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    Panel Criticizes State Department for Benghazi Attacks

    Three top State Department officials resigned today, after yesterday's report blaming "management failure" for the lack of security in Benghazi. That's where militants killed US Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Three top State Department officials resigned today, after yesterday's report blaming "management failure" for the lack of security in Benghazi. That's where militants killed US Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans. Retired Ambassador Thomas Pickering and former chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen led the independent investigation into the killings in Benghazi on September 11. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has sent word that she accepts their conclusions. Eric Schmitt is national security correspondent for the New York Times.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Andrea Brody

      Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast

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      Managing Producer, Greater LA

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      Caitlin Shamberg

      KCRW

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      Eric Schmitt

      NY Times national security correspondent

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    Guns and Beefing Up School Security
    1. 0:00Obama Appoints Biden on Gun Violence Response
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    3. 43:17Panel Criticizes State Department for Benghazi AttacksYou’re reading this
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