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Leon Panetta will make what could be his final appearance Capitol Hill as Defense secretary this week to testify on last year’s attack in Benghazi, Libya.

Panetta will testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee on the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. facility in Benghazi, according to committee aides.

The hearing has been tentatively scheduled for Thursday, Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) announced, although he said that has not been finalized.

“You cannot just simply call and expect within two minutes to have a team in place," Panetta said Sunday.

A suicide bomber attacked the side entrance to the U.S. embassy, killing a guard and a Turkish citizen.

“I think Sen. Hagel answered questions appropriately and did fine,” Carney said.

GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba -- The recent controversy over military and intelligence agencies' ability to control the broadcast of the ongoing 9/11 military tribunal here has spawned a series of questions over what other surveillance measures have been put in place by government officials. 

GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba — Army Judge Col. James Pohl ruled outside military or intelligence agencies cannot black out live-video feeds. 

GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba — Defense attorneys representing the five 9/11 co-conspirators on trial here want extended access to the U.S. military's highly classified detention center where their clients are being housed.

Hagel and his wife hold between $100,001 and $250,000 of Chevron common stock and between $5,001 and $15,000 in dividends.

GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba — An Army judge on Monday denied any talk of the CIA's detainee interrogation program during pretrial proceedings for the five accused 9/11 conspirators, but not before admonishing U.S. officials for censoring unclassified information during the hearing.

GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba — Defense lawyers want the government to publicly discuss the classified "black sites."