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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.

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Oct 21, 2015

I will continue to speak out and do everything I can... to honor the memory of those we lost.

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Oct 21, 2015

I did not talk to them until they had had an opportunity to be debriefed.

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Oct 21, 2015

I think greater funding and responsiveness would be helpful.

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Oct 21, 2015

I think it was the State Department's efforts to try to fill some of those gaps.

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Oct 21, 2015

Well, Congressman, I was the Secretary of State. My job was to conduct the diplomacy.

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Oct 21, 2015

We turned over every work-related email.

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Oct 21, 2015

I just---- Respectfully disagree with that, Congressman.

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Oct 21, 2015

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.

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Oct 21, 2015

We should have a much more orderly process for our budget.

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Oct 21, 2015

It's good to remind ourselves and the rest of the world that this couldn't have happened without us.

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Oct 21, 2015

We want to honor that by continuing to do what we can to support the Libyan people's transition.

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Oct 21, 2015

It's deeply, deeply distressing when any of our facilities or our personnel are in danger.

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Oct 21, 2015

Chris Stevens communicated regularly with the members of my staff. He did not raise security with the members of my staff.

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Oct 21, 2015

No one ever came to me and said, 'We should shut down our compound in Benghazi.'

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Oct 21, 2015

There is never any justification for violent acts of this kind.

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Oct 21, 2015

The state department had between 90 and 95 percent of all the ones that were work-related. They were already on the system.

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Oct 21, 2015

Several of you have raised the video and have dismissed the importance of the video. And I think that is unfortunate...

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Oct 21, 2015

I don't see the relevance of any of those questions in terms of what actually happened in Benghazi.

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Oct 21, 2015

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----

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Oct 21, 2015

There was nothing marked classified on my emails, either sent or received.

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Oct 21, 2015

I did not sleep all night. I was very much focused on what we were doing.

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Oct 21, 2015

These are our people on the ground. Where else would I be?

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Oct 21, 2015

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.

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