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Hearing on security at diplomatic outposts abroad

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-- thank you the question of just how -- American diplomatic outposts are over scenes came up for discussion today on Capitol Hill.

And that plays and it concerns by some Republicans about the expected nomination of United Nations ambassador Susan Rice for secretary of state.

-- intelligence correspondent Catherine -- -- the done.

At high risk sites including the Ben Ghazi consulate internal State Department reporting 2009.

Recommended physical theory like this one to prevent the -- of diplomatic facilities.

At a closed hearing before the senate homeland security committee witnesses testified -- those changes were never made in Ben Ghazi.

Disconcerting upsetting to see how can easily.

The terrorists.

-- candidates and basically just.

The committee's ranking Republican also questions -- striking similarities between 1998 al-Qaeda bombings of the US embassies in Africa.

Which killed twelve Americans and injured 4000 other.

In 1998 Susan Rice was 33 years old and running departments at.

Section the ambassador to Kenya.

Then repeated messages.

To the State Department.

Record as -- it's a stronger but facility because of the increased threat.

And those requests as in the case I've been practicing.

Were turned down -- to say to her.

Some foreign policy analysts say -- has baggage beyond the -- Ghazi controversy.

As part of the Clinton administration in the mid ninety's rice and others reportedly turned down an offer from the Sudanese government to arrest Osama bin Laden.

She's not completely unable.

To admit.

That she was wrong.

They -- taken a position that led.

It's the escape of a man ultimately kill 3000 Americans on -- line.

And rice also face trouble from the left not because for diplomatic record -- because of her financial one.

The Sunlight Foundation agreed -- -- government transparency report.

They're rice and her husband to be worth more than twenty million dollars -- between a quarter and a half million dollar in trans Canada stopped.

That's the company tried to build a controversial Keystone Pipeline.

Tested a stock ownership of potential conflict the White House spokesman insinuated the report was the work of Republican up.

With the tragedy that occurred in -- -- -- this is about politics.

And that should.

Very significant Canadian stock is not an issue on his rice as UN ambassador but it could be a conflict if she is confirmed as secretary of state.

It department would need to sign off on that pipeline project if it does call ahead.

An environmental group who brought it up originally it's a group on the left not on the register -- -- -- you think you know.

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