Why would we actually ramped down the security in Benghazi when the people on the ground were asking for additional security?

Who made the decision never to fully ramp up the five requested temporary duty diplomatic security personnel?

You took that responsibility on yourself then to deny those requests for additional security even though we knew those security situations were deteriorating.

During the Foreign Relations Committee hearing when we were questioning Secretary Clinton, there were certainly accusations that one of the problems in Benghazi is the funds just simply were not available.

I have to admit this does not make much sense to me, and then both Dr. Coburn and I have an accounting background.

Were you disturbed by the report, as disturbed as I was?

Let me just suggest, the most important ingredient is then having a dollar figure that you must save.

I just want to suggest, I have sat through enough hearings now in 2½ years of how do you reform government.

This has some real potential for some real dollar savings.

So again, I am not trying to beat up on the witnesses here. I am just trying to point out the futility--and we are seeing it.

This is not really the sexiest subject for a hearing.