Kennedy talking about attacks on Tunisia and Khartoum; embassies held out for over eight hours; no casualties.
Now with new funding, we can bring up facilities to new levels/construction.
exit82 says—then why use old buildings like the Benghazi compounds by State and by CIA that could not be defended?
No one wants to ask what was the CIA doin g in their BEnghazi faciltiy. If the CIA was not there, no one would have been evacuated from the embassy compund alive.
Chris Smith (NJ) up now.
Question a bout Stevens and others request for additional security help.
Kennedy says all requests for security for temporary Benghazi facility were met.
One request not met—no to massive guard towers.
Smith asked why hasn’t senior staff and SOS aware of these requests.
Kennedy says he was formally interviewed by ARB.
Kennedy repeats that there was never a stand down order.
Smith asks about non disclosure agreements? Kennedy not aware of any. Smith has asked where the survivors are. Kennedy says one still in hospital, and four are on assignemnt again.