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Secretary of State John Kerry said Thursday he's determined to answer any questions related to the deadly assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, as the House Republican leader pushed for more information from the Obama administration. One day after a lengthy House hearing on the Sept. 11, 2012, attack, Kerry told reporters as he traveled overseas that anyone culpable of wrongdoing will be dealt with appropriately. But he's withholding judgment on testimony in Congress suggesting that senior State Department officials were pressured or demoted for objecting to the administration's initial and since-debunked explanations for the attacks.

"I don't think anybody lied to anybody. And let's find out exactly, together, what happened, because we need -- we got a lot more important things to move on to and get done. (House Foreign Affairs Committee, April 17, 2013)"

Secretary of State John Kerry reminded the House Foreign Affairs Committee Wednesday that he was “on the other side of the podium” when U.S. interests came under attack in Benghazi on Sept. 11, 2012, and he said if the State Department is trying to impede the committee’s investigation into embassy security, he’s “not aware” of it. “There’s certainly no position by me to delay anything,” Kerry said, “and I was not aware that—you know, if there’s anything that is appropriate to turn over.” Kerry said he wants to check “historical precedent” regarding investigative and FBI documents relating to the terror...