me. it is a long-term health issue for me. and that s the basis upon which i made the decision. so it s not about anything other than that. everybody s going to have opinions, as is obvious, from this, you know, scrum of people here today. but i don t with all due respect to everybody here, your opinions on this issue really don t matter a whole hell of a lot to me. that was scrum, by the way, not the other word. what about it is he going to lose or what does he gain about all this in terms of politics? like it or not, the public judges politicians for many reasons including their appearance, from jack kennedy s good looks to obama s youthful athleticism. it all helps. joining me michael steele, who benefits in the same way, former rnc chair. and bobby shrum who knows all about glamour. thank you, gentlemen. i want you, shrumy. sometimes you can put the dagger in to the other side. this decision is i know a friend of mine here, i can t mention his name, let him speak
0 one, events before the benghazi facility came under attack. two, events occurring when the benghazi facility first came under attack. third, events occurring before the second attack in benghazi. and fourth, events after those two attacks. one of the charges congress will hear tomorrow concerns the third time period. between the attacks in benghazi. between those attacks. gregory hicks, a state department official, posted in tripoli said, he asked for four special forces personnel to be sent to benghazi but was refused. the defense department says the four personnel weren t ready for combat. also, they were needed to defend the embassy in tripoli. a second charge congress will hear tomorrow, also concerns that third time period. the one between the attacks. mr. hicks said he asked for fighter planes to do a flyover of benghazi. he says it would have scared off the terrorists and prevented the second attack. well, defense department says there that the planes stationed over in italy n
so it s not about anything other than that. everybody s going to have opinions, as is obvious, from this, you know, scrum of people here today. but i don t with all due respect to everybody here, your opinions on this issue really don t matter a whole hell of a lot to me. that was scrum, by the way, not the other word. what about it is he going to lose or what does he gain about all this in terms of politics? like it or not, the public judges politicians for many reasons including their appearance, from jack kennedy s good looks to obama s youthful athleticism. it all helps. joining me michael steele, who benefits in the same way, former rnc chair. and bobby shrum who knows all about glamour. thank you, gentlemen. i want you, shrumy. sometimes you can put the dagger in to the other side. this decision is i know a friend of mine here, i can t mention his name, let him speak for himself, he s a fellow broadcaster, who s had this surgery. it s worked very well for him. he s a fell
political aspirations like running for president. it s not a career issue for me. it is a long-term health issue for me. and that s the basis upon which i made the decision. so it s not about anything other than that. everybody s going to have opinions, as is obvious, from this, you know, scrum of people here today. but i don t with all due respect to everybody here, your opinions on this issue really don t matter a whole hell of a lot to me. that was scrum, by the way, not the other word. what does he gain? like it or not, the public judges politicians for many reasons including their appearance, from jack kennedy s good looks and obama s youthful athleticism. joining me michael steele, former rnc chair. and bobby shrum who knows all about glamour. thank you, gentlemen. i want you, shrumy. sometimes you can put the dagger in to the other side. this decision is i know a friend of mine here, i can t mention his name, let him speak
the second attack in benghazi. and fourth, events after those two attacks. one of the charges congress will hear tomorrow concerns the third time period. between the attacks in benghazi. between those attacks. gregory hicks, a state department official, posted in tripoli said, he asked for four special forces personnel to be sent to benghazi but was refused. the defense department says the four personnel weren t ready for combat. also, they were needed to defend embassy in tripoli. a second charge congress will hear tomorrow, also concerns that third time period. the one between the attacks. mr. hicks said he asked for fighter planes to do a flyover of benghazi. he says it would have scared off the terrorists and prevented the second attack. well, defense department says there that the planes stationed over in italy needed to be refueled en route and there was no tanker in the area to do it. let s take on the charges. let s take a look at them. joined by andrea mitchell, nbc