GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: One year later as you can see, the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi is still a political football. But for the Americans there on the ground it was a story of heartbreak and the struggle to survive. Greg Hicks was the Diplomat in Charge that night. The only officer who has spoken out about that harrowing night. This d

ROVE: Howie raised an interesting question. Who is in charge of security? You know, who -- the question of why was there no military response? Why were assets not immediately, 5:00 in the afternoon Washington time. Why weren't aircraft not put into the air? Why was there no effort to get assistance on the ground? Who was really responsible for the

SEN. RAND PAUL: The most difficult obstacle they have to overcome is is that if we go in on the side of the rebels, we'll be going on in on the side of al-Qaeda, and most of us think we've been fighting al-Qaeda for 10 or 12 years now. So, it's a hard obstacle or a big obstacle to overcome. They may overcome it in the Senate if it becomes a part

BOB SCHIEFFER: Put aside how we got from there to here; put aside that this may have been poorly handled. But here we are: the President of the United States drew a line in the sand, a red line. At this point, that may be the only good reason left for Congress to give him the authority he now asks for, to respond to Syria's use of chemical we

WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF DENIS MCDONOUGH: This resolution is going to pass after we work this this week, George. Members have been in their districts and in their states. We've been talking ot many of them, dozens of them, and when they see this intelligence, they don't rebut it. So, the bottom line is they have to answer the question: Should

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: You just heard Denis McDonough right there say he was outraged by your suggestion that American forces will be serving as al Qaeda's air force. SEN. TED CRUZ: Well, George, it's good to be with you, and I do agree there is a lot to be outraged about. Number one, all of us are outraged at Assad's conduct. Assad is a brutal

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Rep. Adam Kinzinger Donna Brazile, Katrina vanden Heuvel, Greta Van Susteren and Dan Senor.

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