They stated there was a reduction in security from March to the Dec attack. That was the finding of separate committees. Also we know the Commander of the 17th brigade in Libya Providing Security for that Region of Libyan and Benghazi warned Clinton's People 3 days in Advance that things were to dangerous to conduct foreign business in Benghazi. That they felt there was not enough Security.
The report established that the attack on the US mission on 11 September 2012 involved "arson, small arms and machine gun fire, and the use of RPGs, grenades, and mortars."
"Systemic failures and leadership and management deficiencies at senior levels within two bureaus of the State Department resulted
in a Special Mission security posture that was inadequate for Benghazi and grossly inadequate to deal with the attack that took place," the report found.
State department budget shortfalls were one obstacle to reinforcing security at diplomatic outposts worldwide, the report said.
She was replying to the first question from a Republican. A moment four months in coming.
Senator Corker says, "to my knowledge, no one was held accountable." "These officials [on the ground in Benghazi] were screaming out for more security," he says.
He asks Clinton to mention one reform that would have fixed the lack of communication about the security situation in Benghazi.
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The specific security requests" on Benghazi were handled by security professionals, Clinton says, and she never reviewed them.
She was replying to the first question from a Republican. A moment four months in coming.
Clinton replies that the two have a "simple disagreement." She says the state department followed protocol in handling an unfolding security crisis.
Then she turns the conversation to budget issues. She says Congressional holds had been placed on money for the mission in Libya. "We have got to get our act together between the administration and Congress... we have to work together," she says.
Hillary Clinton is about to appear before a House committee to continue her testimony on the Benghazi attack and US anti-terror strategy in the region.
Michael T. McCaul of Texas is grilling Clinton about why she didn't know about cables from Libya asking for additional security for the Benghazi mission.
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Was this cable a surprise to you?" he says. "When you have a US ambassador personally warning [about security]?"
Clinton says there are 1.43m cables that come to the state department every year "and they're all addressed to me."
McCaul: "
This cable went unnoticed by your office, and that's the bottom line.".....snip~
Hillary Clinton testifies before House committee on Benghazi
The UK's Guardian Play by play of Clinton's hearings and by Time and response.