democrats on the committee and better than the republicans. clearly measured and different from the sound bite that got a lot of pick-up last time. what difference does it make in the exchange. but the sid blumenthals emails, what difference does that make. is this not a rabbit hole they re going down. but in the context of chris stevens whose emails a lot of them arrived at the committee this week, he did not have direct access to hillary clinton. asking for security improvements, but sid blumenthal did. i think that s a fair point. but i think the committee spent, republicans on the committee spent much too much time on that if you re talking about the benghazi affair, the lack of security at the beginning, who knows what happened during the attack. and the outright lies afterwards, the fact that sid had the email address and the ambassador didn t is a point, but it s a very minor point. it s not going to persuade
handled the attack in 2012 when four american diplomatic staff members were killed in the libyan city. the committee is interested to know why clinton wasn t aware of requests for extra security in benghazi, and wonder if security improvements could have been made before the attacks. we take a look back at the violence that day in 12012. reporter: september 11th, a date that forever changed america would once again turn deadly. the year, 2012. extremists overrun the u.s. diplomatic mission, setting it ablaze before moving to a nearby cia an. taking the lives of four people.
transition. it is very much in my view in america s interest to continue to try to do so. i yield back. the chair will recognize the gentle lady from illinois. thank you, mr. chairman. madame secretary, i want to talk a little bit more about what has been done for embassy personnel security since then. my understanding is in benghazi there were some security improvements that were made. could you talk about some of those both prior to the attacks as well as some things perhaps you alluded to with more ventilation in the safe rooms. there were a number of security improvements that were made to the facility. again, there was an emphasis on trying to butress the outer walls to try to create a more
security improvements or whatever happened with respect to benghazi. but i have to ask you if you are familiar with the fact that in the wake of the 1998 bombing attacks congress passed something referred to as the secure embassy construction and counter terrorism act which requires the secretary of state to issue a waiver if under two conditions if u.s. government personnel work in separate facilities or if u.s. oversees facilities do not meet security setback distances specified by the bureau of diplomatic security. the law specifies that only the secretary of state may sign these waivers and that requirement is not to be delegated. was a waiver issued for the temporary mission in benghazi and the cia annex after the temporary mission compound was
active in u.s. politics. new mexico police say that this man has confessed to killing a four-year-old girl in a road rage incident. he faces murder and weapons charges. the young victim was in the back of her father s car on tuesday. police say her dad and torez cut each other off and torez opened fire. hillary clinton is expected to testify for hours in the coming day before the house of representatives committee on benghazi. some politicians have hinted it could be brutal. the former secretary of state is being questioned over how she handled the attack in 2012 when four american diplomatic staff members, including the ambassador were killed in the libyan city. some of the questions they are expected so to the ask is why wasn t secretary clinton aware of requests for extra security in benghazi. and could security improvements have been made before the