01/12/2009
https://www.congress.gov...
"Heavily armed militants assaulted the compound and set fire to our buildings."
"There is never any justification for violent acts of this kind."
"I honestly don't understand this fixation, but I do know one thing about Sidney Blumenthal."
"It should, I think, inspire us to look for ways to get host countries to permit there to be more dedicated security forces, well-enough armed and trained, to be really a force to protect our compounds..."