it s a brand new hour of american live. i m shannon bream in live for megyn kelly. head of an elite special operations task force in north africa when the benghazi consulate was stormed and four were killed. colonel bristol was in a unique position to have knowledge of the military response and whether those men could have been saved. the pentagon blocked lawmakers from speaking to him until now. chief congressional correspondent, mike emanuel is live on capitol hill with more. mike. reporter: hi. almost 11 months after that deadly terror attack, lawmakers heard from a special key ops commander in regards to that attack. colonel bristol told lawmakers behind closed doors in a classified set whaegs traveling elsewhere in africa last september 11th and was essentially out of communication. sources say bristol s story backs up what they heard from other military officials up and
military. his name colonel george bristol, he was leading a special ops task force in northern and western africa at the time of the u.s. consulate attack in libya. according to the pentagon they cannot call him to testify once he s retired from active duty. last year s assault killed four americans including our ambassador stephens. what did colonel bristol tell the lawmakers? mike emanuel? reporter: colonel bristol told lawmakers essentially what they ve heard from others in the military chain of command, there were a lot of challenges in terms of mounting a military response to the benghazi attack. bristol was in another african country on assignment on september 11th, and was essentially out of communication during benghazi. american lives were lost and i could hear in colonel
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