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Aftermath of fiery Capitol Hill inquiry into embassy attack

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    State Department defends top witness

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The smoke is still clearing from Wednesday's fiery Capitol Hill hearing about that terror attack on the US mission in Libya.

-- intelligence correspondent Catherine Herridge has an update tonight.

-- -- disaster with the already -- the documents.

How will it -- -- some looking at one on an iPad Hillary have a book that says the last.

A day after the contentious hearing before the house government oversight committee on the administration's response to the consulate attack the State Department spokeswoman defended their top witness.

I'm in -- refer you to what.

Undersecretary Kennedy said vote on the hill yesterday and from this podium yesterday.

While testifying to lawmakers he thought -- -- -- terrorism within 24 hours at a short notice news conference after the hearing.

Ambassador Kennedy again defended ambassador rice who -- -- the attack as a demonstration -- spun out of control.

Any administration official including any career official.

Had been on television.

On Sunday September 16 they would have said the same thing that ambassador rice -- said.

In his testimony the state department's regional security officer who was on the grand in Libya before the attack.

Related conversation where he asked for more help and was told he was shooting for the sun the moon and the stars.

So it's not the hardships.

Not the gunfire is not the threats it's stealing and fighting against the people.

Programs.

And personnel who were supposed to be supporting me and I added it by saying for me the -- -- is on the inside of the building.

Kenny responded that State Department security is the best of the best and he curtly dismissed Nordstrom's viewpoint I was simply surprised to hear language like -- used.

Fox News has learned there's a renewed focus on the briefing given Friday September 14 by CIA director David Petraeus to members of the House Intelligence Committee.

In that briefing sources confirm to fox that Petraeus seem very much wedded to the administration -- -- video explanation.

Without discussing classified information congressman Peter King who has great respect for General Petraeus says the -- was inadequate.

Through periods and the birds -- and what we know now that there was more information available that was not told us that day.

The Sid department announced today that Lawrence -- a foreign service veteran who retired in 2000 we'll temporarily assume control of the embassy in Tripoli.

Pending the confirmation of ambassador stevens' replacement.

-- appointment is meant to underscore the US government's too big -- commitment to Libya during this transition -- -- --

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