so we will have a repeat of what we saw today with the deputies' testimony on capitol hill by mid-january. the question, still, is what drove the decision to have a light or minimal security footprint on the ground? was this the push back by the bureaucrats in the state department? was it, in fact, a policy driven by the administration? >>shepard: thank you, catherine. ought stalemate over the fiscal cliff continues but this are doings going on with 11 days to go for potential devastating tax hikes. the house will have the votes to pass the republican backup plan b bill which would raise factions for americans of all incomes over $1 million but the president will veto that. it is dead on arrival. >> it is an exercise in republican vote counting that