"One of my top concerns is that we seem to be relearning the same lessons again and again and again."
"We seem to be relearning the same lessons again and again and again."
"My understanding is that the discussion of the location of Mission Benghazi was an ongoing one."
"I think another tragedy could happen in another war zone around the world."
"They should have never been sent in there without a military guard."
"A failure to do so is going to be a poor judgment call on the part of this Congress, if we cannot get, at a minimum, the transfer authority."
"I think that there are several takeaways here that are incredibly important."
"the tragic events that occurred in Benghazi on September the 11th and the lessons we need to learn from that event"
"A lot has been said about resources here. Secretary Gates used to famously argue that there are more people in military bands than in the entire Foreign Service."
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
"We are not going to default on our obligations and not just to our bondholders..."
"The mere threat of default and irresponsible discussions of default is what I am talking about right now..."
"Congress does not have the resources to meet those recommendations."
"So, are we going to have a more horizontal effort within the State Department instead of silos?"
"Our challenge--both here at home and abroad--is that, in the context of terrorism, terrorists have only to be lucky once."
"Now, one of the other elements of the report is intelligence: in essence, an intelligence failure."
"While many mistakes were made--and they outlined and responded to each of them--a significant problem was resources."
"I urge Congress to act as soon as possible in approving recovery funding for the New York, New Jersey and Connecticut region."
