colonel about the military response in benghazi. >> that's right. at first they told legislators that the marine colonel in charge of the joint special forces task force for africa had retired. at that point, then the marines said colonel george bristol was not set to retire until july 31st. senator graham sent the following letter to defense secretary hagel, quote: we were told my request could not be granted because colonel bristol recently retired and was now considered a private citizen. unfortunately, the liaison office could not assist in exacting him. however, the marine times today reported that colonel bristol has not retired and instead is on terminal leave. today the defense department admitted the mistake. they said that they would make colonel bristol available to lawmakers. but they did add that they never received a formal request from capitol hill for colonel bristol to testify. >> harris: with an update on benghazi tonight, jennifer griffin, thank you. a show of support for the