Libya - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Libya Index / Locations Transcripts Ben Rhodes ...other places where he had a power base. Benghazi —eastern Libya was basically gone, an... ...saying he's going to—he's focused on Benghazi . He sees that as the heart of th... ...which is right on the outskirts of Benghazi . Basically, if we don't do somethin... ...the next few days, he will conquer Benghazi , and he could basically kill as man... ...with it for four years of the post- Benghazi [attack] Republican Party. These peopl... Jeremy Bash ...number one, of what happened in Benghazi [September 11, 2012, attack on America... ...on American diplomatic compound in Benghazi , Libya]. Second of all, because i... John Kerry ...from the first administration from the Benghazi routine, and Egypt in jeopardy an... Denis McDonough ...coast of Libya there going towards Benghazi . And you could actually see, knowin... ...killing all these women and children in Benghazi . We think he's ultimately the bes... ...2012 was a slog, culminating in all the Benghazi stuff. So I wasn't sure. Frankly, ... Hillary Clinton ...mine, and had served on the so-called Benghazi committee. He reached out to me... ...erupted and was resolved. He went to Benghazi —a little-known story—to figure ou... ...He was murdered in the attack on the Benghazi compound, doing his job. And it wa... ...And that was unfortunate. On the Benghazi episode, I think the lone question ... ...representing America to. And he went to Benghazi , which is the far eastern city o... ...in a series of projects within the Benghazi area. They attacked, and two of th... ...that looked at what happened in Benghazi came forward with some ideas about ho... Show more... Antony Blinken ...of tens of thousands of people in Benghazi . The immediate question was what i... ...of action to protect the civilians of Benghazi . We had virtually all of Libya'... ...action and protecting the civilians of Benghazi , and I think that's accurate. But ... ...that question for the people of Benghazi . So the humanitarian concern is wha... ...to protect civilians in Libya and Benghazi . It was not to change the regime. Bu... ...in the second term, especially around Benghazi , that partisanship has kind of seepe... ...moment. I mean, maybe there was. Benghazi was certainly a—the rheostat turned wa... ...[laughs] one of the things we did after Benghazi was, we not only put in place a very... Show more... Wendy Sherman ...when Chris Stevens' body came back from Benghazi . I spent all night on the phone... Nancy-Ann DeParle ...harm's way, whether it was Fukushima or Benghazi and the diplomats in other embassie... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Republican Opposition Republican Opposition go to the Human Rights Human Rights go to the Hawaii Hawaii go to the Immigration Immigration go to the Black Politics Black Politics