Hillary Clinton

I did not primarily conduct business on email with officials in our government.

It should, I think, inspire us to look for ways to get host countries to permit there to be more dedicated security forces, well-enough armed and trained, to be really a force to protect our compounds and our other facilities.

And I did not, Congressman.

I honestly don't understand this fixation, but I do know one thing about Sidney Blumenthal.

I didn't at the time, no.

It is deeply unfortunate that something as serious as what happened in Benghazi could ever be used for partisan political purposes.

We turned over every work-related email.

What I did not and do not believe any Secretary should do was to substitute my judgment from thousands of miles away for the judgment of the security professionals.

I spoke about it because I wanted it to be clear to every government around the world that we were going to look to them to protect our facilities.

We will never prevent every act of terrorism or achieve perfect security and that we inevitably must accept a level of risk.

They expect us to lead, to learn the right lessons, to rise above partisanship, and to reach for statesmanship.

I took it very seriously. And that's why I embraced all of their recommendations and created a new position within the Diplomatic Security Bureau specifically to evaluate high-risk posts.

Ambassadors in the countries they are representing the United States in do not, as a practice, ask permission from the State Department to travel.

I'm sorry that the important work that was done by that board is held in such low regard by some members of this committee, and I deeply regret it.

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

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

Our nation has a long history of bipartisan cooperation on foreign policy and national security.

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

I was in favor of the United States joining with our European allies and our Arab partners.

It's a great opportunity to describe all that we've been doing before the French try to take all the credit.

There is, of course, information that we were obtaining about the increasingly dangerous environment in Libya.

Well, Congressman, of course, I made it abundantly clear that we had to do everything we could to protect our people.

The United States played a major role in the first election that the Libyan people had in 51 years.

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----

The decision, as I recall, was that the post...requested five Diplomatic Security personnel.