RNC CommunicationsHillary Clinton- June 21, 2016
On September 11, 2012, The U.S. Diplomatic Compound In Benghazi Was Attacked By Radical Islamic Terrorists, Resulting In The Death Of Ambassador Christopher Stevens And Three Other Americans. “Islamist militants armed with antiaircraft weapons and rocket-propelled grenades stormed a lightly defended United States diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, late Tuesday, killing the American ambassador and three members of his staff and raising questions about the radicalization of countries swept up in the Arab Spring. The ambassador, J. Christopher Stevens, was missing almost immediately after the start of an intense, four-hour firefight for control of the mission, and his body was not located until Wednesday morning at dawn, when he was found dead at a Benghazi hospital, American and Libyan officials said.” (David D. Kirkpatrick and Steven Lee Myers, “Libya Attack Brings Challenges For U.S.,” The New York Times, 9/12/12) Continue Reading »