benghazi. >> no one recommended closing but you had two ambassadors that made several, several requests and here's basically what happened to their requests. they were torn up. >> well, that's just not true. >> they were dismissed. >> the tearing up the papers obviously theatrical. the basic question is why were the requests for security not granted? i understand hillary clinton said they never got to her. so it wasn't her decision. but why weren't they granted by the people whose decision it was? >> you know, i think what was misleading about the hearing yesterday was that there's, i think, a lot of members of congress perhaps don't recognize how the state department and federal agencies actually work. we have more than 266 embassies and consulates. the secretary of state, i've worked for many secretaries of state, of both parties, cannot make individual, specific decisions on embassy "a" or consulate "b." you have to leave to that your assistant secretary for diplomatic security and the other security officials.