U.S. State Department officials testified on Wednesday before an election-season congressional hearing (a Republican-led committee) that security levels at the U.S. consulate in Benghazi Libya were adequate for the 9/11 anniversary, but the attacks displayed an unprecedented veracity.

"We had the correct number of assets in Benghazi at the time of 9/11," said deputy secretary of state for diplomatic security, Charlene Lamb. However, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chairman, Rep. Darrell Issa contested this saying her testimony didn’t “ring true”.


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