“Hillary Clinton is here at the committee to honor those brave men. She knew Chris Stevens. Chris’s mother liked to say he had sand in his shoes because he was always moving, always working.”
What does Stevens’ mom think of Hillary?
“Although I didn’t have the privilege of meeting Sean Smith personally, he was a valued member of our state department family. . . . Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty worked for the CIA. . . . They were both former Navy Seals and trained paramedics with distinguished records of service . . . “
It was deeply painful to lose these great men, professionally and personally.
She was the one to ask Chris to go to Libya.
After the attacks she stood next to Obama as their coffins were taken off the plane at Andrews Air Force base. She takes responsibility.
What happened in Benghazi has been scrutinized by all sorts of people and agencies. So today she’d like to share three observations about how we can learn from this tragedy and move forward. First, America must lead in a dangerous world and our diplomats must represent us in dangerous places.