Benghazi attack congressional hearings

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United States congressional hearing legislative oversight process political investigation

The Benghazi attack congressional hearings were a series of high-profile U.S. congressional investigations into the 2012 attack on American facilities in Benghazi, Libya, which scrutinized the actions and decisions of then–Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

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Surface form	Occurrences
House Select Committee on Benghazi hearings	1
Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearings on Benghazi	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States congressional hearing ⓘ legislative oversight process ⓘ political investigation ⓘ
chairperson	Trey Gowdy ⓘ
committee	United States House Select Committee on Benghazi ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
endTime	2016 ⓘ
hasEffect	impact on Hillary Clinton’s public image ⓘ influence on 2016 U.S. presidential election discourse ⓘ political controversy in the United States ⓘ
hasPart	House Armed Services Committee hearings on Benghazi ⓘ United States House Select Committee on Benghazi ⓘ surface form: House Oversight Committee hearings on Benghazi Benghazi attack congressional hearings self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: House Select Committee on Benghazi hearings Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearings on Benghazi ⓘ Benghazi attack congressional hearings self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearings on Benghazi Senate hearings on Benghazi ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legislativeBody	United States Congress ⓘ United States House of Representatives ⓘ United States Senate ⓘ
location	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
mainSubject	2012 Benghazi attack ⓘ Hillary Clinton ⓘ Barack Obama presidency ⓘ surface form: Obama administration United States Department of State ⓘ United States consulate in Benghazi ⓘ CIA Annex in Benghazi ⓘ surface form: United States diplomatic mission in Benghazi
mediaCoverage	extensive ⓘ
numberOfInvestigations	multiple ⓘ
pointOfView	highly partisan ⓘ
significantParticipant	Barack Obama presidency ⓘ surface form: Barack Obama administration officials Democratic Party members of Congress ⓘ Hillary Clinton ⓘ Republican Conference of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ surface form: Republican Party members of Congress State Department officials ⓘ intelligence community officials ⓘ military officials ⓘ
startTime	2012 ⓘ
topic	State Department security decisions ⓘ accountability for security failures ⓘ administration public statements after the attack ⓘ attack on U.S. facilities in Benghazi ⓘ crisis response on September 11–12, 2012 ⓘ death of CIA contractors Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty ⓘ death of U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens ⓘ death of U.S. Foreign Service Officer Sean Smith ⓘ intelligence assessments about Benghazi ⓘ security at U.S. diplomatic facilities ⓘ use of a private email server by Hillary Clinton ⓘ

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this entity surface form: House Select Committee on Benghazi hearings

Benghazi attack congressional hearings → hasPart → Benghazi attack congressional hearings self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearings on Benghazi

Hillary Clinton → notableEvent → Benghazi attack congressional hearings ⓘ