Other parts of africa. Therefore, the key ingredient to progress there is speed. The quicker we surge in a response, the quicker we blunt the number of cases and the risk ,o other parts of the world including the u. S. , decreases. Angress has provided agreement to use money from the department of defense. Received 30e million for the first 11 weeks of this fiscal year, which we appreciate. Has an unprecedented number of people in the field right now in west africa and texas. How many people do you have doing airport screenings . I would have to get back to you with the exact numbers. We are overseeing screenings to make sure they are done correctly and to screen individuals here make sure you get that ifber, and also find out those resources are best used there or elsewhere with your limited number of people. Is there progress in developing test to determine if somebody has ebola . A more rapid test would be helpful. We are currently testing one in africa that is simpler and quicker a
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Romney has become the latest addition to the banks museum of president ial candidates who ran, but lost. That does it for me. Brooke baldwin takes it away from here. Brooke . An ambassador and three other americans killed after a breakdown in security. At this moment, Hillary Clinton comes face to face with lawmakers who want to know why. Im Brooke Baldwin. The news is now. New word of warnings that the u. S. Consulate in benghazi was not safe, and they come from one of the americans killed. Plus i put my arms around the mother and fathers, the sisters and brothers, the sons and daughters and the wives left alone to raise their children. What today means for Hillary Clintons legacy. Welcome our viewers in the United States and all around the world. Im Brooke Baldwin at the cnn World Headquarters in atlanta. And im jake tapper in washington. Any minute inside this room on capitol hill testimony, four months in the making, secretary of state Hillary Clinton will testify before the House
Do not lower the standards. Eden not get an answer to your specific question on the sequestration. You as whether or not there any force is coming into play. Do you have a sense that sequestration is likely to have been . Senator durban, and the number two debbie 0 democrat in the senate has just appointed that he is becoming the top defense appropriators. He had said very recently that he did not think sequester would be averted. It does not look currently where these parties are that they are close to any kind of a deal. They may try to find a way to kick the can down the road where they bought themselves 60 days. It does not look particularly good right now. Very few people seem to be confronting that. It shall take a lot to pull this off. The pentagon has started to take steps to prepare itself for the sequestration and planning that has not taken place until now. They are laying off temporary employees. It is starting to happen. Senator inhofe has been critical about not planning
[captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2013] the committee will come to order. Let me begin by welcoming the new members to the committee. Since the full senate has not passed the Committee Resolution officially, i want to ask unanimous consent to returning members to allow prospective members to protest pay into des hearing. If there is no objection, so ordered. Let me welcome you and thank you to come before the committee. You had an intervening challenge and we are thrilled to see you here today doing well and to take time out of your schedule in these final days to discuss the tragic events that occurred in benghazi on september 11. , and the lessons we need to learn from that event to make sure all of our personnel is protected. In your tenure as secretary of state, you have always been up front, forthright, and energetic. I commend you for it. The tragic events in benghazi are a tragic reminder of the inherent risks. It they the very real courage of the men and women