I will continue to speak out and do everything I can... to honor the memory of those we lost.
Hillary Clinton
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Hillary Rodham Clinton is a prominent American politician and member of the Democratic Party, best known for her role as the 67th Secretary of State from 2009 to 2013 under President Barack Obama. Prior to that, she served as the United States Senator from New York from 2001 to 2009. Clinton has been a significant figure in American politics for decades, advocating for issues such as healthcare reform, women's rights, and international diplomacy. Her tenure as Secretary of State included notable events such as the U.S. response to the Arab Spring and the military intervention in Libya.
I think it was the State Department's efforts to try to fill some of those gaps.
Well, Congressman, I was the Secretary of State. My job was to conduct the diplomacy.
This was not a facility that had the capacity to handle classified material, and there was, to the best of our information, Congressman, no classified material at the Benghazi facility.
It's good to remind ourselves and the rest of the world that this couldn't have happened without us.
We want to honor that by continuing to do what we can to support the Libyan people's transition.
It's deeply, deeply distressing when any of our facilities or our personnel are in danger.
Chris Stevens communicated regularly with the members of my staff. He did not raise security with the members of my staff.
No one ever came to me and said, 'We should shut down our compound in Benghazi.'
The state department had between 90 and 95 percent of all the ones that were work-related. They were already on the system.
Several of you have raised the video and have dismissed the importance of the video. And I think that is unfortunate...
I don't see the relevance of any of those questions in terms of what actually happened in Benghazi.
I think it is important that you, as Members of Congress, looking into these issues, that you look at the totality so we can learn the best lessons to try to----
There were a number of reasons for that. And I think it is important to remind the American people where we were at the time.





