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Posture that was inadequate for benghazi this is from the most recent one. I want to know if you agree with this. Inadequate for benghazi and grossly inadequate to deal with the attack that took place. Do you agree with the statement from the current arb . I accepted the recommendations of the current arb. My question is if you agree with it. I dont think thats a relevant question, congressman. I think the question is, i accepted their recommendations, and obviously their recommendations were based on their very thorough investigation and analysis. So, clearly i endorsed the entire boards work. In january 2014 senator feinstein noted conservative said, quote, in her report, the incidents at the tmf and cia were likely preventable end of quote. Do you agree with that statement from senator feinsteins report . Well, i would like to think that anything of that magnitude and the loss of life could have in some way been preventable. I think that what the arb recommended were steps to try to
So theres were trying to have more preexisting arrangements like that, and that goes to your question. If there are assets in the region, how do we plan for contingencies so that they can be immediately triggered and try to respond. I obviously spoke to the white house, i spoke to general petraeus, i spoke to lots of other people that evening trying to get whatever help we could get. We did get a surveillance plane above the location, but it took some time to get there. It had to be diverted it was an unarmed drone. Correct . Yes. It was unarmed uav. So we asked for everything we could get and everybody immediately tried to provide it but i think now theres more awareness that maybe we should be doing these scenarios ahead of time to try to figure out what could be done without having to reinvent it every time. Thank you. Im out of time, mr. Chairman. Thank the gentle lady from illinois. Chair would now recognize the gentle woman from indiana. Thank you, madam secretary. Im going to fo
Ambassador stevens after we dont know the answer. Did you ever personally speak to him after you swore him in this may . Yes or no, please. Yes, i believe i did. And when was that . I dont recall. And i want to clarify for the record that this document is about all of libya, not just benghazi. I dont want anybody 77 are about benghazi. Congresswoman, look. I appreciate it and i really do the passion and the intense interof your feelings about this. We have diplomatic facilities in war zones. We have ambassadors that we send to places that have been bombed and attacked all the time. And youre their boss. Youre right, i am. Youre their leader. Is that correct . Are there ever situations where you call them, where you bring them in, where you are personally caring and concerned and are letting them know that . Are there situations where you recall id like to know what the conversation was with ambassador stevens and what month it was with ambassador steve stevens. Because there are no cal
Couple of issues. One would be identifying some of the people who might benefit from a scholarship kind of approach to who would pay for it. Whether that is through government or private funding. And the third is we get back to the same security processes that involve refugees because youre a star going to have to get clearances and those people into other countries. Usually a basic requirement for most individuals is that you can return back to the country of origin. I would say in my working experience, the largest was in the 1980s for South African refugees. There were a number of foundations, mechanisms in place that South Africans were able to Access International college and University Level kind of education. Post secondary kind of education. Byt was driven in large part a lot of private Foundation Money that made that possible. In some cases in europe, some countries are looking at some sort of small scholarship program. Lead tothe cohort might be addressed, and it may be impor