And it concerns me, too, there is a foreign emergency support team, a FEST team, but yet it was not requested, it was not provided. That just is really just tragic to me.

This was a policy choice on the part of the administration.

He called it a security vacuum that had developed there.

Well, I would certainly hope that, and I want to thank you for what you are doing, but my goodness, I appreciate Foreign Service Officers, your courage of service, but we want the best security possible.

These truly heroic Americans lost their lives in Benghazi to a terrorist attack, but their dedicated service will always be remembered by the American people.

I look forward to the leadership of Chairman Royce. He and I have a shared interest in promoting a better relationship, and particularly with the very important country of India, the largest democracy on Earth.

Wouldn't you agree that empowering Qatar in this regard was a poor policy choice?

Madam Speaker, with the negotiations surrounding the fiscal cliff, the administration is ignoring sequestration. This important issue must be addressed which devastates national security and destroys 700,000 jobs. In addition, I am…

To paraphrase Ambassador Ryan Crocker, we need to be in the business of risk management, not risk avoidance.

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlelady from New York for yielding me the time. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 6379, naming the post office in Ravenel, South Carolina, after Representative Curtis B. Inabinett, Sr. I want to thank…

Let's just assume that there were military personnel in the area that could have responded.

I am glad that we are all finally in agreement that this instance was a terrorist attack.

Well, I am going to assume that there were military assets in place that could have responded rapidly.

Just want to say that words mean something, and they should mean something.

Was there a military liaison or attache at the Embassy in Tripoli?

The ARB report points out a tremendous number of failures, and your testimony here today states that they are being addressed.

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