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Former U.S. Ambassador to the UN John Bolton with the latest detail surrounding the assassination of the U.S. Ambassador to Libya.
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That's what we off.
We on -- -- the truth about what happened in Libya last week the attack on the US consulate was a terrorist attack would direct links to al-Qaeda.
A -- gitmo -- we was involved.
Fox News confirming this now.
And secretary of state Hillary Clinton will brief congressman and -- -- today on the latest developments in the mideast and North Africa.
That'll be a closed door meeting went -- going to be in that.
This new information disputes what Susan Rice US ambassador to the United Nations said on FOX News Sunday.
What happened initially was it it was a spontaneous.
Reaction to what had just transpired in Cairo.
It as a consequence of the video.
Bid -- let people gathered outside the embassy and then it's it grew very violent those with extremist ties and join the fray and came with heavy weapons which unfortunately are quite common in in post revolutionary.
At Libya and and that then spun out of control.
All right ambassador John Bolton joins us now mr.
ambassador.
Doesn't seem like -- White House position it was the movie could hold up much long.
-- combined with intelligence forgetting about the attack on the embassy in Libya that that was motivated by desire for the release of the blind -- the mastermind of the original attack on this.
Twin Towers back in 1993.
You know the confirmation that al-Qaeda in North Africa was involved in the assassination of -- bastard and Ghazi.
Is really quite significant because it it just -- a hole in the administration argument that the war on terror is over.
The war on -- is very much.
In forces we can see from what happened the last time Mitt Romney said anything about this it was a late night appearance when he was responding to these semi apology to the embassy in -- would put out okay the response to what Mitt Romney said.
Wyss from the media was just obviously spent thought we can't do this.
Is this now a new opportunity for mr.
Romney to get into this whole issue.
I think it is I think this is that they shows that our commander in chief that not only is weak and indecisive that he fundamentally misunderstand what's going on.
In the Middle East and that while people are obviously focused on the economy the potential danger to the United States over the next four years is real is it right.
For a challenger in a presidential election.
To go after the incumbent president on foreign policy six and a half weeks to an election is that legit absolutely if you go back if you go back to 1944.
And look at Republican criticism of Franklin Roosevelt's handling of the war until then.
That's that's real criticism of a critical foreign policy remember the war in Vietnam everybody gets criticized except Barack Obama -- -- pattern there OK you've got some new information about what is happening right now in Pakistan though right well it looks like -- between thirty and 50000 demonstrators outside the embassy the Pakistani military ideally presidential guard have been called in to restore order of the police and had -- fire shots.
This is a big -- and for those who remember not just the hostage taking in Tehran and 79 but the burning of our embassy in Pakistan this is pretty -- I believe a soldier was killed.
In that embassy incident when -- back went dozens almost suffocated when the embassy has burned and -- almost couldn't escape you see a parallel 1982000.
Very weren't very work.
Ambassador John Bolton right there on the spot forward we appreciate it thank --
