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Fact checking Hillary Clinton's Libya testimony
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Closer look at comments on Capitol Hill
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- Date Jan 24, 2013
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Mike thank you on a day when the senate focused on confirming the next secretary of state.
There are still a lot of questions tonight about what the current secretary said yesterday concerning the deadly terror attack in Libya last September.
Chief intelligence correspondent Catherine Herridge with the fact check on Hillary Clinton.
Close scrutiny of secretary Hillary Clinton's testimony on the van Gundy terrorist attack reveals a lack of consistency.
On Wednesday Clinton cited the independent review known as the accountability review board -- they are being.
To buttress her claims the intelligence picture -- complicated I quote key questions surrounding the identity actions and motivations of the perpetrators.
Remain to be determined but less than 24 hours after the attack on September 12.
The head of the House Intelligence Committee who was also receiving high level intelligence briefings like mrs.
Clinton told fox it was clearly premeditated terrorism.
There was a coordinated military style commando type raid that had both direct fire and indirect fire.
Military movements involved in it if this was a well planned well targeted -- -- no doubt about it.
In this exchange before the house committee mrs.
Clinton seemed to leave the impression that she did not have real time access to events as the and pulled it.
At any time did you.
See the initial attack on a monitor.
Before that president congressman there was no monitor there was no real time we got the surveillance videos some.
Weeks later.
But in October Charlene -- one of Clinton's subordinates told the house government oversight -- -- to senior State Department staff for money free open phone lines to agents on the ground.
You note that -- your -- on -- the diplomatic security command center in the you make this statement I could follow what was happening.
Almost in real time.
That's correct and while Clinton offered this explanation for why ambassador Susan Rice took her place -- five national -- -- on September 16 I have to confess here in public.
Going on the Sunday shows has.
Not my favorite thing to do in -- December interview with NBC after she withdrew from consideration for secretary of state.
Rice said he Clinton's doing weekly protests in the Middle East for the change in plans.
Secretary Clinton's careful testimony over five hours on Capitol Hill -- the benefits is speaking last.
And the testimony underscored mrs.
Clinton's ability to successfully thread the needle.
There were no glaring inconsistencies.
But her statements did not completely -- with -- establish record.
Kevin thank you Iraq.