circumstances by which the military offered security to ambassador stevens. he didn't have that. he didn't answer that. the state department didn't provide the security. he didn't say yes to the military security but nonetheless, the senate report says the state department dropped the ball. jon: you have to wonder whether she's going to be paying special attention to the media criticism of robert gates, the former secretary of defense whose current book is getting so much heat because of recounting of conversations or meetings that he had with the president who is still serving. obviously president obama will still be serving when this book comes out and she's going to have to write, presumably, about her thinking on things like libya and benghazi and the arab spring. if she disagrees publicly with the path that president obama took, what is that? >> well, it's essentially setting up a run potentially