Hillary Clinton Confronts Republican Critics at Benghazi Hearing

WASHINGTON — Hillary Rodham Clinton confronted Republican critics on the House Benghazi committee on Thursday with a challenge to “reach for statesmanship” in their long-running inquiry into the 2012 attacks that killed four Americans. Testifying in the ornate and cavernous assembly room that is home to the House Ways and Means Committee, Mrs. Clinton hailed the memory of J. Christopher Stevens, the ambassador to Libya, and the three others who died at the American diplomatic mission in Benghazi and again took responsibility for the attacks in which they died.But the Democratic presidential candidate said that as secretary of state she had not personally approved or denied requests for extra security for the facility where they…READ MORE