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Benghazi: Exposing Failure and Recognizing Courage BENGHAZI: EXPOSING FAILURE AND RECOGNIZING COURAGE HEARING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORM HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED THIRTEENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION MAY 8, 2013 Serial No. 113–30 Printed for the use of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform ( Available via the World Wide Web: http://www.fdsys.gov http://www.house.gov/reform U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 81–563 PDF WASHINGTON : 2013 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512–1800; DC area (202) 512–1800 Fax: (202) 512–2104 Mail: Stop IDCC, Washington, DC 20402–0001 VerDate Aug 31 2005 12:10 Jul 01, 2013 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 5011 Sfmt 5011 C:\USERS\APRIL~1.KIN\DOCUME~1\81563.TXT APRIL COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORM DARRELL E. ISSA, California, Chairman JOHN L. MICA, Florida ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS, Maryland, Ranking MICHAEL R. TURNER, Ohio Minority Member JOHN J. DUNCAN, JR., Tennessee CAROLYN B. MALONEY, New York PATRICK T. MCHENRY, North Carolina ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, District of JIM JORDAN, Ohio Columbia JASON CHAFFETZ, Utah JOHN F. TIERNEY, Massachusetts TIM WALBERG, Michigan WM. LACY CLAY, Missouri JAMES LANKFORD, Oklahoma STEPHEN F. LYNCH, Massachusetts JUSTIN AMASH, Michigan JIM COOPER, Tennessee PAUL A. GOSAR, Arizona GERALD E. CONNOLLY, Virginia PATRICK MEEHAN, Pennsylvania JACKIE SPEIER, California SCOTT DESJARLAIS, Tennessee MATTHEW A. CARTWRIGHT, Pennsylvania TREY GOWDY, South Carolina MARK POCAN, Wisconsin BLAKE FARENTHOLD, Texas TAMMY DUCKWORTH, Illinois DOC HASTINGS, Washington ROBIN L. KELLY, Illinois CYNTHIA M. LUMMIS, Wyoming DANNY K. DAVIS, Illinois ROB WOODALL, Georgia PETER WELCH, Vermont THOMAS MASSIE, Kentucky TONY CARDENAS, California DOUG COLLINS, Georgia STEVEN A. HORSFORD, Nevada MARK MEADOWS, North Carolina MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM, New Mexico KERRY L. BENTIVOLIO, Michigan RON DESANTIS, Florida LAWRENCE J. BRADY, Staff Director JOHN D. CUADERES, Deputy Staff Director STEPHEN CASTOR, General Counsel LINDA A. GOOD, Chief Clerk DAVID RAPALLO, Minority Staff Director (II) VerDate Aug 31 2005 12:10 Jul 01, 2013 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 C:\USERS\APRIL~1.KIN\DOCUME~1\81563.TXT APRIL C O N T E N T S Page Hearing held on May 8, 2013 ................................................................................. 1 WITNESSES Mr. Mark Thompson, Deputy Coordinator for Operations, Bureau of Counterterrorism and Leader, Foreign Emergency Support Team, U.S. De- partment of State Oral Statement ................................................................................................. 7 Written Statement ............................................................................................ 9 Mr. Gregory Hicks,Foreign Service Officer and Former Deputy Chief of Mis- sion/Charge´ D’Affairs in Libya, U.S. Department of State Oral Statement ................................................................................................. 10 Written Statement ............................................................................................ 11 Mr. Eric Nordstrom, Diplomatic Security Officer and Former Regional Secu- rity Officer in Libya, U.S. Department of State Oral Statement ................................................................................................. 15 Written Statement ............................................................................................ 16 APPENDIX Article from the Washington Post Submitted by Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney a Member of Congress from the State of New York .......................................... 114 Department of Defense Press Release Dated May 8, 2013, Submitted by Robin L. Kelly a Member of Congress from the State of Illinois ..................... 119 New York Times Article September 12, 2012, Submitted by Gerald E. Connolly a Member of Congress from the State of Virginia ............................. 120 Statement for the Record Submitted by Matthew A. Cartwright a Member of Congress from the State of Pennsylvania ...................................................... 125 (III) VerDate Aug 31 2005 12:10 Jul 01, 2013 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 C:\USERS\APRIL~1.KIN\DOCUME~1\81563.TXT APRIL VerDate Aug 31 2005 12:10 Jul 01, 2013 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 C:\USERS\APRIL~1.KIN\DOCUME~1\81563.TXT APRIL BENGHAZI: EXPOSING FAILURE AND RECOGNIZING COURAGE Wednesday, May 8, 2013 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORM, WASHINGTON, D.C. The committee met, pursuant to call, at 11:30 a.m., in Room 2154, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Darrell E. Issa [chair- man of the committee] presiding. Present: Representatives Issa, Mica, Turner, Duncan, McHenry, Jordan, Chaffetz, Walberg, Lankford, Amash, Gosar, Meehan, DesJarlais, Gowdy, Farenthold, Hastings, Lummis, Woodall, Massie, Collins, Meadows, Bentivolio, DeSantis, Cummings, Maloney, Norton, Tierney, Clay, Lynch, Cooper, Connolly, Speier, Cartwright, Pocan, Duckworth, Kelly, Davis, Welch, Cardenas, Horsford, and Lujan Grisham. Also Present: Representatives Rohrabacher and Jackson Lee. Staff Present: Ali Ahmad, Communications Adviser; Alexia Ardolina, Assistant Clerk; Jen Barblan, Counsel; Kurt Bardella, Senior Policy Adviser; Brien A. Beattie, Professional Staff Member; Richard A. Beutel, Senior Counsel; Will L. Boyington, Press Assist- ant; Molly Boyl, Parliamentarian; Lawrence J. Brady, Staff Direc- tor; Joseph A. Brazauskas, Executive Assistant; Ashley H. Callen, Senior Counsel; Caitlin Carroll, Deputy Press Secretary; Sharon Casey, Senior Assistant Clerk; Steve Castor, General Counsel; John Cuaderes, Deputy Staff Director; Brian Daner, Counsel; Carlton Davis, Senior Counsel; Jessica L. Donlon, Senior Counsel; Kate Dunbar, Professional Staff Member; Adam P. Fromm, Direc- tor of Member Services and Committee Operations; Linda Good, Chief Clerk; Tyler Grimm, Senior Professional Staff Member; Ryan M. Hambleton, Senior Professional Staff Member; Frederick Hill, Director of Communications and Senior Policy Advisor; Christopher Hixon, Deputy Chief Counsel, Oversight; Mitchell S. Kominsky, Counsel; Jim Lewis, Senior Policy Advisor; Justin LoFranco, Dig- ital Director; Mark D. Marin, Director of Oversight; Kristin L. Nel- son, Senior Counsel; John Ohly, Senior Professional Staff Member; Ashok M. Pinto, Chief Counsel, Investigations; Laura L. Rush, Deputy Chief Clerk; Scott Schmidt, Deputy Director of Digital Strategy; Jonathan J. Skladany, Deputy Chief Counsel, Investiga- tions; Rebecca Watkins, Deputy Director of Communications; Kevin Corbin, Minority Professional Staff Member; Susanne Sachsman Grooms, Minority Chief Counsel; Devon Hill, Minority Research Assistant; Jennifer Hoffman, Minority Press Secretary; Carla Hultberg, Minority Chief Clerk; Peter Kenny, Minority Counsel; (1) VerDate Aug 31 2005 12:10 Jul 01, 2013 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6633 Sfmt 6633 C:\USERS\APRIL~1.KIN\DOCUME~1\81563.TXT APRIL 2 Chris Knauer, Minority Senior Investigator; Lucina Lessley, Minor- ity Policy Director; Leah Perry, Minority Chief Oversight Counsel; Dave Rapallo, Minority Staff Director; Rory Sheehan, Minority New Media Press Secretary; and Carlos Uriarte, Minority Counsel. Chairman ISSA. The hearing will come to order. The Oversight Committee exists to secure two fundamental principles: First, Americans have a right to know that the money Washington takes from them is well spent; and, second, Americans deserve an effi- cient, effective government that works for them. Our duty on the Oversight and Government Reform Committee is to protect these rights. Our solemn responsibility is to hold government accountable to taxpayers because taxpayers have a right to know what they get from their government. Our obligation is to work tirelessly with cit- izen watchdogs and whistleblowers to deliver the facts to the Amer- ican people and bring genuine reform to the Federal bureaucracy. On September 11, 2012, four Americans were murdered by ter- rorists. It was the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington. Recognizing that the witnesses before us are actual experts on what really happened before, during, and after the Benghazi attacks, I’m not going to recount those events or decisions. These witnesses deserve to be heard on the Benghazi attacks, the flaws in the Accountability Review Board’s method- ology, process, and conclusion. Before I introduce these witnesses and explain some of our ef- forts to learn more about what happened in Benghazi, I want to take a moment to reflect on and to recognize the brave Americans who lost their lives in that attack that day. I also want to note that there are friends and immediate family of those killed or injured that are with us here today. J. Christopher Stevens, U.S. Ambas- sador to Libya; Sean Patrick Smith, Information Management Spe- cialist; Tyrone Woods, Security Specialist and former Navy SEAL; Glen Doherty, Security Specialist and former Navy SEAL. Our goal in this investigation is to get answers because their families deserve answers. They were promised answers at the high- est level when their bodies came home. The President was there, the Vice President was there, the Secretary of Defense was there, the Secretary of State was there. We want to make certain those promises are kept on behalf of those individuals. We also want to make certain that our government learns the proper lessons from this tragedy so it never happens
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