The other day, a young member of our staff asked, “What exactly is the Benghazi issue all about?” He knew that an American ambassador had been killed, and that Hillary Clinton was secretary of state when that happened. But like many other Americans, he didn’t understand what the House panel investigating Benghazi was hoping to find out now, in particular from Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton.
That why we have curated the following information from the 698 stories and references that we have published on Benghazi. We believe these stories will give our readers a good overview of what happened in Benghazi and why this issue is still important to both Republicans and Democrats, including Hillary Clinton.
THE BENGHAZI TIMELINE
U.S. Officer Got No Reply to Requests for More Security in Benghazi
By Susan Cornwell and By Mark Hosenball | Oct 09, 2012 Benghazi
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. security officer twice asked his State Department superiors for more security agents for the American mission in Benghazi months before an attack that killed the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans, but he got no response. The...
U.S. Officials Say Frantic Search Failed to Find Envoy in Benghazi
By Tabassum Zakaria and By Andrew Quinn, Reuters | Oct 09, 2012
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. State Department officials on Tuesday offered their most detailed description yet of the dramatic events in Benghazi that led to the death of a U.S. ambassador, but they backed away from earlier assertions that the events were triggered by protests...
Benghazi eMails Show Officials Lied About Terror Attack
By Jeff Mason and By Mark Hosenball | May 12, 2013
President Barack Obama's administration fought back on Friday against Republican accusations that it covered up details of last year's deadly assault on a U.S. mission in Libya, after a news report that memos on the incident were edited to omit a CIA warning of a threat posed...
New Benghazi Emails Could Derail Hillary in 2016
By David Francis | May 01, 2014
The White House and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have long tried to quell the controversy around the Sept. 11, 2012 attack on an American consulate in Benghazi that claimed the lives of U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three others. New revelations show that...
What Really Happened in Benghazi on 9/11/2012
By Maureen Mackey, The Fiscal Times | Sep 07, 2014
Despite numerous congressional investigations into the attack on the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya, on September 11, 2012, we still don’t know the whole story. The attack took the lives of four Americans, including Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens, and wounded...
Emails Show Hillary Had Secret Benghazi Warning
By Jeff Gerth, ProPublica | Mar 29, 2015
Starting weeks before Islamic militants attacked the U.S. diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya, longtime Clinton family confidante Sidney Blumenthal supplied intelligence to then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gathered by a secret network that included a former CIA clandestine...
Democrats blast U.S. House Benghazi probe as out to get Clinton
By Mark Hosenball and By Susan Cornwell, Reuters | Apr 22, 2015
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional Democrats on Wednesday criticized a Republican-led probe of the 2012 attacks on U.S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya, as a political assault on Hillary Clinton, citing a possible delay in its final report until 2016, while a related State...
How Hillary’s E-Mail Mess Revived Benghazi
By Eric Pianin | Apr 24, 2015
Speaker John Boehner and other House GOP leaders are pressuring former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in an effort to shake loose evidence that she mishandled events surrounding the 2012 terrorist attacks against a U.S. diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya. The...
With Credibility Slipping, Clinton Pushes Back on Benghazi Probe
By Eric Pianin | May 05, 2015
Beset by a series of controversies over her email, the Clinton Foundation’s fundraising efforts and her own speaking fees, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is trying to limit her exposure to a special House committee investigating the 2012 terrorist attacks...
Clinton Spars with Benghazi Committee over Testimony
By Rob Garver | Jul 27, 2015
Over the weekend, the long-awaited news that a date had been set for Hillary Clinton to testify before the House Select Committee on Benghazi finally broke. A deal had been struck on Friday, a campaign spokesman told CNN. Clinton was set to testify on October 22. Except,...
Ex-Benghazi investigator says U.S. panel targeted Clinton: media
By Reuters | Oct 10, 2015
They said Major Bradley Podliska, an intelligence officer in the Air Force Reserve on active duty in Germany, alleged that he was fired for resisting pressure to focus his investigation into the 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi on Clinton's role. They...
House Republicans Give Clinton Another Gift on Benghazi
By Rob Garver | Oct 15, 2015
At this point, Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) must be wondering why he bothers. The chair of the House Select Committee that is investigating the attacks on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi in 2012 has gone to great lengths to create the appearance of a committee dedicated...
