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Second largest city in Libya
Hillary Clinton, as Secretary of State during the 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, publicly took responsibility for security lapses, defended State Department decisions in mult...
Investigations found serious security lapses at the Benghazi diplomatic facility and faulted State Department management and lower‑level officials for failing to provide adequate protection; multiple ...
President Obama framed the 2011 US role in Libya primarily as an urgent, limited action to from Muammar Qaddafi’s forces, stressing international legitimacy and coalition action under UN Security Coun...
J. Christopher "Chris" Stevens was a career U.S. diplomat and the U.S. Ambassador to Libya from May 22, 2012, until his death in the coordinated attacks on U.S. facilities in Benghazi on September 11–...
The Benghazi attack on September 11, 2012, killed four Americans and exposed serious at U.S. facilities; investigations later concluded there was no criminal wrongdoing by President Obama or Secretary...
Multiple congressional and independent investigations into the 2012 Benghazi attacks produced no finding that Hillary Clinton committed criminal wrongdoing or was personally culpable for the deaths of...
The Obama administration’s public handling of the Sept. 11, 2012, attack in Benghazi combined rapid public messaging, internal reviews, and a long series of congressional and public disputes about wha...
The Obama administration played a central but deliberately constrained role in the 2011 NATO intervention in Libya: it led the initial US military strikes and provided unique capabilities, framed the ...
A multi-year, multi-investigation record shows no definitive evidence that Hillary Clinton personally caused the 2012 Benghazi attacks or was criminally culpable for the deaths that occurred, though t...
On the night of September 11, 2012, then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton engaged in high-level communications and public messaging about the Benghazi attacks—placing calls to senior intelligence of...
The Benghazi attack on September 11–12, 2012, was carried out by militants associated with Ansar al-Sharia and killed four Americans including Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens; later U.S. prosecution...
A survey of prominent critiques finds Barack Obama’s presidency was marred by a string of policy choices and controversies that disappointed progressives, alarmed civil‑libertarians, and energized con...
The Obama administration’s intervention in Libya in 2011 was primarily justified as a limited, international action to protect civilians from an imminent massacre by Muammar Qaddafi’s forces and to pr...
A tranche of cables and emails from 2011–mid‑2012—including reports authored or routed by Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens, cables from Regional Security Officer Eric Nordstrom in March and July 2012...
An independent Accountability Review Board (ARB) appointed by Secretary Clinton found “systemic failures and leadership and management deficiencies” at senior levels of two State Department bureaus th...
State Department reviews found that security at the Benghazi mission was “grossly inadequate” and that repeated local requests for more protection did not reach or were not acted on by senior leadersh...
Multiple congressional and criminal probes into the 2012 Benghazi attacks subpoenaed, compelled, or interviewed dozens of U.S. government and contractor witnesses; public reporting and committee relea...