points about the idea that the administration did not do enough but her bottom line was that they tried to get military assets there to ben gauze to save these americans and they just got there too late, shep. shepard: republicans focusing on any involvement the president may have on the night of those attacks? i talked to the president he pledged that they would turn over any information that was relevant to this. after the secretary testified today, that there was that secure video conference, i asked jay carney, the white house press secretary, if the president was on that secure video conference, what role he did have on that night of september 11th. carney basically said he didn t have all of those details republican senator john mccain today at this senate hearing was blistering in terms of these questions. take a listen. what was the president s activities during that seven hour period? on the anniversary of the worst attack in american history september 11th, we didn t have
and the answers frankly that you have given this morning are not satisfactory to me. were you and the president made aware of the classified cable from chris stevens that said the united states consulate in benghazi could not survive a sustained assault, numerous warnings, including personally to me, about the security were unanswered or unaddressed. it took a cnn reporter looking through the consulate to find chris stevens last warning. when were you made aware of that cable? when were you made aware of the attack on the british ambassador and the assassination attempts and closing of the consulate there? what actions were taken? what was the president s activities during that seven-hour period? on the anniversary of the worst attack in american history september 11th, we didn t have