The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, led by chairman Darrell Issa (R) of California, holds a hearing about last year's deadly assault on the US diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 8, 2013. Those testifying are: (l. to r.) Mark Thompson, the State Department's acting deputy assistant secretary for counterterrorism; Gregory Hicks, former deputy chief of mission in Libya; and Eric Nordstrom, the State Department's former regional security officer in Libya.
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