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Sen. Jon Kyl sounds off on Amb. Susan Rice's meeting with GOP lawmakers, the search for the truth in the Benghazi attack and fiscal cliff talks
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Senator -- -- thank you Greta what do you think so many Republican senators are incident Ben Ghazi.
Democrats aren't some -- it was some news organizations are summer night.
Well it's bad story for the administration -- if you're a friend of the administration or supporter.
And one of -- maple story if you're Republican you're gonna wanna what are the fact why did this thing end up the way that it did Americans were killed.
And there were calls for help there were warnings of a need for security unanswered so what happened who made this decision.
Got a couple people take responsibility the secretary of state.
And the president what -- taking responsibility mean.
It means first -- -- acknowledging what happened and so far this administration has also have been engaged in a cover up.
-- why -- it.
Then so hard to get information isn't because this election season and the -- to the house the senate has been out campaign to present out campaigning -- we are now two plus months into this and assisting.
For lack of better word that was four homicides.
Yeah well it is I think you have it right for a while.
The attention was focused on the presidential campaign this administration succeeded in.
Running the clock out in effect not letting the story get out until after the campaign but remember we were gonna get a full report right after the campaign.
It's now -- and on December and there's still no report for something that happened back in September.
There is a reason why the information isn't coming out of this because the administration doesn't want it to come out.
And they can be pretty effective -- just slow rolling everybody changing their stories and hiding behind the there's an FBI investigation going on so we can talk about it.
What I don't like and maybe I'm wrong -- and brought it seems to me that a lot of the discussion information does come up here to Capitol Hill.
He's done behind closed doors and my suspicions that things are over classified.
And no less and -- way to protect the American people from hearing some information really isn't classified and -- wrong.
I hear you say I watch you religiously -- you make that point every time.
You're right except that there are some sources and methods that have to be.
Some protected -- -- -- -- sending.
But not nearly to the extent that it has been done here much of this could be put out in the open -- right.
But they start with these classified hearings and hopefully eventually -- come out and open hearings.
And open testimony by the administration officials and they've got to stop hiding behind this notion that there's an FBI investigation going home.
This was an act of war this wasn't just a crime committed.
And at some point it's it's fine for the FBI to have a matter under investigation.
But the American people have a right to know what happened here when the secretary of state and the president of the United States have both taken responsibility.
For the death of these four people and now ambassador rice has issued a statement saying she was wrong and what she told the American people on five television stations.
What was -- five days after September about.
Would you -- and I realize that that you're leaving the United States senate won't be voting on the next secretary of state.
I'm curious.
Today Secretary Rice was here ambassador rice -- was here and she spoke to three US senators McCain.
I've -- a -- and also the Lieberman senator Lieberman.
They are not satisfied that senator Lieberman seems apparently satisfied with what set all -- behind closed doors and unless they are your thoughts on this.
Well obviously she's got a told her story publicly.
The big thing she has to explain this -- intelligent person she is and prominent positions you're an investor having full access to work.
National intelligence and listen -- this was height of that hidden from her.
She nevertheless went out and made the statement she did she know acknowledges it was wrong surely she had some -- That this wasn't what actually happened and surely she read the intelligence information before she went out.
And spoke to the American people and apparently now we're getting stories about what that intelligence contained at the time.
Although the thing that really confuses me you've now had about three different conflicting stories.
-- who did what went -- within the administration intelligence community -- State's office.
The White House and obviously we have to get Obama but it's not all about ambassador rice it's about the White House operation the pressure up.
The political operation the president himself and his assistant secretary of state who does have responsibility for security at the embassies.
Cisco clip of house Republicans are very important decision.
Democrats here in an -- senate and the president of the senate Republicans have any sort of active role in this discussion on the Scotland.
Yes.
Obviously we're leaving to speaker John Boehner and house.
The Republican negotiating position and the president representing the Democrats -- both the house and senate.
To make the to kind of present the their conclusions to the rest of us to evaluate vote on but it still has to be voted on in the House of Representatives.
Republican House members need to supporter for the past and in the senate it's not just enough for 51 democratic senators to be supportive.
The rules here permit the minority to have some rights at least we still have some rights until the rules are changed.
And as a result.
We do have a voice it has to be something that's acceptable to senate Republicans as well as house Republicans.
Have you -- indication that senator Harry Reid wants to cut.
Any spending.
No.
No -- You never gonna talk about reducing spending by a -- it's always about adding revenue and they're not even satisfied to have more money.
They have to specify -- comes from.
Rich people have to pay it as a result of an increase in tax rates otherwise we don't want.
Not that's.
That's kind of theology rather than policy seems to -- thank -- Nancy say thank you to.
