U.S. lawmakers spar over attack in Libya
Consulate security at issue on House panel
Posted: October 11, 2012 at 5:25 a.m.
Lt. Col. Andrew Wood (left) of the Utah National Guard, who left Libya in August after a six-month deployment, testifies Wednesday before a House committee hearing that the security situation in Libya at the time was “uncertain,” with some Libyans saying it was getting worse.
House Republicans on Wednesday accused the State Department of shortchanging security at the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, as the first congressional hearing into the attack there last month quickly took on a partisan tone. Democratic members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee suggested that a vast majority of the security requests had been met.
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