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Trey Gowdy stated on May 11, 2014 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":

"We were the last flag flying in Benghazi."

By Louis Jacobson• May 16, 2014

Mike Pence stated on July 12, 2016 in a speech at a Trump rally:

Says Hillary Clinton "took 13 hours to send help to Americans under fire" during the terrorist attack in Benghazi.

By Adam Thorp• July 14, 2016

Hillary Clinton stated on October 05, 2015 in on NBC's Today Show:

"There have been seven investigations (of Benghazi) led mostly by Republicans in the Congress" that concluded "nobody did anything wrong, but there were changes we could make."

By Clayton Youngman• October 12, 2015

Donald Trump stated on October 10, 2016 in a rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.:

Says Sidney Blumenthal wrote that the Benghazi attack was "almost certainly preventable. Clinton was in charge of the State Department, and it failed to protect U.S. personnel and an American consulate in Libya."

By Louis Jacobson• October 11, 2016

Hillary Clinton stated on September 30, 2015 in a campaign Tweet:

The Benghazi probe is "the longest-running congressional investigation ever."

By Lauren Carroll• October 2, 2015

Ron Johnson stated on May 06, 2014 in an opinion article:

Before the terrorist attacks in Benghazi, "the State Department not only failed to honor repeated requests for additional security, but instead actually reduced security in Libya."

By Tom Kertscher• May 19, 2014

Jason Chaffetz stated on May 06, 2013 in an interview on Fox News:

"We had people that were getting killed (in Benghazi), we had people who are willing to risk their lives to go save them, and somebody told them to stand down."

By Becky Bowers• May 14, 2013

Karl Rove stated on January 12, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday":

"The amount of attention paid this week to Chris Christie makes the coverage of Benghazi ... pale in significance."

By Steve Contorno• January 12, 2014

Donald Trump stated on June 22, 2016 in a speech in New York :

The Benghazi victims were "left helpless to die as Hillary Clinton soundly slept in her bed."

By Lauren Carroll• June 23, 2016

Marco Rubio stated on February 13, 2015 in a radio interview:

ISIS is "now the predominant Islamist group in Benghazi."

By Joshua Gillin• February 19, 2015

Facebook posts stated on January 01, 2020 in a Facebook post:

"Hillary ignored multiple requests for security, didn’t respond for 13 hours, & let 4 Americans die in Benghazi. Trump rushed in reinforcements, threatened to destroy Iran, & made sure no lives were lost in Baghdad."

By Tom Kertscher• January 6, 2020

Ben Carson stated on November 10, 2015 in the Fox Business Network debate:

Says Hillary Clinton told her daughter and a government official that Benghazi "was a terrorist attack, and then tells everybody else that it was a video."

By Amy Sherman• November 11, 2015

David Dewhurst stated on October 14, 2013 in an interview with the Texas Observer:

The White House had a live video feed of the Benghazi attacks as they occurred.

By W. Gardner Selby• October 15, 2013

Ronan Farrow stated on May 05, 2014 in a segment on "Ronan Farrow Daily":

Congress' decision to "spend less around the world" on embassy security contributed to "tragedies" like Benghazi.

By Katie Sanders• May 13, 2014

Mike Pence stated on July 20, 2016 in the Republican national convention:

"It was Hillary Clinton who left Americans in harm's way in Benghazi and after four Americans fell said, 'What difference at this point does it make?' "

By Linda Qiu• July 21, 2016

Bloggers stated on September 09, 2018 in a website post:

Says Barack Obama "referred to the carnage that took place in Benghazi as a conspiracy theory."

By Jon Greenberg• September 14, 2018

Paul Ryan stated on September 26, 2016 in a tweet:

"Repeated requests for additional security in Benghazi were routinely denied" by Hillary "Clinton’s State Department."

By Tom Kertscher• October 7, 2016

Andrew Napolitano stated on August 05, 2015 in in an interview on Fox's "Hannity":

Emails released to the public show Hillary Clinton discussed "the location of Ambassador Stevens, who of course was murdered, in Libya."

By Lauren Carroll• August 11, 2015

The Other 98% stated on January 09, 2017 in a viral image:

"The same 3 senators who have spent the last 3 years s------- themselves over ‘Benghazi!’ just introduced a bill to reduce embassy security by 50 percent."

By Louis Jacobson• January 12, 2017

Democratic National Committee stated on May 24, 2013 in an email to supporters:

"Republicans actually doctored emails between administration officials about Benghazi. Then, they released them to the press, trying to pass them off as real."

By Becky Bowers• June 4, 2013

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