tripoli. in that capacity, from september september 2011 to july 2012, he was the principal security officer advising both ambassador stevens on security and law enforcement matters. prior to joining the department of state, mr. nordstrom also served in federal law enforcement department of treasury. welcome to all three of you. would you please rise and take the oath. do you swear the testimony that you re about to give is going to be the truth in all truth and nothing but the truth? please have a seat take the time
extraordinary thing and requires our attention as a people. as a citizen i made the determination that this outweighs all other interests and will risk whatever circumstances may result from my testimony. i served as site security team commander in libya from 12 february to 14 august of this year, 2012. i was mobilized from the utah national guard in title 10 status and reported to special operations command, africa, soc africa which serves directly under after if i come. i was detailed in title 22 status to the department of state and assumed command of the sst the sst element consisted of 16 members. it is my understanding it was crafted by the national security council to meet the demanding security challenges facing the department of state and their requirement to re-establish diplomatic relations with the post-qaddafi or free libya. the sst loaned considerable support to the department of state security posture in
security. we want to know who in the department of state has the authority to deny a request from an ambassador who feels like his life may be in danger for additional security. i can t imagine any place in the world more dangerous than libya right now. so if we re pulling security out of libya i d like to know where we re taking it and if the ambassador is saying he feels threatened and there have been assassination attempts against judges and police officers and the british ambassador, if that is not enough to ramp up security, then we need to close the embassy and close the consulate. if the fbi can t go into a country because it s not safe, then why in the world do we sip ple diplomates there? we were not haeubl t not not able to secure this crime seat for two weeks. the bureau was two to three weeks late developing this crime scene. we may never not truth. we have to make sure this never happens again but what i m doing is bringing honor to the lives of the four people who were
as the principle advisor to ambassadors credits and stevens on security and law enforcement matters. i m here today to provide testimony in support of your inquiry into the tragic events of september 11th, 2012. including the murders of ambassador stevens, sean smith, glen doherty, and tyrone woods. i had the pleasure of working with ambassador stevens during the final months of my tour in libya and would echo what many are saying. the loss of ambassador stevens is not only tragic for his family and sad for our country but his death will prove to be a devastate loss for libya, struggling to recover from its recent civil war. my family and i would like to offer personal condolences to the families of these four patriots who gave their lives in the service of their country.
jenna: just a quick thought on that and i m going to cure you overpass for commercial break. why do you think the u.n. ambassador was put forward, that we haven t heard so much from the u.n. since that time? there are two possibilities. one of the white house said sent congratulations, you have the short straw or two secretaries, secretary clinton said this is a hidden story that people have not told us on. where was she? at her department. jenna: one of the things that we have coming to life is about the deteriorating security in benghazi. i will ask you about that after break. what is the reaction from the state department?b. we will have on that right after a quick commercial break. in case i get hit by a meteor.