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Doomed Libya ambassador: 'We're under attack'

By Alan Silverleib, CNN Congressional Producer

updated 5:49 AM EDT, Thu May 9, 2013

Pat Smith, whose son died in the Benghazi attack reacts to the hearings on 'The Lead with Jake Tapper' CNN today 4pm ET

Washington (CNN) -- Late on the night of last September 11, U.S. Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens spoke to his deputy for the final time from the diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya.

"Greg, we're under attack," Stevens told Gregory Hicks.

Within hours, Stevens and three other Americans were dead, victims of an armed terrorist assault that has since become a political and foreign policy flashpoint in Washington's partisan wars.

The dramatic narrative recounted by Hicks at a six-hour Republican-led House hearing on Wednesday reflected the knowledge of a high-level insider who was in Libya that long night and was deeply involved in trying to react to events.

His efforts to determine the circumstances of the attack and muster help for those under siege in eastern Libya were later praised by his superiors and by President Barack Obama.

The step-by-step account riveted the Oversight Committee proceeding that was also marked by sharp partisan exchanges over the merits of continued 

You can play the video at this site:

Doomed Libya ambassador: 'We're under attack'

By Alan Silverleib, CNN Congressional Producer

updated 5:49 AM EDT, Thu May 9, 2013

Pat Smith, whose son died in the Benghazi attack reacts to the hearings on 'The Lead with Jake Tapper' CNN today 4pm ET

Washington (CNN) -- Late on the night of last September 11, U.S. Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens spoke to his deputy for the final time from the diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya.

"Greg, we're under attack," Stevens told Gregory Hicks.

Within hours, Stevens and three other Americans were dead, victims of an armed terrorist assault that has since become a political and foreign policy flashpoint in Washington's partisan wars.

The dramatic narrative recounted by Hicks at a six-hour Republican-led House hearing on Wednesday reflected the knowledge of a high-level insider who was in Libya that long night and was deeply involved in trying to react to events.

His efforts to determine the circumstances of the attack and muster help for those under siege in eastern Libya were later praised by his superiors and by President Barack Obama.

The step-by-step account riveted the Oversight Committee proceeding that was also marked by sharp partisan exchanges over the merits of continued 

You can play the video at this site:

http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/08/politics/benghazi-hearing