I get asked constantly, why has nobody been held accountable and not a single person lost a single paycheck connected to the fact that we had the first ambassador killed since 1979? How come no one has been held accountable to date?

He made it clear when he announced this committee. It was because the State Department turned over information in a FOIA request that had not been turned over to the previous committees.

I get asked constantly, why has no one been held accountable? How come not a single person lost a single paycheck connected to the fact we had the first ambassador killed since 1979? How come no one has been held accountable to date?

How come not a single person lost a single paycheck connected to the fact that we had the first ambassador killed since 1979?

That was the decision that was made as a result of the processes that you put in place.

No one recommended closing but you had two ambassadors that made several, several requests and here is basically what happened to their requests. They were torn up.

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