The military offered to deploy special forces to benghazi during the assault long before the atckers killed cia contractors and former Navy Seals Glen doherty and ty woods. Three and a half hours into the eighthour long siege, the militarys chief of staff jeremy bash emails Top State Department officials we have identified the forces that could move to benghazi. They are spinning up as we speak. They include a special Operations Forces element that was in croatia. Col. Wood theyre spun up as we speak means that hes made contact with them, theyve confirmed that theyve been given that order, and theyre making progress toward going to that location. Sharyl retired ar cololnel andrew wood commanded a special forces Antiterrorism Team protecting ambassador Chris Stevens and other diplomats in libya. In 2 2012, wood told congress his team was removed from libya by the Obama Administration a month before the attacks, despite to come. For the first time, woods speaking out with a startling cla
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Interrupted. We need immediate assistance. We are overrun. If you do not get here soon we are all gonna die. Sharyl the film 13 hours the secretoldiers of benghazi opens later this week. None of you have to go. But we are the only help they have. Sharyl its the harrowing account of six cia team member in an annex about a mile fm the benghazi compound when it fell under attack. They cla when they tried to go to the rescue, their boss delayed them. Youre not t first responders, youre the last resort. You will wait. Sharyl now, an email hidden from public view for three years reveals another rescue attempt was apparently interrupted. The military offered to deploy special forces to benghazi during the assault long before the attackers killed cia seals glen doherty and ty woods. Three and a half hours into the eighthour long siege, the militarys chief of staff jeremy bash emails Top State Department officials we have identified the forces that could move to benghazi. They are spinning up a
Quorum call mr. Sanders mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from vermont is recognized. Mr. Sanders i ask that the quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection, so ordered. Mr. Sanders mr. President , i wanted to inform the members about an important hearing that was held this morning at the Senate Veterans committee. And i also want to thank the members of the senate who in the midst of a very partisan environment last month voted with 93 votes, overwhelming support to pass a very significant piece of legislation to help the men and women who put their lives on the line to defend our country, the legislation that was written by senator mccain and myself. And i thank him very much for his help in this effort. One of the important provisions in that legislation was an understanding that the needs of our veterans are a cost of war. They are a cost of war quite as much as guns and tanks and planes and missiles are a cost of war. It seems to me to be fairl
And that is the involvement of Security Experts in development of the Design Excellence program. I know there were some who were on the commission to develop it. But ms. Munaz and mr. Green, if you could address the actual input of the Security Experts into the program and setting standards in the program, and whether theres an ongoing effort to keep the Security Experts involved. Beyond what the state department comes up with on its own. One of the criticisms that has happened has been that the state department has underestimated the security needs and the security threats. And i want to make sure as we move forward and build these embassies that security considerations are part of that ongoing process of assessment. So if you could sort of address that, starting from who was on the initial commission and whether that involvement and security continues and mr. Green, if you could gives your assessment as a security expert yourself. Im not really a security expert. You led the committe