But the point was they were personal security, so they were there to secure him.
I want to focus on this because I think it's a fair and important question.
We were combating the proliferation of weapons.
Of course, I knew we had a presence in Benghazi.
No one ever came to me and said, 'We should shut down our compound in Benghazi.'
There was never any recommendation by anyone, the intelligence community, the Defense Department, the State Department o...
I was well aware of the concerns we all had about the setting up of jihadist training camps and other activities in Liby...
I'm not going to in any way suggest that he or the Embassy got everything they requested.
I have no recollection of it, and it doesn't correspond with the facts of what we were doing on a regular basis.
It's deeply, deeply distressing when any of our facilities or our personnel are in danger.
They can't do their jobs for us in bunkers.