Chris Stevens
WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 03: U.S. Vice President Joe Biden greeets family members of American Foreign Service Association members who died while serving overseas during a ceremony at the U.S. State Department May 3, 2013. While marking Foreign Affairs Day, Biden and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry unveiled a memorial plaque in the State Department lobby honoring U.S. Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens, Anne Smedinghoff, Sean Patrick Smith, Ty Woods, Glen Doherty, Ragaei Said Abdelfattah, Joseph Gregory Fandino, and Francis Savage.
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If any single person must shoulder blame for those needless American deaths, it is Hillary Rodham Clinton, whose State Department refused Ambassador Chris Stevens' requests for additional security.
They just wanted me to go away but I wouldn't just go away ... I knew (former U.S. Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens). Chris was a friend of mine.
In the shadows of the attack in Afghanistan and Ankara and of course last year’s terrorist attack in Benghazi which killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans we all understand it is indelibly imprinted on us how important it is to protect our people in our facilitiesMore quotes »
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Former U.S. official describes Libya attack
September, with a 2 a.m. call from Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and confusion about the fate of U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens .In a slow, halting and sometimes emotional voice, Gregory Hicks, the deputy chief of mission who was in Tripoli, described Read more »
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Attacks in Benghazi kill 6 Libyan soldiers
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Rooftop snipers and knife-wielding assailants killed six soldiers in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi early Saturday, officials said, in the largest attack on the country's new security forces to date. The brazen overnight assault b from Mail.com Read more »
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Remember Amb. Chris Stevens As We Support Syrian Rebels
You were wondering when it would finally happen. Your heart raced when Secretary Kerry or WH Press Agent Jay Carney mentioned Syria. Your palms sweat even when the president denies involvement. Well, liberal humanitarians and conservative imperalists, le from American Spectator Read more »
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Grenade hurled at Libyan TV station in Benghazi
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Libya's first independent TV says a hand grenade was hurled at its building in the eastern city of Benghazi. An employee at the Libya Al-Hurra, Tareq el-Issawi, said on Friday that a colleague was injured in the attack overnight out from Mail.com Read more »
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New US ambassador to Libya takes oath
Long-time diplomat Deborah Jones took the oath of office on Tuesday to replace Chris Stevens in a ceremony at the State Department. For Jones, a fluent Arabic speaker, her diplomatic career is "not a just a job; it's a calling. It's a mission, and she sh from DDI News Read more »
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Top military leader's Benghazi narrative evolves - Aypee
Army Gen. Martin Dempsey said timing and the need for the unit to help with casualties from Benghazi resulted in orders for the special forces to remain in Tripoli. Four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens, died in two separate attacks sev from Rantburg Read more »
