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

attacks in benghazi that claimed the lives of four brave americans, chris stevens, shawn smith, tyrone woods and doherty, are part of a broader strategic challenge to the united states and our partners in north africa. i think it is important we understand the context for this challenge as we work together to protect our people and honor our fallen colleagues. any clear eyed examination of this matter must begin with this sobering fact. since 1988 there have been 19 accountability review boards, investigating attacks on american diplomats and their facilities. since 1977, 65 american diplomatic personnel have been killed by terrorists. in addition to those who have been killed, we know what happened in tehran, with hostages being taken in 1979, our embassy and marine barracks bombed in beirut in 1983, khobar towers in saudi arabia in 1996, our embassies in east africa in 1998, consulate staff murdered in jeddah, saudi arabia in 2004, the coast attack in afghanistan in 2009 and too many others. but i also want to stress the list of attacks that were foiled, crises averted and lives saved is e

tyrone woods and mr.len doherty, you must have had tremendous pain and suffering as we expressed in our proverb meaning the stones in the earth wet. madam secretary know that you were not alone. we went with you and the families of our fallen heroes. it is true that the benghazi attacks is the first time an american ambassador has been killed in the line of duty. it is also true that the world changed significantly since 1979 and consequently the department of state is increasingly operating in high threat locations throughout the world. this is why the accountability review board observed that congress needs to make a serious and sustained commitment in supporting state department needs. the fiscal year budget, the house cut the administration request by $200 million. however had you been provided 2.6 billion in funding, i wonder if the congress did their part in fulfilling their responsibility in providing the stayed department with the necessary resources and funding to meet needs to provide security f

chris stevens, tyrone woods and glen doherty and sean smith. i believe that they are correct. there was an e-mail from the chief financial officer for security following the benghazi attack, specific quote, although diplomatic security has been fiscally prudent, i do not feel we have ever been in a point where we sacrificed security due to a lack of funding. that actually is attributed to you. i have faith in the chief financial officer that it's a correct statement. as we begin, it's been reported that since you managed the response to the ben gassy attack, why weren't you the person to appear on the sunday shows immediately following the attack and susan rice said you declined. was that correct? >> i have to confess here in public going on the sunday shows is not my favorite thing to do. there other things i prefer to do on sunday mornings. and i haven't been on a sunday show in way over a year. it just isn't something i normally jump to do. i did feel strongly that we had a lot that we had to manage and i had to respond to and i thought that should be my priority. >> i beli

ambassador chris stevens, sean smith, tyrone woods, and glenn dougherty lost their lives on september2, during terrorist attacks on the special mission benghazi. as a committee, we honor their service to our nation and we grieve for their families, but we also resolve to take specific actions to prevent future incidents. we may not be able to prevent every single terror attack in the future, but we can and we must make sure that our embassies and employees, starting with high-risk, high-threat posts are capable of withstanding such an attack. to that end, secretary clinton and the department have embraced and agreed to embrace all 29 of the administrative review board's recommendations, and today we'll hear more about the progress the department has already made towards implementation of many of the recommendations. but i would add that congress is not without responsibility here. we also have an obligation to do our part to comply with the administrative review board's recommendations. it is my intention to work with the members of the committee and the department in the coming month

american compound in benghazi claimed the lives of ambassador christopher stevens, sean smith, tyrone woods and glen doherty. >>> in philadelphia, an am bettamber alert has been issued. surveillance video shows robinson being escorted from the elementary school by a woman dressed in traditional muslim clothing and believed to be pregnant. it was six hours before anyone noticed that she had been taken. >> don't hurt my baby. please don't hurt my baby. >> contact philadelphia police with any information on her whereabouts. a $10,000 reward is being offered. >>> and now here's your first look at this morning's dish of "scrambled politics." president obama is being warned about issuing executive orders on gun control. republican congressman steve stockman from texas says he'll take action to stop presidential directives including filing articles of impeachment against president obama. >>> the national rifle association has released a target shooting app on itunes approved for preschoolers ages 4 and up. nra practice range includes a shooting practice feature, safety tips and state-by-state gun

ambassador chris stevens, sean smith, tyrone woods, and glenn dougherty. >> i stood next to presidentarried those flag-draped caskets off the plane at andrews. i put my arms around the mothers and fathers, the sisters and brothers, the sons and daughters and the wives left alone to raise their children. >> reporter: later this afternoon, in testimony before the house foreign affairs committee, clinton was more subdued and mostly welcomed by republicans. >> i wish you the best in your future endeavors, mostly. >> reporter: though there were moments of sparring. >> madame secretary, you let the consulate become a death trap. and that's national security malpractice. >> i could have joined 18 of the other arbs, under both democratic and republican administrations, kept it classified, and then, you know, just said good-bye. that's not who i am, that's not what i do. >> reporter: clinton's larger point, that benghazi did not occur in a vacuum, and is emblematic of the larger challenge for the united states in northern africa. >> we are in for a struggle, but it is a necessary struggle. we

would like to ask secretary clinton is why when those bodies were coming home, she went up to tyrone woods' father and said we were going to bring this guy who created this video to justice. what happens what was that about? they're just trying to continue to perpetuate this false narrative. this wasn't caused by the fact that al-qaeda was on the rise. they're misleading the american public. >> thank you. >>> still to come, we're facing some of the coldest temperatures in this country. some scientists say it's due to global warming. plus, apple's shares plunging today and manti te'o admits he lied, so is he telling the truth now? try running four.ning a restaurant is hard, fortunately we've got ink. it gives us 5x the rewards on our internet, phone charges and cable, plus at office supply stores. rewards we put right back into our business. this is the only thing we've ever wanted to do and ink helps us do it. make your mark with ink from chase. [ male announcer ] how could a luminous protein in jellyfish, impact life expectancy in the u.s., real estate in hong kong, and the optics industr

ambassador chris stevens, sean smith, tyrone woods and glen doherty lost their lives on september 11th2012, during terrorist attacks on the special mission benghazi. as a committee we honor their service to our nation and we grieve with their families but we also resolve to take specific actions to prevent foot incidents. we may not be able to prevent every single terror attack in the future but we can and we must make sure that our embassies and employees, starting with high-risk, high threat posts are capable of with standing such an attack. to that end the secretary clinton and the department embraced and agreed to implement all 29 of the administrative review board's recommendations. today we'll hear more about the progress the department has made toward implementation of many of the recommendations. but i would add that congress is not without responsibility here. we also have an obligation to do our part to comply with the administrative review board's recommendations. it is my intention to work with the members of the committee and the department in the coming months on legislat

september 11th in benghazi, libya, resulted in the tragic deaths of ambassador stevens, sean smith, tyrone woods and glen doherty and are constant reminders of the work our diplomats engage in throughout the world. while we cannot eliminate all risks, it is our duty tone act protocols and policies that reduce the risks and provide the resources and support necessary to mitigate and manage the risks. i hope my colleagues consider the review board which you convened calling for and i quote, "a more serious and sustained kit -- commitment to support needs." this is important given implications that the sequester and potential government shut down has on our diplomatic security in high risk posts. i blend and thank admiral mullen for the comprehensive and prompt review they conducted and applaud you, madam secretary, for the adoption of all 29a.r.b. recommendations and undertaking their implementation and providing guidance on the status of the implementation here today and to say there has been some discussion of the response of getting to the nitty-gritty and fixing problems. i hope we will rory o

tyrone woods, mr. again dougherty, many of us have falte they didn't die in vain. one of the things that troubled me as i read this was the reliance we have on local security. that's the part that didn't make sense to me. i come from san diego, we have the marine corps there. we have the navy, we have incredibly good security and service people. why don't we rely more on them. >> that's an excellent question. you brought back some very sad memories in talking about the losses that occurred in el salvador. you know, we do rely primarily on host nation support but we have to take a harder look at the commitment and the capacity of these host nations and therefore in places all over the world, we also have private security guards, some armed, some unarmed, we have marine guards at many places, about 150 who at least are demonstrating a line of defense but we have to do more. when you ask why do we rely on these, in part because we don't have military assets everywhere. if you look at the statements, particularly by admiral mullen, who was our chairman of our joint chi

ambassador christopher stevens, glen doherty, tyrone woods and shawn myth. their sacrifice deserves honest answers and meaningful action and not political posturing and evasive answers. so keeping them honest, are we getting honest answers to truly relevant questions and are security problems that caused four americans their lives being addressed? last month a state department accountability review board identified systemic short comings and failures of leadership prior to the killings. secretary clinton says she takes full responsibility. today on capitol hill lawmakers demanded accountability. >> i am troubled by what seems to be this administration's pattern of misleading the american people and failing to hold decisionmakers accountable. >> chris stevens knew more about libya than anyone else in our government did not see a direct threat of an attack of this nature and scale despite the overall trend of security problems that we faced and i have to add neither did the intelligence community. >> an emergency meeting was held and a cable sent out on august

tyrone woods. mr. glen dougherty. many of us believe they didn't die in vain. that's why i'm proud you're here bravely standing before us trying to figure out what to do. one of the things that troubled me on this is the reliance we have on local security. that's the part that didn't make sense to me. i come from san diego. we have the marine corps there, we have the navy. we have incredibly good security in service people. why don't we rely more on them? >> well, that's an excellent question. and you brought back back some sad memories talking about the losses that occurred in el salvador. we do rely primarily on host nation support, but we have to take a harder look at the commitment and the capacity of the host nations. and therefore in places all over the world, we also have private security guards. some armed, some unarmed. we have marine guards at many places, about 150, who at least are demonstrating a line of defense. but we have to do more. and when you ask why do we rely on these, well, in part because we don't have military assets everywhere. if you

tyrone woods, mr. again dougherty, many of us have falte they didn't die in vain. one of the things that troubled me as i read this was the reliance we have on local security. that's the part that didn't make sense to me. i come from san diego, we have the marine corps there. we have the navy, we have incredibly good security and service people. why don't we rely more on them. >> that's an excellent question. you brought back some very sad memories in talking about the losses that occurred in el salvador. you know, we do rely primarily on host nation support but we have to take a harder look at the commitment and the capacity of these host nations and therefore in places all over the world, we also have private security guards, some armed, some unarmed, we have marine guards at many places, about 150 who at least are demonstrating a line of defense but we have to do more. when you ask why do we rely on these, in part because we don't have military assets everywhere. if you look at the statements, particularly by admiral mullen, who was our chairman of our joint chi

ambassador chris stevens, glen doherty, sean smith, and tyrone woods lost their lives during terrorist attacks. we grieve with their families. we also resolved to take specific actions to prevent future incidents. we may not be able to prevent every single terrorist attack of the future, but we can and must make sure our embassies and employees are capable of withstanding such an attack. the department has embraced all 29 of the recommendations. we hear more today about the progress already made toward implementation of many of the recommendations. i would add the congress is not without responsibility. we have an obligation to do our part to comply with the administrative review board's recommendations. i intend to work with the department in the coming months on legislation that will improve security and better protect our employees. one of the easiest things we can do is ensure the contract rules allow for sufficient flexibility to allow them to quickly make decisions where security is at risk and to hire local guards on a best-value basis to ensure we are not just checking the box

tyrone woods and mr.len doherty, we need answers so that we can prevent this kind of tragedy from happening again. it is no good for any of us to use this tragedy for political gain. this was a terrorist attack, first and foremost. and we must not lose sight of this brutal site. instead we must hold together in our commitment to defeat those who would do us harm. so madam secretary, i commend you for being in accordance with the -- and antiterrorism act of 1986, and for accepting all 29th of the recommendations of the arb commission. for the past 20 years you have served our nation well. you have done all you coul can o deliver freedom, safely to future generations. i salute you, and i look ahead to 2016 wishing you much success in extending to you my highest regards. i do have one question, or a couple if i have time. madam secretary, i note with interest one of your quotes, statement here that this is why ambassador chris stevens went to benghazi. i want to give the sense that the commitment in our fore

sean smith, tyrone woods and mr.eed answers so we can prevent this kind of tragedy from happening again. it is no good for any of us to use this tragedy for political gain. this was a terrorist attack, first and foremost and we must not lose site of this brutal tactffactactfu tactf tactful-- instead defeat those who would do us harm. and i commend you for the anti-terrorism act of 1986 and for accepting all 29 of their recommendations of the arb commission. for the past 20 years you have served our nation well. you have done all could you do to deliver freedom, safely to future generations. i salute you and i look ahead to 2016, wishing you much success in extending to you my highest regards. (laughter) i do have one question or a couple if i have time. madam secretary, i note with interest one of your quotes, a statement here that this is why ambassador chris stevens went to benghazi, i want to get the sense that the commitment that our service officers throughout the world is second to none, even at the risk of the

2012 that claimed the lives of four brave americans, chris stevens, glen doherty, sean smith, and tyrone woods, are part of a broader strategic challenge to the united states and our partners in north africa. i want to offer context, share what we have learned, and where we can work together to not only honor our fallen colleagues, but continue to champion american interests and values. any clear-eyed examination of this matter must begin with a sobering fact. since 1988, there have been 19 review boards investigating attacks on american diplomats and their facilities. benghazi joins a long list of tragedies for our department, other agencies, and america. our embassy in 1983, counsel and staff murdered in 2004, the coast attack in 2009, and too many others. since 1977, 65 american diplomatic personnel have been killed by terrorists. the list of lives saved is even longer. we should never forget our security professionals get it right more than 99% of the time against difficult odds all over the world. that is why, like my predecessors, i trust them with my life. administrations of both partie