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...
What the United States did, as I've said, was use our unique capacities.
It was always going to be a constant risk, and we knew that.
this was, we all knew, a risky undertaking.
There is, of course, information that we were obtaining about the increasingly dangerous environment in Libya.
It's good to remind ourselves and the rest of the world that this couldn't have happened without us.
Well, Congressman, I was the Secretary of State. My job was to conduct the diplomacy.
I supported doing what we could to support our European and Arab partners in their effort on a humanitarian basis, a str...
I was in favor of the United States joining with our European allies and our Arab partners.
The decision, as I recall, was that the post...requested five Diplomatic Security personnel.
I followed the law, Congressman. That was my--that was my responsibility.