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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Wednesday she took responsibility for not adequately protecting U.S. personnel in the Sept. 11 attack on a U.S. diplomatic facility in Benghazi, Libya that resulted in the killing of Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans.

More than four months after the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in eastern Libya, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will deliver long-awaited testimony on the historic security failure.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday told CNN that she assumes responsibility for last month's deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday vowed to pursue a full accounting of the deadly attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi "wherever that leads," but cautioned that it could take time for a complete picture to emerge.

President Obama vowed that "justice will be done" in response to the attack in Libya that took the life of American ambassador Christopher Stevens. Joined by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for a statement in the Rose Garden Wednesday morning, Obama said the killing of Stevens and three other Americans will not "break the bonds" between the U.S. and Libya.

The United States and Spain said Saturday they won't let Moammar Gadhafi's threats of retaliatory attacks in Europe deter their mission to protect Libyan civilians.

Ousting Moammar Gadhafi is the best way to protect Libya's civilians, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton declared Thursday as diplomats met in Rome on how to support rebels fighting the Libyan leader....