why didn't i know about this? why didn't i know about these ieds that were exploding in benghazi at our consulate in the months prior to this particular attack? i mean you said moments ago, senator, that you believe that the white house is in cover-up mode right now? i mean that's a serious charge. >> well, either, it's either willful deception or a degree of incompetence and failure to understand fundamental facts on the ground, either one and either one of those is obviously totally unacceptable. and look, there's failures all over the middle east. in iraq the al qaeda has come back, more than doubled. in afghanistan we know the tragedies that are going on with afghans killing americans and all the president does is talk about withdrawal. in syria, now 30 some thousand people have been massacred and we won't even give them weapons which to