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documents, there have been 11 hearings, 20 staff briefings and everyone has said, it s a tragdy. the question is not what happened that night, but what are we going to do to ensure this doesn t happen again. the congress should act on what the president called for to pass legislation to allow us to implement the recommendations of the independent accountability review board to protect our diplomats around the world. when we send our diplomats to far-flung places, there is an inherent risk. with due ryou didn t answer my question. what did the president do that night? he was in constant touch with the national security team. when you say the national security team. he didn t talk to the secretary of state, except the one time when the first attack was over. he didn t talk to the secretary of defense. he didn t talk to the chairman of the joint chiefs. who was he talking to in. the national security staff. the security council. was he in the situation room?
services and of course, parents. everyone knows what happens in the event of an incident and the response tashould have taken afterwards. > shannon: thank you. heading out to worship service, people are turning to their faith for comfort in the wake of the tragdy. joining us to talk about how to cope, joe rosenberg, who is author of implosion, can america recover from its scmk spiritual challenges in time. good to be with you. > shannon: i wanted to start by asking, being in the news business many years, i feel that covering stories on state, local, national level, there seems to be a decrease in respect for human life, an increase in violence. and how culluraly have we changed? we are seeing an epidemic of violence and lawlessness, the demonsof lawlessness and violence seem to be unleashed in the last 50 years. look at 1960 to now, violent