The Benghazi Committee Report: Proposed Report of the Select Committee on the Events Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attack in Benghazi

The Benghazi Report tells a story never before told in full. On September 11, 2012, four Americans lost their lives in a terrorist attack on the United States mission in Benghazi, Libya. They were Ambassador Stevens, Sean Smith, Glen Doherty, and Tyrone Woods. On May 8, 2014, the House of Representatives adopted H. Res. 567, Providing for the Establishment of the Select Committee on the Events Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attack in Benghazi, Libya.

The Select Committee is authorized and directed to conduct a full and complete investigation and study regarding—

All policies, decisions, and activities that contributed to the attacks on United States facilities in Benghazi, Libya, on September 11, 2012, as well as those that affected the ability of the United States to prepare for the attacks; all policies, decisions, and activities to respond to and repel the attacks, including efforts to rescue United States personnel; internal and public executive branch communications about the attacks; accountability for policies and decisions related to the security of facilities in Benghazi, Libya, and the response to the attacks, including individuals and entities responsible for those policies and decisions; executive branch authorities' efforts to identify and bring to justice the perpetrators of the attacks and to comply with Congressional inquiries into the attacks; recommendations for improving executive branch cooperation and compliance with congressional oversight and investigations; information related to lessons learned from the attacks and executive branch activities and efforts to protect United States facilities and personnel abroad; and any other relevant issues relating to the attacks, the response to the attacks, or the investigation by the House of Representatives into the attacks.

This is the committee's report.