the congress was ready to hand him a no. not republicans. republicans and democrats. >>steve: we're in a weird limbo. rand paul refers to it as the goal currently being a stalemate. >> we're not going after assad. we're not going to destabilize. we have no plan for victory. in fact, to my mind, the obama administration is arguing for stalemate. and i just can't see committing my son or your son or my daughter or your daughter to a war when our goal is stalemate. >>steve: we don't have to worry about it now because we are in a diplomatic pause. >>brian: rand paul is the foremost republican right now in washington. meanwhile, new this morning, the director of the c.i.a. has announced survivors of the benghazi attack one year ago today will be made available to congress. this as america remembers the tragic deaths of ambassador chris stevens, glenn daugherty, tyrone woods and sean smith. their families continue to fight for justice.