Years but having been here for 19 years going on 20, having such distinguished service. Having touched the department in so many ways, theres no one better suited for this challenging time. Would you please welcome him with your applause . [applause] thank you, john. I have much appreciate the chance to be back at csis as well as all of the serious important work that goes on here. I have to say i have benefited tremendously from their guidance and ideas. I have no doubt that the work that goes on here makes an important difference. And you are nice to come and listen to me. But the truth is, we could all sit here and take notes from dr. Hamery or david or some of the other experts here on this topic. I do have to note; however, that the last time i was at csis, it was for a cyber exercise. I was asked to play the president. And dr. Hamery has not invited me back since. I think it was deeply disturbing for him as is understandable. Chairman and i have been talking about a focus defense
Rhodes email was released under a freedom of information act request for benghazi documents if as the white house claim its had nothing to do with benghazi, carney at seems looked haunted, and hunted and hounded and refuseed to answer that question. And referred correspondents to the state department, that is a mark of carneys confusion that email originateed in the white house not the state department. You have to ask the state department about how they responded to the requests. You have to ask the state department about their process for stoppeding ting to foyeer requests, you can just read and decide, there is a state department foyer request. Again. The white house the focus was on the talking points around the attack on benghazi. Lou carneys effort at denial and deception coming after the head of intelligence, testified before House Oversight committee, told the committee that everyone on the ground on september 11, knew immediately that terrorists had attacked the the consulate
Led to the murder of 4 americans, including ambassador stevens, the day before the white house issue a press release that referred to specific measures taken to protect american persons and facilities abroad. But declassified documents from a topsecret House Arm Service Committee briefing from last year revealed that protection of americans in libya of never part of though plans, chairman of the joint chiefs, telling committee that meeting was nothing more than a conference call, and despite repeated requests for more security in the year leading up to the benghazi attack, dempsey told him that libya was not even brought up, jay carney pleaded ignorance on the issue today bev referring the know answered question to the department of defense. Here is mr. Carney. I dont think specifically whether libya or other areas of the world were discussed. What was the case, as i think you remember, is there was a lot of up rest in the region unrest in the region. That was an issue of concern in te
Rhodes email was released under a freedom of information act request for benghazi documents if as the white house claim its had nothing to do with benghazi, carney at seems looked haunted, and hunted and hounded and refuseed to answer that question. And referred correspondents to the state department, that is a mark of carneys confusion that email originateed in the white house not the state department. You have to ask the state department about how they responded to the requests. You have to ask the state department about their process for stoppeding ting to foyeer requests, you can just read and decide, there is a state department foyer request. Again. The white house the focus was on the talking points around the attack on benghazi. Lou carneys effort at denial and deception coming after the head of intelligence, testified before House Oversight committee, told the committee that everyone on the ground on september 11, knew immediately that terrorists had attacked the the consulate
Thefirming confirming, they e flying over iraq. They know they are there. But regardless of what avenue president pursue, his defense secretary thinks that iran should be involved, his join chief chairman is convinced what is happening in iraq now will not happen in afghanistan, despite the president s plan to pull out of afghanistan in mutual of the same way high pulled out he pulled out of iraq. Talking to iran, about Security Issues on the ground probably makes some sense. I agree you know there have been sideline conversations. What is likelihood of what happened in iraq visiting afghanistan, 101 being unupblg d 10 likely. Unlikely lower third. Dempsey prefaceing his predict, his analysis based on a assumption about capability of afghan government, well take this up in moments with iraq word veteran, Arm Service Committee member, congress managing wednesda will join us,d former pentagon official mcfarland, and lost emails and reports of collaboration between department of justice a