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That is Senator John McCain he and senators Lindsey Graham and Calais -- took to the senate floor to demand the creation and we select committee.
For the sole purpose to investigate the murders of those four Americans -- -- -- and we spoke with Senator John McCain earlier tonight.
Senator nice to you sir thank you.
Earlier today you on the senate floor with us senator -- -- -- senator Graham asking former.
Making a resolution for a select committee to investigate and -- why.
Well like.
And this.
It.
Tragedy.
Covers jurisdiction of at least four different committees.
And there are certain committees like foreign relations and had to do the State Department.
Intelligence -- CIA so it crosses some number of boundaries what we need is what we had after Watergate Iran Contra.
That we would then perhaps put together a select committee which would have jurisdiction over all the issues that's the only way you really -- -- Addressed this this terrible -- in the bar.
Plus it's actually profoundly more efficient because you don't have -- one government officials test -- for several committed CNN one place one time exactly and again so many of these activities crops these different lines.
CIA and DOD who can department defense were involved in.
The protection -- State Department and CIA were involved in -- Questions about the security of the embassy who attacked and under what circumstances.
And of course.
The warnings that came from this State Department which -- were apparently -- So.
Did it in the events also crushed jurisdictions it wasn't just State Department instant and then department tensions and it -- say one that.
Crosses all boundaries so if you're ever gonna get the complete picture.
You're going to have to have one coming.
Crack any aggression from majority leader senator Harry Reid on this list I am sure he would not -- I am sure their senior committee members here in the senate to won't why not us.
Because it's in -- well first -- that Democrats don't want to.
Investigation this nature what they've got so much to hide that it's.
There there's so many things went wrong and missing the senate Pete has a lot of issues that are still gonna drop.
But obviously they're not gonna want -- they didn't want a 9/11 commission the bush people did that Joseph Lieberman and I proposed.
They didn't want the Watergate Committee they didn't want the Iran Contra committee.
It's going to require the American public demanding.
What they're going to get one in the house is that is led by the Republican sitting -- the Democrats don't want it in the senate they -- senators Feinstein a Democrat.
I -- she wants something done.
I hope that -- stick to that and did she demand say they select committee I think it's much more likely.
When is it likely it to play out whether you know we have a resolution is accepted -- that the -- like committee are not what time do.
I don't know it depends on the American public if there's enough of an outcry if there's enough anger over this needless murder.
44 brave Americans and Watergate was about a break him.
Iran Contra was -- shipment of arms obviously.
This is about the needless tragic deaths of four brave Americans.
Hate it seems to me there's an issue that the American people will demand it and I hope those demands are heard by the representatives.
Today the president can't press conference and he's found a number of issues including.
It's its ambassador.
The UN Susan -- who the rumors that she might be -- by the present for secretary of state.
He said that you were picking on -- Four Americans died he said picking on anybody when you want to place responsibility.
And find out what happened so that we can make sure it doesn't happen again.
And you know it it's not a bad life being lambasted the UN and nice -- in the Waldorf Astoria in the pretty good and so this.
-- why they used her as their spokesperson.
On all the major networks at Sunday is still behind them but they did.
And let the merchants -- -- is talking points from the White House so we're not picking on her but we are holding her -- to some degree responsible but have no doubt.
We are holding the present United States responsible.
And he is responsible and he has not and he is given.
Contrasting.
Versions of events.
To the American people could -- just remind you real quick September 21.
And in the Rose Garden said it was court acts of terror that same night he -- to Steve cross on sixty minutes.
It's too early to know exactly how this came about.
September 20.
We're still doing an investigation September 24 on the view we're still doing investigation and then before the United Nations.
On September 25 a crude and disgusting video sparked outrage throughout the Muslim world.
And he said that on September 25.
In the second debate.
The Mitt Romney he said I called an act of terror in the Rose Garden.
He did.
He condemned acts of terror in the Rose Garden -- if he did how come he told.
The the United Nations couple weeks later.
That it was a senseless video that sparked a demonstration when he knew full well there was no spontaneous demonstration.
So my response to -- United States -- Not picking on anybody we want answers and the buck does stop at your desk mr.
present.
The station -- good at and Ben Ghazi said it was terrorism or terrorist group within 24 hours.
But then -- 324 hours yes then on the fourteenth to September 3 days later General Petraeus apparently came up here.
And has CIA director and said that it was this video protest.
Do you number one do expect that General Petraeus would testify.
This week -- yes.
Because like intelligence coming out of enclosed what's your explanation for him -- that give any thought why he might he went from what is station she told them to what he said and done.
On the fourteenth what's going on there.
Again I do not know and that's why he has to testify.
But I think it's patently obvious that the talking points.
That investor rice had didn't come from the CIA came from the White House so -- in the White House gave.
Ambassador -- those quote talking points that she used when clearly the -- had contradicted that kind of assertion to the American people and by the way I was on.
Face the nation that Sunday and immediately after.
She made her statement about the hateful video.
The did the president of the legislative assembly.
Of Libya.
Was on saying this is an al-Qaeda operation he immediately contradicted it.
That Sunday and they went on for days and days afterwards alleging this was a spontaneous demonstration.
Now why would they do section thing.
One can speculate.
That the presence.
Delivery to the American people -- during the campaign as we got bin Laden and al-Qaeda is on the run.
If you believe that this was just a spontaneous demonstration that -- for that narrative.
If you believe as is the facts.
That al-Qaeda is coming back everywhere in Iraq they've taken over -- they've infiltrated through into Libya al-Qaeda from everywhere which we warned about.
Lindsey Graham and -- and I an article piece in the Wall Street Journal that they are coming back everywhere.
In Iraq in in Afghanistan in Syria they're all over the place so it interferes with the presence narrative.
We've got them on al-Qaeda is on the run therefore I'm a great commander in chief practice everything is unraveling in the Middle East.
Senate action.
Thank you.
