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Clinton testifies before House Benghazi committee

On 22 October 2015 former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testified for about eleven hours before the House Select Committee on Benghazi about the 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, that killed Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans.

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On 22 October 2015 former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testified for about eleven hours before the House Select Committee on Benghazi about the 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, that killed Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans.

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  1. 1.nytimes.comchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, keywords: clinton+benghazi+testi · verified
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Factrail. (2026). Clinton testifies before House Benghazi committee. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/clinton-benghazi-committee-testimony-2015-10-22

https://factrail.ai/facts/clinton-benghazi-committee-testimony-2015-10-22

Accessed 15 October 2026.

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