Hillary Clinton

We will consider all available diplomatic tools to use to ensure that the U.S. Government has full access to any suspects related to the Benghazi attacks.

Sequestration will be very damaging to the State Department and USAID if it does come to pass because it throws the baby out with the bath.

I categorically reject your answer to Senator Johnson about, well, we did not ask these survivors...

I would say that once the assault happened... our most immediate concern was, No. 1, taking care of their injuries.

Going to the American people and tell them what happened, then you ought to have your facts straight...

I appreciate greatly your sustained attention to Africa, and I think it is going to be viewed as quite prophetic because there will be, I believe, a continuing set of challenges.

I certainly did not know of any reports that contradicted the IC talking points at the time that Ambassador Rice went on the TV shows.

It is a redline for this administration with respect to Syria concerning the use of chemical weapons.

Let us have the permission to take money we already have--we are not asking for more money--and put it to work where the ARB told us to do.

The American people and the families of these four brave Americans still have not gotten the answers that they deserve.

The Libyans were very responsive, very willing, but no levers to pull.

I appreciate your kind words, you know, and I reiterate my taking responsibility.

This Pandora's box, if you will, of weapons coming out of these countries in the Middle East and North Africa is the source of one of our biggest threats.

We do not know what is going to happen in this new revolutionary environment across North Africa and the Middle East.

It is absolutely critical that this committee and the State Department... work together to really understand and address the resources...

I believe in transparency. I believe in taking responsibility, and I have done so.

I have submitted legislation to this committee, to the Congress, to fix this problem so future ARBs will not face this situation.

We did not provide the security that was needed.

That is a fundamental.

I wish I could sit here today and tell you that within days, within a week, by September 20 when we came up here we had a clear picture. We did not have a clear picture.

What difference, at this point, does it make?

I strongly urge it be tried.

Let us stay focused on what really matters--protecting our people and the country we love.

We have to deal with our own economy and our fiscal situation. That is a given because that is the source of our strength and our capacity.

If this is a priority and if we are serious about trying to help this government stand up security...