still don't know why that wasn't more secure given two prior attacks on the consulate, given the security requests, given that the british had left, the red cross had left. it should have been secured or we should have closed the consulate, they deserve answer toeranswers to that. they deserve answers to a seven hour take, why we didn't have anyone there to help those that were there. and to hold those accountable, the terrorists who committed the attack. bill: senator, what is the hold up? >> the hold up is we are to the getting answers from the administration unfortunately. we have

embassy security personnel glenn doherty and tyrone woods. many questions have been raised about this tragedy about this whether we had sufficient intelligence ahead of time and. ambassador stephens became a good friend to this committee. while he was detailed to my staff in 2006 and 2007. his advice to me on the complexities of events in the region was invaluable. after he went back to state, he continued to brief staff from time to time, and he returned to meet with me after his remarkable tour as a united states representative to the rebels in benghazi. all of us have read accounts of chris stevens' extraordinary service. he was personally instrumental in advancing u.s. interests in libya. chris was providing the aind of energetic leadership we need for our embassy teams. he went beyond the walls to meet and converse with soldiers, shopkeepers and villagers as well as ministers and generals and bureaucrats. like united states embassy personnel around the world, and his team recognized that effective diplomacy in this era carries substantia

tragic deaths of four brave americans, ambassador chris stevens, when dority, sean smith, and tyrone woods against the backdrop of so many unanswered questions about what happened at benghazi, but for semi- clear the boards with specific mandate. we were not asked to conduct an investigation into the attacks to find out who the perpetrators were or their motives. that is the statutory role of the federal bureau of investigation and the intelligence community. we enjoy excellent cooperation throughout the report. under a relevant statute, secretary clinton asked us to examine whether the attacks were security related. and whether it's security systems and procedures were adequate in implementing them properly. the availability of information and intelligence and whether anything else about the attacks may be relevant to appropriate security management of u.s. diplomatic missions around the world, we were also asked to look at whether in the u.s. government or contractor breached his or her duty. basically, we wanted to find lessons to be learned. better to protect americans from from future

tragic deaths of four brave americans: ambassador chris stevens, glen doherty, sean smith, and tyrone woods against the backdrop of so many unanswered questions about what happened at benghazi, i will first make clear our board specific mandate. we were not asked to conduct an investigation into the attacks to find out who perpetrators are what their motives. that is the statutory role of the federal bureau of investigation and the intelligence community. we enjoyed excellent cooperation with both of them throughout the report. underwhelmed at that shoot from the secretary clinton asked us to examine whether the attacks are security related. other security systems and procedures are adequate and implemented properly. the impact of the availability of information and intelligence and whether anything else about the attacks might be relevant to appropriate security management of u.s. diplomatic missions around the world. we were also asked to look at whether u.s. government employee or contract or breach his or her duty. basically wanted to find lessons to be learned. other to protect america

tyrone woods was another seal. sean smith, an air force veteran. we want to say thank you to all of them, to the fallen, and their families. they all gave to the nation, and we are grateful beyond words for their service and sacrifice. from the very beginning of the benghazi event, every member of this committee has shared with the president and secretary clinton our determination to get all the facts about what happened and why. we submitted many questions to the state department to be incorporated into this investigation, and we are very pleased that they have been. we have had a number of classified briefings, and yesterday, the committee heard from ambassador john pickering and admiral mike mullen. we heard them deliver a frank and comprehensive set of findings to the review board. admiral mullen and ambassador pickering are two of america's most distinguished and capable public servants. i want to thank them for their extraordinary service to our country. the report pulls no punches. it tackles had on many of the questions we have been asking.

deepest sympathies to the families of ambassador chris stevens, sean smith, glenn dougherty and tyrone woods these truly heroic americanamerican s who lost their lives in benghazi to a terrorist attack. their dedicated servers will always be remembered by the american people. as we get into the accountability review board evaluation that the pickering report, there is an indication they -- directly the quote was in the months and weeks leading up to the attack the response to deteriorating security situation was inadequate. from each of you, what was the response and what steps have been taken, and indeed could this tragedy have been averted? >> well, congressman, clearly as the arb report concluded there were inadequacies. there was not an active enough response to requests that were made from post. just to be clear, think typically those kinds of requests, and it was true in this case, tended to come up to the assistant secretary level in those bureaus and the arb was very clear in emphasizes and the importance of us reinforcing shared responsibility in those areas. there was, and they dra

tyrone woods was another seal. sean smith, an air force veteran. we want to say thank you to all of them, to the fallen, and their families. they all gave it to the nation, and we are grateful beyond words for their service and sacrifice. from the very beginning of the benghazi event, every member of this committee has shared with the president and secretary clinton our determination to get all the facts about what happened and why. resubmitted many questions to the state department to be incorporated into this investigation, and we are very pleased that they have been. we -- we have had a number of classified briefings, and yesterday, the committee heard from an pastor john pickering and admiral mike mullen. we heard them deliver a frank and comprehensive set of findings to the review board. admiral mollen and an pastor pickering are two of american's most distinguished and capable public servant -- servants. -- admiraland mulle -- admiral mullen and ambassador pickering article of americans most distinguished and capable public servants. i want t