from 2011 to 2012, 50 of which took place in benghazi. in july of last year nordstorm advised making a formal request for military security to remain in libya, and the third man today is mark thompson, he is the state department's acting deputy assistant secretary for counterterrorism. he leads the foreign emergency support team. that's the government's only on call team poised to respond to terrorist incidents worldwide. we'll hear from all three of them shortly. alisyn: on days like this it's important to look back, and let's do that right now, because w when the consulate attack happened our greg palkot went to libya. he spoke to eyewitnesses and scoured the abandoned compound for additional clues. here is his timeline of what happened. >> reporter: september 11th, 2012, 7:30pm the u.s. ambassador to libya chris stevens takes his meeting on the 11th anniversary of 9/11, in the large residence building with the tush kish consul general.