U.S. State Department security chief resigns post over Benghazi
A senior US security official,Eric Boswell has resigned and his deputies, Charlene Lamb, and Raymond Maxwell, deputy assistant secretary for the Maghreb, were among three others suspended after a damning report into a the attack on a US mission in Benghazi.
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The report said "grossly inadequate" security led to the deaths of Christopher Stevens and three other officials .
"The Accountability Review Board identified the performance of four officials, three in the Bureau of the Diplomatic Security and one in the Bureau of Near East Asia Affairs," state department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said in a statement.
"The secretary has accepted Eric Boswell's decision to resign... The other three individuals have been relieved of their current duties."
The Review Borad stopped short of blaming Secretary of State Hillary Clinton who said she took lresponsibility for what happened in Benghazi in a TV interview. She will not be testifying at a Congressional hearing today due to ill health and will be represented by her two deputies. She will however be required to testify as soon as possible.She is due to stand down as Secretary of State in January.
"The report makes clear the massive failure of the State Department at all levels, including senior leadership, to take action to protect our government employees abroad," Representative Mike Rogers, the Republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said in a statement, other senators called for Hillary Clinton to testify before her replacement is officially named, Reuters reported.
"The Accountability Review Board identified the performance of four officials, three in the Bureau of the Diplomatic Security and one in the Bureau of Near East Asia Affairs," state department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said in a statement.
"The secretary has accepted Eric Boswell's decision to resign... The other three individuals have been relieved of their current duties."
The Review Borad stopped short of blaming Secretary of State Hillary Clinton who said she took lresponsibility for what happened in Benghazi in a TV interview. She will not be testifying at a Congressional hearing today due to ill health and will be represented by her two deputies. She will however be required to testify as soon as possible.She is due to stand down as Secretary of State in January.
"The report makes clear the massive failure of the State Department at all levels, including senior leadership, to take action to protect our government employees abroad," Representative Mike Rogers, the Republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said in a statement, other senators called for Hillary Clinton to testify before her replacement is officially named, Reuters reported.
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