Going to the point I tried to make to Ed, I can say that there was no actionable intelligence suggesting that there would be an assault on the Benghazi facility.

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On one occasion, I tried to get her to say something about her husband, but she clammed up at that.

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But it is also true, as I have said or tried to say frequently, that each country in the region is different.

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"While I was putting the bandage on... he tried to say something but I couldn't understand what he was saying, " she said.

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"I tried to guide her in what it had been like for me and to say just treat everybody the same, don't be bringing politics, religion or anything into your job, you are there to serve everybody no matter what, " he added.

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Not new, I hear you say - that has been tried for years, all the way back to WebTV in the 1990s.

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But it's also a somewhat convenient position because he can always say no one tried to win the war the way that I suggested to win it, because I don't think that there is going to be a commitment of a lot more troops.

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