not support it. he could request it. why is that? you knew about all these other attacks that had taken place. there had been 12-14. we had been training local libyans and arming them for almost a year. local libyan militia was there. many of them supposedly were told by friend and relatives that there was going to be an imminent attack on that compound and so many of them left. they didn t want to be involved in the attack. so i don t understand why you would say that out of hand that you don t think those 16 troops should be there. sir, with due respect they twher tripoli, not benghazi. it would not have made any difference in benghazi. in nordstrom, do you care to comment on this? as ms. lamb indicated january-february i had a number of conversations with ms. lamb,