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Hillary Clinton: there was never a recommendation from any intelligence official in our government, from any official in the State…

On the recordOctober 21, 2015
there was never a recommendation from any intelligence official in our government, from any official in the State Department, or from any other person with knowledge of our presence in Benghazi to shut down Benghazi
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Hillary Clinton
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Clinton asserts there was no recommendation to close the Benghazi mission despite security concerns.

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