Hillary Clinton On Benghazi: I Do Feel Responsible

She says Ambassador Susan Rice did nothing wrong.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testified before congress for the first time since the September 11 attacks in Benghazi. The attacks left four Americans dead and the State Department under scrutiny as many politicians cited “deficiencies and inadequacies” as the cause. Clinton conceded on some of the accusations, pledging to make sure the Department has the resources it needs to reduce the risks in the future.

At times, Clinton got emotional, remembering hugging the wives, husbands, and children of those killed in the attacks. She spoke tearfully of having “stood next to President Obama as the Marines [who] carried those flag-draped caskets off the plane at Andrews.” There was a brief heated moment when Ambassador Susan Rice was brought up. She vehemently defended the ambassador’s remarks, attesting that she did not knowingly mislead the people. Before she steps down in the coming months, she said the department’s efficacy and operational capabilities will be improved. (CBS News)

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Man Reportedly Linked to Attack on US Embassy in Libya Arrested

Tunisian Interior Ministry spokesman said the man's case is "in the hands of justice"

More than a month after Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans were killed in an attack on a US embassy in Libya, government officials in Tunisia confirmed today they have arrested of a man reportedly linked to the attack.

The Tunisian government said it had 28-year-old Tunisian Ali Harzi in custody. The country's interior ministry spokesman, Tarrouch Khaled, said Harzi was in custody in Tunis, the country's capital city. Khaled told the Associated Press "his case is in the hands of justice," but did not elaborate beyond that statement.

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No one from the US State Department in Washington has yet given a comment.

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Earlier this month, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said the US had been looking into the arrests of two Tunisian men being detained in Turkey. 

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Request for More Security in Libya Months Before Ambassador Death

State Department official says demand was ignored

Requests from a State Department officer in Libya for more security fell on deaf ears months before an attack that resulted in the deaths of the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three others, according to documents and interviews obtained by the Los Angeles Times.

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State Department official Eric Nordstrom reportedly told congressional investigators that he requested more security for the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi months before last month's fatal attack on the embassy. A national security official at Tripoli's U.S. Embassy, Nordstrom said he sent two cables to the State Department requesting more security.

Nordstrom was set to provide further testimony Tuesday before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, which is currently investigating security before and during the attack that killed U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans.

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