that. is there anything valid about that? >> i don't think so. i don't think that's what the inspector general found and this president finds this conduct deplorable. he tooks the steps he should take right away. this should never happen again. this is a breach of the public trust. we have to work together to rebuild the trust. do it in a serious way and not a bipartisan way. >> let me ask you about benghazi, the attack on our consulate, four americans killed. the president is making it clear he thinks this is a political hit job by republicans. do you acknowledge any mistakes made in the course of communicating to the public by benghazi, about benghazi or responding to the benghazi attack? >> we acknowledge what happened in benghazi was a tragedy. the independent board led by it would have our leading nonpartisan figures, ambassador pickering and admiral mullen and they said there are a lot of steps to make sure this never happens again. we're going to take those steps. those the political hiccups. here's the evidence that proves the republicans, playing politics with this. they received these e-mails months ago, didn't say a word about it, didn't complain, confirmed with the cia director