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. >> it appears leaving benghazi with respect to all of that danger, leaving benghazi was not an option in 2012. and i yield back. >> if i could just quickly respond, never a recommendation from any intelligence official in our government, from any official in the state department, or from any other person with knowledge of our presence in benghazi to shut down benghazi even after the two attacks that the compound suffered. and perhaps you would wonder why. but i can tell you it was thought that the mission in benghazi, in conjunction with the cia mission, was vital to our national interest. >> the gentlelady yields back. >> very much, mr. chairman. i just want to clarify. i was asking secretary clinton a moment ago i mentioned an e-mail that had gone from ambassador chris stevens to deputy secretary lamb. what i meant to say was a cable. >> the record will reflect that. >> thank you, mr. chairman. secretary clinton, i'm pleased that you finally have the opportunity to be here. before i start my line of questioning, i just want to clarify with regards to the april, june 2012 incidents,
. >> it appears leaving benghazi with respect to all of that danger, leaving benghazi was not an option in 2012. and i yield back. >> if i could just quickly respond, never a recommendation from any intelligence official in our government, from any official in the state department, or from any other person with knowledge of our presence in benghazi to shut down benghazi even after the two attacks that the compound suffered. and perhaps you would wonder why. but i can tell you it was...
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to extend benghazi through 2012. and he sent it to undersecretary patrick kennedy who approved it. another high-level official who, by the way, for the record state department has given us none of undersecretary patrick kennedy's e-mails yet. same with jeffrey feltman, very high-level officials within the state department. are you familiar with that memo sent on december 27th entitled "future of operations in benghazi, libya"? are you familiar with that memo and if so did secretary feltman discuss that with you at the time and discuss extending the mission in benghazi in democrats of '11? >> i'm familiar that there was an ongoing discussion about the future of the mission in benghazi -- >> a discussion between whom, ma'am? >> between all of the relevant officials in the state department. >> help me with understanding -- >> jeff feltman was one of them. >> who else? >> chris stevens was one of them. but there were many others who had information and expertise to add to it. and there was a recommendation that benghazi
to extend benghazi through 2012. and he sent it to undersecretary patrick kennedy who approved it. another high-level official who, by the way, for the record state department has given us none of undersecretary patrick kennedy's e-mails yet. same with jeffrey feltman, very high-level officials within the state department. are you familiar with that memo sent on december 27th entitled "future of operations in benghazi, libya"? are you familiar with that memo and if so did secretary...
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. >> guest: the ranking member of the benghazi benghazi committee as you know and currently the ranking member of the house oversight committee and he's been there for a while. he is there right now and he was previously there went there'll issa was the chairman said so he's had a fairly long experience being minority democrats on the committee that is going after them probing the obama administration. he has had to kind of have a set back stiff upper lip and has been somewhat of a fighter and theirs is bear mountain speculation that he may end up running for the senate in maryland. he says it's not making any firm commitments so after this hearing was secretary clinton but recent polling said that he wanted to do that option would be there for him and he could jump into the fray and would probably do well in the open senate seat in maryland after senator mikulski steps down the end of next year. so he is a high-profile and certainly gained a lot of recognition because of this committee and might take that to the upper chamber. >> host: we have adam schiff, linda sanchez tammy duckworth
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presence in benghazi. and republicans asked more than 45 questions about david brock, media matters, i have no idea what that is even, and affiliated entities, but no questions -- no questions -- about ambassador stevens and other u.s. personnel in benghazi. that's sidney blumenthal by the numbers. now, there were a couple lines of questioning that i did understand. one of them was about the accountability review board report. now, not the one that's actually relevant to today about benghazi, but the one that was written 17 years ago about a different attack in tanzania. there was a very nice chart. they've got great exhibits. selectively quoting from that report. and the implication was the secretary should have security, should be the one deciding the security at every facility around the world. what he didn't read to you was part of the same section of that report, which says, quote, in the process the secretary should re-examine the present organizational structure with the objective of assuring that a
presence in benghazi. and republicans asked more than 45 questions about david brock, media matters, i have no idea what that is even, and affiliated entities, but no questions -- no questions -- about ambassador stevens and other u.s. personnel in benghazi. that's sidney blumenthal by the numbers. now, there were a couple lines of questioning that i did understand. one of them was about the accountability review board report. now, not the one that's actually relevant to today about benghazi,...
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if you were investigating benghazi or what happened in benghazi and there was an offer of an e-mail three months to the day, three months to the day from when our four fellow americans were killed, the author of the e-mail says "anti-american demonstration, looking for americans to attack, game changer, soft target, no continuity, the cost to continue to do business there may become challenging." would you want to talk to the author of that e-mail if you were investigating benghazi? >> the accountability review board had full run of the state department to talk to anyone they chose to talk to. it's my understanding they conducted more than 100 interviews, and they were well aware, as their report reflects, of the dangerous situation in libya. >> i don't want to interrupt you. that actually was not my question. my question is, would you want to talk to that person? not whether or not the arb did, because the arb actually did talk to that person. my question is, wouldn't you want to talk to that person if you were investigating benghazi? >> well -- >> i promise it is not a trick question. t
if you were investigating benghazi or what happened in benghazi and there was an offer of an e-mail three months to the day, three months to the day from when our four fellow americans were killed, the author of the e-mail says "anti-american demonstration, looking for americans to attack, game changer, soft target, no continuity, the cost to continue to do business there may become challenging." would you want to talk to the author of that e-mail if you were investigating benghazi?...
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today's program is dedicated to the benghazi hearing. us, or call in, tweet comment on the c-span facebook page. hillary clinton: i would imagine i thought more but what happens in all of you put together. i have lost more sleep than all of you put together. i have been racking my brain about what more could have been done. or should have been done. it is the day after, and there is plenty of reaction to hillary clinton's testimony on benghazi. yesterday,r 11 hours and we would like to hear from you now. what does it all mean? you will devote the entire washington journal on this friday to benghazi
today's program is dedicated to the benghazi hearing. us, or call in, tweet comment on the c-span facebook page. hillary clinton: i would imagine i thought more but what happens in all of you put together. i have lost more sleep than all of you put together. i have been racking my brain about what more could have been done. or should have been done. it is the day after, and there is plenty of reaction to hillary clinton's testimony on benghazi. yesterday,r 11 hours and we would like to hear...
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this was a constant conversation. >> report attacking benghazi benghazi what have you done specifically to help them build their security capacity? >> is theirs along with and i'd be happy to provide that to you because it is filled with training, with equipment, with the kind of planning that they have not done before and i'm happy to send you the details on that senator. >> senator casey. >> adam secretary thank you for being here today to provide this testimony. i'm going to ask you a question that relates to the implementation of the accountability review board recommendations but before i do that i want to express what i think is a widely shared sentiment today both in gratitude and accommodation for your work. we don't have time today to do a full listing of all the achievements that you should get credit for but i will mention maybe two or three and might of the work you have done in some of the work we have done together. it's terribly difficult challenge in dealing with and reducing the flow of calcium ammonium nitrate which finds its way into the roadside bombs that kill our t
this was a constant conversation. >> report attacking benghazi benghazi what have you done specifically to help them build their security capacity? >> is theirs along with and i'd be happy to provide that to you because it is filled with training, with equipment, with the kind of planning that they have not done before and i'm happy to send you the details on that senator. >> senator casey. >> adam secretary thank you for being here today to provide this testimony. i'm...
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this is the new benghazi. on the rules of saving lives, my colleagues on the other side of the aisle would use the resources of the united states government to pursue their extreme agenda. the targeting of planned parenthood is a gross abuse of political power to punish a trusted organization because it provides a full array of health services that includes abortion, and it sends a chilling message to anybody who would dare to give women choices. mr. speaker, to quote a well-known political thinker, there is no greater tirney than that which is -- tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of law and justice. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back her time. the gentlelady from new york. ms. slaughter: mr. speaker, i'm pleased to yield a minute to the gentlewoman from wisconsin, ms. moore. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from wisconsin is recognized for one minute. ms. moore: thank you, mr. speaker, and i rise in opposition to h.res. 461. this resolution supposedl
this is the new benghazi. on the rules of saving lives, my colleagues on the other side of the aisle would use the resources of the united states government to pursue their extreme agenda. the targeting of planned parenthood is a gross abuse of political power to punish a trusted organization because it provides a full array of health services that includes abortion, and it sends a chilling message to anybody who would dare to give women choices. mr. speaker, to quote a well-known political...
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my colleagues want to keep talking about benghazi. i felt like if they're going to bring it up, we need to say, yes, that was politics, and we need to find out why it was so political instead of coming
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hilary clinton at the house benghazi committee. we are going get to it with frank being our caller, buffalo, new york, democrat. >> caller: hi, my maname is fra, i voted for george w. bush, the first one, the senior. he got us out of iraq, before we took down the dictator ship. the second george w. bush, and dick cheney and rumsfeld i circling the maps and telling people, you know, there's mass destruction over here, they are going to bomb us, they are going the kill us. there was nothing. but nobody ever says anything about that. that's what i'm trying to say. it's, let's be fair. benghazi, yeah. it was for americans. and yes, i did serve in the military. but it was -- how many americans did we lose in iraq. we had to go in to pakistan and afghanistan, there's no doubt about that. but not iraq. we should have left that alone like george sr. did, because he knew it would create a vacuum. >> frank, where did you serve? >> caller: i served in the navy. >> all right, thank you. carry is on the line, mount view, hawaii. >> caller: i ju
hilary clinton at the house benghazi committee. we are going get to it with frank being our caller, buffalo, new york, democrat. >> caller: hi, my maname is fra, i voted for george w. bush, the first one, the senior. he got us out of iraq, before we took down the dictator ship. the second george w. bush, and dick cheney and rumsfeld i circling the maps and telling people, you know, there's mass destruction over here, they are going to bomb us, they are going the kill us. there was...
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let's be very clear, benghazi is not political. purposereated for one and one purpose only to find the truth on behalf of the families the four dead americans. period. i've been very clear about this. try tose politics to change it around. that's the only reason why the was formed. the integrity has never come in to question. did you misspeak personally? >> i could have been more clear my description of what was going forward. i've stated that. there's only one reason why the committee was created period. >> today the house tabled the democrats resolution to shut down the benghazi committee. voted 242-184 to investigation abortion providing and the handling of fetal tissues. soon after republicans meet to choose their candidate to be the next house speaker. the house begins legislative business at noon. they will work on bills dealing on indianroduction tribal lands and to allow the export of crude oil. you can watch live coverage of the u.s. house here c-span. c-span, british prime minister, david cameron the conservative party co
let's be very clear, benghazi is not political. purposereated for one and one purpose only to find the truth on behalf of the families the four dead americans. period. i've been very clear about this. try tose politics to change it around. that's the only reason why the was formed. the integrity has never come in to question. did you misspeak personally? >> i could have been more clear my description of what was going forward. i've stated that. there's only one reason why the committee...
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my colleagues want to keep talking about benghazi. i felt that we were going to bring it up we need to say yes that was politics and we need to find out why it was so political instead of coming together as americans and protecting those people. my time has expired. >> the chair recognizes the gentleman from florida mr. deutsch for five minutes. >> thank you mr. chairman. mr. chairman it's remarkable to me that the issues of the majority have collided into one hearing. instead of a planned parenthood has become a hearing of benghazi. yesterday the select committee investigated abortion practices meeting today's hearing is more pointless than it was before. the house judiciary committee is now one of four in the house investigating planned parenthood. what exactly are we investigating today? let's be clear, no one has said this yet but we need to be clear about it. the goal of the majority is to return to a nation where roe v. wade does not allow the land and where women do not enjoy the constitutional right that the supreme court made
my colleagues want to keep talking about benghazi. i felt that we were going to bring it up we need to say yes that was politics and we need to find out why it was so political instead of coming together as americans and protecting those people. my time has expired. >> the chair recognizes the gentleman from florida mr. deutsch for five minutes. >> thank you mr. chairman. mr. chairman it's remarkable to me that the issues of the majority have collided into one hearing. instead of a...
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we keep talking about benghazi. i'm okay with letting facts play out how they will play out because i think it is important for the american people to see how government works and when there is something wrong you figure out what went wrong and try to fix it. but too often we play gotcha moments when there are no gotcha moments, instead of being respectful for the deceased, people who gave their life for this country, to figure out how we prevent things like that from happening again. so, you know, let me just say, and, i will ask miss stoltenberg since i do have a minute, do you at this that if the law just said you can't have an abortion we would go to zero abortions? >> no, i don't believe we would go to zero abortions but i believe there are many women dying today from legal abortions, probably more so because there are more abortions being done than there were than back alley and more women maimed and hurt and harmed like i was. >> do you think the law of the land would have made a decision on your decision? >>
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the benghazi select committee is a sham. democrats have known this for two years but now we have a man that's going to be, i understand after tomorrow at noon, is going to be running the house of representatives come november 1. he has acknowledged that it was -- it's a witch-hunt. that's why the democratic leadership of the senate wrote to speaker boehner asking me to dismanned the select committee. i will not stop republicans based on mccarthy's admission. if it were up to me, the house democrats on the panel would nail this quote on the committee room doors as a reminder to everyone that the republicans have manipulated a true american tragedy and turned it into a political circus. mccarthy -- everybody thought hillary clinton was unbeatable, right? we put together a benghazi special committee, a select committee. what are her numbers today? her numbers are dropping. he's so proud of himself. until house republicans do the right thing and ban this committee, i'll continue to tell the american people about this disgrace, t
the benghazi select committee is a sham. democrats have known this for two years but now we have a man that's going to be, i understand after tomorrow at noon, is going to be running the house of representatives come november 1. he has acknowledged that it was -- it's a witch-hunt. that's why the democratic leadership of the senate wrote to speaker boehner asking me to dismanned the select committee. i will not stop republicans based on mccarthy's admission. if it were up to me, the house...
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yes, benghazi was about politics. and i would love to know what the president was doing that night because i can tell you, if i had people that worked for me, my personal ambassador is missing, i could not go to bed. and, yet, apparently there was plenty of rest before he went to the fund-raiser in las vegas the next day. yes, my colleague is right. benghazi was about politics, and we need to get to the bottom of why those four people were killed while nobody in washington that knew what was going on lifted a finger. and why david oven doesn't even get an american plane, somebody else has to provide a plane. he's on a gurney and they're beating his leg blown off against the sides of that little plane while somebody in washington knows but they're doing nothing. you bet it was politics, and a lot of -- four people died and a lot of people suffered because of that politics. this is a hearing about planned parenthood. my colleagues want to keep talking about benghazi. i felt like if they're going to bring it up, we need
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the fact is this hearing is just like benghazi. it's just like the select committee on planned parenthood, it's politics and yet we got major problems going on in this country. the whole idea that this is about planned parenthood is wrong and we've -- dr. levantino has admitted, medical ethics, everybody, there's no evidence of medical impropriety by planned parenthood, only a title that has been put up here. and miss stoltenberg, one-third of her history is planned parenthood. it's unfortunate this is the way we're spending our time. it's really unfortunate.
the fact is this hearing is just like benghazi. it's just like the select committee on planned parenthood, it's politics and yet we got major problems going on in this country. the whole idea that this is about planned parenthood is wrong and we've -- dr. levantino has admitted, medical ethics, everybody, there's no evidence of medical impropriety by planned parenthood, only a title that has been put up here. and miss stoltenberg, one-third of her history is planned parenthood. it's unfortunate...
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just like benghazi was politics and kevin mccarthy told you it was politics and it accomplished its purpose of the woman who is going to lead the democratic party -- >> will the gentleman yield? >> no, i won't. but just like that and he admitted that's what they were doing and this planned parenthood is the same deal. they're having a special committee they've now set up and yet representative chaffetz said
just like benghazi was politics and kevin mccarthy told you it was politics and it accomplished its purpose of the woman who is going to lead the democratic party -- >> will the gentleman yield? >> no, i won't. but just like that and he admitted that's what they were doing and this planned parenthood is the same deal. they're having a special committee they've now set up and yet representative chaffetz said
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. >> now on another subject, on the benghazi hearing. today, i understand that david kendall, the attorney for hillary clinton as well as trey gowdy and elijah cummings will be meeting to set the ground rules for thursday. >> i had not heard that. >> well, you have an exclusive. >> there you go. breaking news, everybody. >> all right. so anyway, trey gowdy is proposing to all the persons in this meeting that he wants each member of the committee to have four questions, which would lead up to eight hours. what do you, what does this white house want to see when it comes to this very sensitive hearing, particularly as relates to benghazi, not the e-mails, necessarily, but benghazi as the family of those who died want answers still in the midst of all this controversy. >> well, i think what we have seen from a lot of the families is not just a desire for answers, but a desire to not see this terrible tragedy used tor partisan political gain. and unfortunately, that's exactly what we've seen from the committee. and you don't have to take my
. >> now on another subject, on the benghazi hearing. today, i understand that david kendall, the attorney for hillary clinton as well as trey gowdy and elijah cummings will be meeting to set the ground rules for thursday. >> i had not heard that. >> well, you have an exclusive. >> there you go. breaking news, everybody. >> all right. so anyway, trey gowdy is proposing to all the persons in this meeting that he wants each member of the committee to have four...
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because it was not only about benghazi. it was also about the embassy in tripoli. and i think it's fair to say that, you know, chris asked for what he and his people requested because he thought that it would be helpful. but he never said to anybody in the state department, you know what? we just can't keep doing this. we just can't, we can't stay there. he was in constant contact with, you know, people on my staff, other officials in the state department. and, you know, i did have an opportunity to talk with him and about the substance of the policy. but with respect to security, he took those requests where they belonged. he took them to the security professionals, and i have to add, congressman, the diplomatic security professionals are among the best in the world. i would put them up against anybody. and i just cannot allow any comment to be in the record, in any way, criticizing or disparaging them. they have kept americans safe in two wars and in a lot of other really terrible situations over the last many years. i trusted them with my life. you trust them wi
because it was not only about benghazi. it was also about the embassy in tripoli. and i think it's fair to say that, you know, chris asked for what he and his people requested because he thought that it would be helpful. but he never said to anybody in the state department, you know what? we just can't keep doing this. we just can't, we can't stay there. he was in constant contact with, you know, people on my staff, other officials in the state department. and, you know, i did have an...
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the republicans have done little to investigate the benghazi attacks. and what little work the house republicans actually did only reconfirmed the basic findings of all the previous investigations. house republicans sadly have used the tragic deaths of four innocent americans and turned it into an appalling political farce. the notion that an official house committee was used as a political tool is inexplicable. i would suggest the chairman of that committee should be ashamed of himself. it's even more disgraceful that nearly, i repeat, $5 million, taxpayer dollars were spent on this political hit job. senate democrats will continue to fight to get this sham committee disbanded. weeks ago we sent a letter to boehner urging him to put this disgraceful committee to an end, but no, they are plotting forward. today the democrats have sent a letter requesting to reimburse for the benghazi committee's expenses. why did we do that? it's only fair since the so-called committee is clearly a republican political organization. i would ask, mr. president, that my r
the republicans have done little to investigate the benghazi attacks. and what little work the house republicans actually did only reconfirmed the basic findings of all the previous investigations. house republicans sadly have used the tragic deaths of four innocent americans and turned it into an appalling political farce. the notion that an official house committee was used as a political tool is inexplicable. i would suggest the chairman of that committee should be ashamed of himself. it's...
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mccarthy's comments last week about the benghazi committee. hillary clinton will appear before the committee later this month. as the white house have an opinion about whether or not she should continue to appear before the committee later on this month? josh earnest: that is a decision for she enter campaign to make. the only reason we are having is because oneon of the leading house republicans acknowledged that the goal here was to try and drive down her poll numbers. i think the fact that the broadly hason worked in good faith to cooperate with the investigation, i think is an indication of how far we are willing to go cooperate with congressional oversight. even own concerns are raised about the true intent of that committee. concerns that are raised about the public statements of the likely next speaker of the house. the administration continues to cooperate with that committee. >> so that will continue? aside whether secretary clinton should appear, the white house continues to cooperate with the committee and provided the information i
mccarthy's comments last week about the benghazi committee. hillary clinton will appear before the committee later this month. as the white house have an opinion about whether or not she should continue to appear before the committee later on this month? josh earnest: that is a decision for she enter campaign to make. the only reason we are having is because oneon of the leading house republicans acknowledged that the goal here was to try and drive down her poll numbers. i think the fact that...
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they want to keep talking about benghazi. i felt like if they are going to bring it up we need to say yes. we need to start coming together as america and protecting those people harm. >> thank you mr. chairman. it's remarkable to me the two most important issues have now collected into one hearing. the planned parenthood hearing has now become. yesterday the house created the committee for abortion practices meaning of today's hearing is even more pointless than it was before. the house judiciary committee is now one of four committee is in the house investigating planned parenthood. what exactly are we investigating today, let's be clear no one says this yet but we need to be clear about it. we returned to a nation where rosie wages and the mall of the land and women do not enjoy the constitutional right the supreme court made clear. that's what this is about. now i don't know why we are here including six different states including my own for any wrongdoing by planned parenthood we are not here to discuss the tissue donati
they want to keep talking about benghazi. i felt like if they are going to bring it up we need to say yes. we need to start coming together as america and protecting those people harm. >> thank you mr. chairman. it's remarkable to me the two most important issues have now collected into one hearing. the planned parenthood hearing has now become. yesterday the house created the committee for abortion practices meaning of today's hearing is even more pointless than it was before. the house...
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later, investigative reporter cheryl atkinson find that what happens in benghazi on september 11, 2012 during and after the attack that killed ambassador chris stevens and three other americans. washington journal i live every morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern. you can join the conversation of calls and comments on facebook and twitter. thursday, former secretary of state and presidential candidate hillary clinton testifies before the house select committee on benghazi about the 2012 terrorist attack on the u.s. consulate. ambassador christopher stephens and three other americans were killed. have live coverage of mrs. clinton's testimony at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span three, c-span radio, and c-span.org. this sunday night on "q and a", new york times national political reporter shares her wrist experience from hillary clinton's presidential campaign and compares what it is like now to back in 2008. was was a lot younger, i the traveling person. i was not in a senior role. when you are traveling all the time, i got to know the people that traveled with her. i felt like i got to know her re
later, investigative reporter cheryl atkinson find that what happens in benghazi on september 11, 2012 during and after the attack that killed ambassador chris stevens and three other americans. washington journal i live every morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern. you can join the conversation of calls and comments on facebook and twitter. thursday, former secretary of state and presidential candidate hillary clinton testifies before the house select committee on benghazi about the 2012 terrorist...
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we were desperate, and we were trying to call everybody we knew in benghazi, in libya -- get additional help. what appears to have happened at some point later, is that libyans found ambassador stevens, and they carried him to the hospital in benghazi. and libyan doctors labored nearly two hours to try to resuscitate him. and i mention all of this because i want, not just the committee members, but any viewers in the public to understand that this was the fog of war, that the diplomatic security officers, and then later the cia officers responded with heroism, professionalism as they had been trained to do. we thought things would be safe once they took refuge in the cia annex, and, as we know, even though that was a highly fortified, much more secure facility than our diplomatic compound, and one that we had nothing to do with in the state department, it turned out also to be a target for the militants, which is where the two cia contractors, mr. woods and mr. doherty, died. but in looking at all of the information, the accountability review board, and, particularly, admiral mullen, wh
we were desperate, and we were trying to call everybody we knew in benghazi, in libya -- get additional help. what appears to have happened at some point later, is that libyans found ambassador stevens, and they carried him to the hospital in benghazi. and libyan doctors labored nearly two hours to try to resuscitate him. and i mention all of this because i want, not just the committee members, but any viewers in the public to understand that this was the fog of war, that the diplomatic...
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it's important that we know what happened that evening in benghazi. we have a responsibility to do that. you know, we do not, we have not yet had important questions answered. four americans died. that the appropriate legislation get the answers. i don't care who is in the white house. i don't care who is the secretary of state. on behalf of the american people, this is where representative government, where the legislative branch has a responsibility to hold the administration accountable and to ask the appropriate questions. that is what the benghazi committee is seeking to do. trey gowdy is an honorable man. he is a former prosecutor. who knows how to do about it. he has done it in a way, i would encourage you to look at the way he approached this. he has approached it in a way where he is asking questions, and he has not made a political. >> so were you disappointed when you heard mccarthy say what he said? why did he say what he said? he seems to be saying, we did this and her poll numbers came down. he seemed to say the committee was designed to
it's important that we know what happened that evening in benghazi. we have a responsibility to do that. you know, we do not, we have not yet had important questions answered. four americans died. that the appropriate legislation get the answers. i don't care who is in the white house. i don't care who is the secretary of state. on behalf of the american people, this is where representative government, where the legislative branch has a responsibility to hold the administration accountable and...
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yes, benghazi was about politics. and ii would love to know what the president was doing that night. if i have people that worked for me i cannot go to bed. it apparently there was plenty of rest before he went to the fundraiser in las vegas the next day. yes, my colleague is right. it was about politics, and politics command we need to get to the bottom of why those people were killed while no one in washington that knew what was going on lifted a finger he is on a gurney, and they are beating his leg blown off against the side of the little plane someone in washington those that are doing nothing. you bet it was politics. we need to say yes. that was politics, and we need to find out why it was so political set of coming together as americans in protecting those people. my time is expired. >> the chair recognizes gentleman from florida for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. it is remarkable to me that the two most important issues to the majority of our collided and one hearing now one of four committees inve
yes, benghazi was about politics. and ii would love to know what the president was doing that night. if i have people that worked for me i cannot go to bed. it apparently there was plenty of rest before he went to the fundraiser in las vegas the next day. yes, my colleague is right. it was about politics, and politics command we need to get to the bottom of why those people were killed while no one in washington that knew what was going on lifted a finger he is on a gurney, and they are beating...
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speaking about the benghazi committee, here's what he said. congressman mccarthy told fox news, "everybody thought hillary clinton was unbeatable, right? we put together a benghazi special committee to select a, t committee. what are her numbers today? her numbers are dropping." i might add, the person doing the interviewing, good job. but, mr. president, there you have it. according to the odds-on favorite future speaker of the house, the benghazi special committee was put together to hurt hillary clinton politically, to make her poll numbers drop. we've been saying this all along, but we have had now a gaffe, but it wasn't a slipup. he just told the truth. this is evidence of what we have been saying. the again gasaying it is no surprise that congressman mccarthy's own completion are now back-pedaling from his comments. elections are going to be in a he caweek. they better take a look at who they are going to put in as speaker. republicans have taken a national tragedy -- four americans were killed -- and turned it into the cheapest politica
speaking about the benghazi committee, here's what he said. congressman mccarthy told fox news, "everybody thought hillary clinton was unbeatable, right? we put together a benghazi special committee to select a, t committee. what are her numbers today? her numbers are dropping." i might add, the person doing the interviewing, good job. but, mr. president, there you have it. according to the odds-on favorite future speaker of the house, the benghazi special committee was put together...
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this benghazi committee was only created for one purpose. to find the truth on behalf of the families of the four dead americans. i should not be a distraction from that. that is part of the decision as well. >> thank you very much, guys. >> [indiscernible] rep. kevin mccarthy: the conference should be able to decide. thank you all very much. >> i want to make sure we are doing what we told the american people. we had a lot of discussion. that will happen. [indiscernible] love kevin mccarthy, he is a good man. that was a tough thing to do. he wants to share the same goal that i have. [indiscernible] [chatter] >> do you expect new competition? >> i think the conference needs to have a variety of choices. that is a healthy part of it. i do think there should be a variety of choices. >> he's coming to the mic. jason chaffetz: i'm here with my wife, julie. absolutely stunned. kevin mccarthy is a very good always want to put his country before everything else. he and i stand shoulder to shoulder with the same goal. to unite the party and take the
this benghazi committee was only created for one purpose. to find the truth on behalf of the families of the four dead americans. i should not be a distraction from that. that is part of the decision as well. >> thank you very much, guys. >> [indiscernible] rep. kevin mccarthy: the conference should be able to decide. thank you all very much. >> i want to make sure we are doing what we told the american people. we had a lot of discussion. that will happen. [indiscernible] love...
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thank you for joining us and giving us background on the house benghazi committee. can you read julian at the hill.com. he's also on twitter at jmhattem. thanks for joining us. >>> this sunday night on q&a. amy chosic of the shares her experiences from hillary clinton's presidential campaign and compares what it's like now to 2008. >> to be honest, i was a lot younger. i was sort of the traveling person. i wasn't in a senior role, and i also, you know, when you're traveling all the time, i got to know the people who traveled with her. i felt like i got to know her pretty well, because she'd come back on the plane and talk to us. but at the same time, i didn't have the same sort of sources of the campaign and high level people that i have now. and whether that's a function of be being of the times or a function of being more a senior role. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span's q&a. >>> virginia lieutenant governor ralph northam spoke about the importance preventing unwanted pregnancies. his remarks came at the brookings institution. this is two hour
thank you for joining us and giving us background on the house benghazi committee. can you read julian at the hill.com. he's also on twitter at jmhattem. thanks for joining us. >>> this sunday night on q&a. amy chosic of the shares her experiences from hillary clinton's presidential campaign and compares what it's like now to 2008. >> to be honest, i was a lot younger. i was sort of the traveling person. i wasn't in a senior role, and i also, you know, when you're traveling...
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it is important that we know what happened that evening in benghazi. we have to responsibility to do that. hado not -- we have not yet important questions answered. fou americans died and it is appropriater that the legislative branch -- that they get the answers. >> you are lying! i do notoman rodgers: care who is in the white house or secretary of state the american people, this is where the legislative branch has responsibility to hold the ministrations accountable and to ask the appropriate questions and that is at the benghazi committee is seeking to do. and trey gowdy is an honorable man, he is a former prosecutor who knows how to go about it and he has done it in the way -- i would encourage you to look at the way he has approached this. he has approached it in a way where he is asking questions he it political. jonathan: when you disappointed when you heard mccarthy say what he said? why did he say what he said? he seemed to be say, look, we did this and her poll numbers came down. it looked like the committee was designed to bring down hillary
it is important that we know what happened that evening in benghazi. we have to responsibility to do that. hado not -- we have not yet important questions answered. fou americans died and it is appropriater that the legislative branch -- that they get the answers. >> you are lying! i do notoman rodgers: care who is in the white house or secretary of state the american people, this is where the legislative branch has responsibility to hold the ministrations accountable and to ask the...
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the fact is this hearing is just like benghazi. it's just like the select committee and planned parenthood. it's politics and get we've got major problems going on in this country. the whole idea that this is about planned parenthood is wrong and dr. levatino has admitted medical ethics come everybody, there's no evidence of any medical ethic impropriety by planned parenthood. only a title that has been put up your. ms. stoltenberg as one-third of the history is a planned parenthood. it's unfortunate this is the way we're spending our time. it's really unfortunate, and i appreciate planned parenthood for what to do for lower income women, for women who need health services, the need for family planning, who need cancer exams, cervical compress, et cetera and that are performed by planned parenthood, and i'm happy that medicaid reverses them and that's good. i yield back the balance of my time. >> the chair recognizes the gentleman from utah. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and i would just caution members. i've heard my name several ti
the fact is this hearing is just like benghazi. it's just like the select committee and planned parenthood. it's politics and get we've got major problems going on in this country. the whole idea that this is about planned parenthood is wrong and dr. levatino has admitted medical ethics come everybody, there's no evidence of any medical ethic impropriety by planned parenthood. only a title that has been put up your. ms. stoltenberg as one-third of the history is a planned parenthood. it's...
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kevin mccarthy, any impact of his comments about the benghazi committee? seemed ton chaffetz get into the race. certainly, mccarthy has the upper hand. he has been in the race for a week, calling numbers and locking up supporters. his supporters seem confident they have the vote. the question is, what they have 218 republican votes on the floor? chaffetz getting into the race changes the dynamic, and he might play into the benghazi comments. on hannity this week, he led people to believe it was a partisan sort of investigation, not exactly about benghazi. so we are still wondering how this is all going to play out a little bit. mccarthy seems to have the advantage, but things change with chaffetz getting in the race. >> let's turn to majority leader. the second in command. two candidates for the spot. tom price and steve scalise. what do you hear about them? seems like a close race. price is more appealing to the conservatives and scalise came in as, interim leadership, the conservative candidate here. it would seem he would have the advantage as the whip,
kevin mccarthy, any impact of his comments about the benghazi committee? seemed ton chaffetz get into the race. certainly, mccarthy has the upper hand. he has been in the race for a week, calling numbers and locking up supporters. his supporters seem confident they have the vote. the question is, what they have 218 republican votes on the floor? chaffetz getting into the race changes the dynamic, and he might play into the benghazi comments. on hannity this week, he led people to believe it was...
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the panel created to investigate the 2012 terrorist attack in benghazi, libya. edin went into the meeting at 10:00 a.m. eastern. she was not opposed and has not been accused of wrongdoing. reportedly republicans and democrats questioned ms. abedin separately. she reentered the hearing room moments ago. sayset from "the hill" "clinton camp warns gop against leaks." tweet from speaker john boehner says "reporters and journalists have ridiculed the clinton team's claim that there was a partisan witchhunt." with humabit of video abedin arriving at the meeting earlier this morning. nbc correspondent luke russert -- out this tweet elijah cummings came out of the meeting, "the question becomes is this a taxpayer-funded effort to derail hrc?" more from congressman cummings. rep. cummings: we have a situation where we have had mr. mccarthy, congressman mccarthy, make it clear that what this is all about. we then of course have been hand-picked -- have the hand-picked member of the to affirm whatf already stated. the congressman to reaffirm all that. words toe want to put
the panel created to investigate the 2012 terrorist attack in benghazi, libya. edin went into the meeting at 10:00 a.m. eastern. she was not opposed and has not been accused of wrongdoing. reportedly republicans and democrats questioned ms. abedin separately. she reentered the hearing room moments ago. sayset from "the hill" "clinton camp warns gop against leaks." tweet from speaker john boehner says "reporters and journalists have ridiculed the clinton team's claim...
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we know what happened, that evening and benghazi. we have a responsibility to do that. we do not, we have not yet had important questions answered. for americans died, and it is -- the legislative branch -- >> you are lying. [shouting] spent i don't care who's in the white house. i don't care who the second estate to on behalf of the american people, this, this come visit were representative government with the legislative branch does have a responsibility to hold the administration accountable and to add this to ask a probing question. that's what the benghazi committee is seeking to do. tray down is an honorable man. he's a former prosecutor who knows how to go about it and he's done it in a way that i would encourage you to look at the way he is approached this. he is approached in a way where he is asking questions and he has not made it political. >> were you disappointed when you heard mccarthy said what he said? why did he say what he said? he seems to be saying look, we did this and a poll numbers came down. this committee wa
we know what happened, that evening and benghazi. we have a responsibility to do that. we do not, we have not yet had important questions answered. for americans died, and it is -- the legislative branch -- >> you are lying. [shouting] spent i don't care who's in the white house. i don't care who the second estate to on behalf of the american people, this, this come visit were representative government with the legislative branch does have a responsibility to hold the administration...
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compound in benghazi, libya, and three other people died. coverage begins thursday at 10:00 a.m. eastern. on c-span3e it live as well as c-span radio and streaming live at c-span.org. dustin hayes looked is an early innovator in civic technology, who speaks to the city club of cleveland about new technologies and disruptive trends reshaping cities across the globe, as well as the future of the labor force for millennial's. he designed when the first government open innovation programs in the united states, which received global recognition as a new model of citizen engagement and innovation. it is official. good afternoon and welcome to the city club of cleveland. i am the executive and proud member. it is my pleasure to introduce you to dustin heisler. in recent years, we have heard can improvechnology citizen engagement. i spent an earlier part of my career mining that pain. i spend an evening last week with a little city council committee on new modes of digital engagement. platforms now exist that let citizens report potholes, follow previously inaccessible public meetings, c
compound in benghazi, libya, and three other people died. coverage begins thursday at 10:00 a.m. eastern. on c-span3e it live as well as c-span radio and streaming live at c-span.org. dustin hayes looked is an early innovator in civic technology, who speaks to the city club of cleveland about new technologies and disruptive trends reshaping cities across the globe, as well as the future of the labor force for millennial's. he designed when the first government open innovation programs in the...
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. >> c-span has the best access for the benghazi hearing. >> there was no credible, actionable threats known against our compound. >> our hearing coverage without commercials or commentary will andin its entirety saturday sunday at noon eastern on c-span. >> this afternoon the democrats on the house benghazi committee met with nancy pelosi. after the meet, the benghazi committee democrats issued a statement saying in part, after yesterday's 11-hour hearing there can be no remaining doubt that the benghazi select committee is a taxpayer funded fishing expedition to rerail secretary clirton's presidential campaign. we are >> there's more road to the who's coverage this evening on the c-span networks. donald trump is speaking in florida at the trump national doral miami. a golf resort he owns. that's at 7:00 eastern on c-span . and at k 30 here on c-span, texas senator ted cruz hold as town hall meeting in council bluffs, iowa. >> a house energy and commerce subcommittee held a hearing earlier today on protecting senior citizens from fraud. texas congressman michael burgess chaired the he
. >> c-span has the best access for the benghazi hearing. >> there was no credible, actionable threats known against our compound. >> our hearing coverage without commercials or commentary will andin its entirety saturday sunday at noon eastern on c-span. >> this afternoon the democrats on the house benghazi committee met with nancy pelosi. after the meet, the benghazi committee democrats issued a statement saying in part, after yesterday's 11-hour hearing there can be...
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ranking member of the benghazi committee as you note, a ranking member of the house oversight committee and been there for a while and he was there now and then when daryl issa was the chairman. he's had a fairly long experience the minority democrat on a committee going after and probing the obama administration. so he's had to come to its defense many times in the past. and in doing so, he's had to have a stiff back, a stiff upper lip, and he's been somewhat of a fighter. there's a fair amount of speculation that he might end up running for the senate in maryland and yet to announce. he says he won't make a firm commitment until after this hearing with secretary clinton but recent polling shows that if he wanted to do that he certainly -- that option would be there for him. he could jump into the fray. and would probably do pretty well in that open senate seat in maryland after senator ma cull ski steps down next year. he's gained a lot of recognition and might take it to the upper cham bier. >> adam schiff, adam smith, linda sanchez, tammy duckworth. any of those names stick out as s
ranking member of the benghazi committee as you note, a ranking member of the house oversight committee and been there for a while and he was there now and then when daryl issa was the chairman. he's had a fairly long experience the minority democrat on a committee going after and probing the obama administration. so he's had to come to its defense many times in the past. and in doing so, he's had to have a stiff back, a stiff upper lip, and he's been somewhat of a fighter. there's a fair...
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journal will be dedicated entirely to your reaction to hillary clinton's testimony before the house benghazi committee. we'll have two hours of your phone call, tweets, and facebook posts beginning at 7:00 a.m. eastern time on c-span. an update on fraud attempts that target the elderly friday morning from a house energy and commerce subcommittee. we'll bring this to you live at 9:15 a.m. eastern on c-span3. >> c-span provides the best access for cover ran of former secretary of state hillary clinton testifying before the house select committee on benghazi. >> there was no credible actionable threat known to our intelligence community against our compound. >> our hearing coverage without commercials or commentary will air in its entirety saturday and sunday at noon eastern on c-span. >>> former defense secretary robert gates testified before the senate armed services committee on current u.s. defense policy and strategic posture. he discussed budget challenges, defense department, veterans affairs coordination, troop morale and on going missions including those in the middle east. this is jus
journal will be dedicated entirely to your reaction to hillary clinton's testimony before the house benghazi committee. we'll have two hours of your phone call, tweets, and facebook posts beginning at 7:00 a.m. eastern time on c-span. an update on fraud attempts that target the elderly friday morning from a house energy and commerce subcommittee. we'll bring this to you live at 9:15 a.m. eastern on c-span3. >> c-span provides the best access for cover ran of former secretary of state...
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cheryl at consent on what happened in benghazi-was the -- and ghazi-libya. "washington journal" is live on c-span. you can join the conversation with calls and comments on facebook and twitter. jim webb ended his bid for the democratic presidential nomination. door open forthe a potential independent one. this is 25 minutes. senator webb: several years, senator moynihan's wife sent me a wooden chink to put together the old schoolhouse on the farm where he wrote his books. we had been talking about the kinship that i felt for senator moynihan to his thoughtful approach to governance and put his country ahead of party and search for solutions. and she sent me this from the old farm house and had a note on it saying, two square petition in two round holes. some people say i'm a republican who became a democrat, but that i often sound like a republican in a roomful of democrats and actually i take that as a compliment. more people in this country call themselves political independents than either republicans or democrat. i happen to agree with them. our country
cheryl at consent on what happened in benghazi-was the -- and ghazi-libya. "washington journal" is live on c-span. you can join the conversation with calls and comments on facebook and twitter. jim webb ended his bid for the democratic presidential nomination. door open forthe a potential independent one. this is 25 minutes. senator webb: several years, senator moynihan's wife sent me a wooden chink to put together the old schoolhouse on the farm where he wrote his books. we had been...
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that means that in person today benghazi has no job, no prospect of a job, no history of what would be the main to get a job and, therefore, the prospect of having a family from the prospect of having the future simply doesn't exist. that is to become the situation for many in the west bank were youth unemployment is almost hovering at the range of 50% or the fact is that when you take an entire culture of young people and deny them the opportunity to talk with them a decent life and great the conditions of despair that lead to this behavior that we are seeing manifested in jerusalem, it is nothing to celebrate that young people are so despairing. it is nothing to celebrate that people are taking lives of others and taking their own lives in the process. suicide is not a normal human activity. it only comes when death appears to be a better option than life, that that has become a cultural phenomenon is devastating. and it's something that i think we have to understand and deal with. there needs to a radical transformation of daily life creating hope for young people. it's not there. t
that means that in person today benghazi has no job, no prospect of a job, no history of what would be the main to get a job and, therefore, the prospect of having a family from the prospect of having the future simply doesn't exist. that is to become the situation for many in the west bank were youth unemployment is almost hovering at the range of 50% or the fact is that when you take an entire culture of young people and deny them the opportunity to talk with them a decent life and great the...
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on thursday, heller a testifies before the house select committee on benghazi. investigatingis the attack on the u.s. consulate and benghazi, libya, but ms. clinton says it's just to damage her politically. full coverage on c-span radio and c-span.org. tonight on c-span's new series "landmark cases" -- the mississippi river had become a reading ground for cholera and yellow fever partly due to slaughterhouses in the area. to address this problem, louisiana allowed only one government run slaughterhouse, crescent city, to operate in the district. the other houses took them to court. follow the slaughterhouse cases of 1873. we are joined by paul clement, constitutional law attorney, and michael ross, author of "justice of shattered dreams" to tell the history of this time in the south, the time of the butchers and state of things in new orleans, as well as the supreme court justices involved in this decision. takethe conversation as we your calls, tweets, and facebook comments. life tonight on c-span, c-span3 and c-span radio. you can also order your companion boo
on thursday, heller a testifies before the house select committee on benghazi. investigatingis the attack on the u.s. consulate and benghazi, libya, but ms. clinton says it's just to damage her politically. full coverage on c-span radio and c-span.org. tonight on c-span's new series "landmark cases" -- the mississippi river had become a reading ground for cholera and yellow fever partly due to slaughterhouses in the area. to address this problem, louisiana allowed only one government...
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i know the chair of the benghazi talked about seven members, but there are 12 on there, the five democrats on there do not signify with them. we need to focus on the urgent needs of the nation and not manufacture crises that they are insisting on creating. to address the real issue, we got to plan to allow us to pay the bills that this congress has incurred and protect the full faith and credit of the united states. we always call for this -- we do something called the previous question, and this today, what we are doing, when the previous question on this rule vote is called, i hope that every member who wants to do something about the debt limit and the full faith and credit of the united states will vote no so our side can bring this up and give everybody the opportunity to go home for a weekend. by the time we get back here next week, there will be fewer legislative days to deal with it. our troops, national security, the whole federal government and most of the people in the united states are very much concerned with what will happen if it shuts down. let's relieve us of that burden a
i know the chair of the benghazi talked about seven members, but there are 12 on there, the five democrats on there do not signify with them. we need to focus on the urgent needs of the nation and not manufacture crises that they are insisting on creating. to address the real issue, we got to plan to allow us to pay the bills that this congress has incurred and protect the full faith and credit of the united states. we always call for this -- we do something called the previous question, and...
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we saw what happened with respect to benghazi. there were committee hearings in the house, in the senate, the defense committee, the intelligence committee here. defense committee, intelligence committee in the senate. all of them looked at that very tragic, awful situation in benghazi and found no wrongdoing. so what did we see in the house? when you didn't get the answer that you wanted politically, you created a special committee. and the majority leader of the house just said on national television, you know, that committee did its job. it brought downhillry clinton's poll ratings. we achieved our political result. spending $5 million in tax money, taxpayer money, on a political witch hunt. and this planned parenthood special committee is the same thing. again, all the committees of this house have looked at it as have many states. conclusion -- they didn't break the law. no wrongdoing. what do you do? create another special committee. to look for a political answer that you want that is not there. so i would end these witch h
we saw what happened with respect to benghazi. there were committee hearings in the house, in the senate, the defense committee, the intelligence committee here. defense committee, intelligence committee in the senate. all of them looked at that very tragic, awful situation in benghazi and found no wrongdoing. so what did we see in the house? when you didn't get the answer that you wanted politically, you created a special committee. and the majority leader of the house just said on national...
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. >> hillary clinton is set to testify before the house benghazi committee this week. we'll get an idea on to what expect this week. also a talk about the 2016 presidential race. we're joined live former utah governor and 2012 presidential candidate, john huntsman, who co-chairs no labels. you get a chance to weigh in on twitter. "washington journal" is live every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> here's our schedule beginning this weekend. we're live in the nation's heartland for the wisconsin book festival in madison. at the end of the month, we'll be in nashville. at the start of november, we're back on the east coast for the boston book festival. in the middle of the month, it is the louisiana book festival in baton rouge. at the end of the november we're live for the 18th year in a row from florida for the miami book fair international and the national book awards from new york city. just some of the fairs and festivals this fall on c-span2's booktv. >> the iran nuclear agreement was formerly adapted today, setting in motion several conditions that were agree
. >> hillary clinton is set to testify before the house benghazi committee this week. we'll get an idea on to what expect this week. also a talk about the 2016 presidential race. we're joined live former utah governor and 2012 presidential candidate, john huntsman, who co-chairs no labels. you get a chance to weigh in on twitter. "washington journal" is live every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> here's our schedule beginning this weekend. we're live in the nation's...
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. >> any reaction to the benghazi >> thank you for being here. >> last time. h, hi. >> come on over here, mark. love the purple. >> you can watch all of this event, this town hall meeting at croip.org. just a quick road to the white house update, too, hillary clinton and all of the democratic candidates will be appearing next september, the th, at the annual democratic dinner in des moines. e'll have it at 9:00 eastern hillary clinton will be appearing before the benghazi committee, her longtime -- the ranking member elijah cummings of maryland had in a break earlier spoke to reporters. mr. cummings: we have a situation where we have had mr. mccarthy, congressman mccarthy make it clear that what this is all about. then, of course, have the hand-picked member of the , mr. palitska, confirmed what mr. mccarthy had already stated. we then have congressman hanna to reaffirm all of it. but even if we wanted to put the words to the side, the question becomes, we've been asked not to listen to the words of mccarthy, not listen ka, not listen is to the words of hanna
. >> any reaction to the benghazi >> thank you for being here. >> last time. h, hi. >> come on over here, mark. love the purple. >> you can watch all of this event, this town hall meeting at croip.org. just a quick road to the white house update, too, hillary clinton and all of the democratic candidates will be appearing next september, the th, at the annual democratic dinner in des moines. e'll have it at 9:00 eastern hillary clinton will be appearing before the...