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William J. Burns, left, deputy secretary of state, and Thomas R. Nides, deputy secretary of state for management and resources, speak before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at a hearing Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012 on the Benghazi attack. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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William J. Burns, left, deputy secretary of state, testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at a hearing Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012 on the Benghazi attack. Burns reiterated that immediately following the attack Secretary of State Hillary Clinton labeled it an "act of terror." (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Thomas R. Nides, right, deputy secretary of state for management and resources, testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012. Nides said that he was in the room with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton after the attack on the embassy and that her first priority was trying to save lives. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Sen. John Kerry, right, chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, listens to testimony during a hearing Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012 on the Benghazi attack. William J. Burns, deputy secretary of state, and Thomas R. Nides, deputy secretary of state for management and resources, were witnesses. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Thomas R. Nides, deputy secretary of state for management and resources, testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012. Nides said that he was in the room with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton after the attack on the embassy and that her first priority was trying to save lives. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-GA), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee , listens to testimony during a hearing Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012 on the Benghazi attack. William J. Burns, deputy secretary of state, and Thomas R. Nides, deputy secretary of state for management and resources, were witnesses. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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William J. Burns, left, deputy secretary of state, and Thomas R. Nides, deputy secretary of state for management and resources, speak before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at a hearing Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012 on the Benghazi attack. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, asks questions during a hearing Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012 on the Benghazi attack. William J. Burns, deputy secretary of state, and Thomas R. Nides, deputy secretary of state for management and resources, were witnesses. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Sen. Robert Casey (D-Penn.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, asks questions during a hearing Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012 on the Benghazi attack. William J. Burns, deputy secretary of state, and Thomas R. Nides, deputy secretary of state for management and resources, were witnesses. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) asks questions during a hearing Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012 before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the Benghazi attack. William J. Burns, deputy secretary of state, and Thomas R. Nides, deputy secretary of state for management and resources, were witnesses. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Thomas R. Nides, deputy secretary of state for management and resources, testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012. Nides said that he was in the room with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton after the attack on the embassy and that her first priority was trying to save lives. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Members of Congress and congressional staff gather for a memorial service for the late Sen. Daniel K. Inouye, Hawaii Democrat, on Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012, in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Mr. Inouye, who served as a U.S. senator for 50 years, is only the 31st person to lie in state in the Rotunda. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., right, and Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, left, listen to testimony from State Department officials after an independent review panel said this week that serious bureaucratic mismanagement was responsible for inadequate security at the mission in Benghazi, Libya, where the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans were killed on Sept. 11, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012. Deputy Secretary of State Thomas Nides, who is in charge of management, and State Department Deputy Secretary of State William Burns, who is in charge of policy, appeared in place of Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton who had been scheduled to testify but canceled after fainting and sustaining a concussion last week. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., right, confers with Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., left, as they listen to testimony from State Department officials after an independent review panel said this week that serious bureaucratic mismanagement was responsible for inadequate security at the mission in Benghazi, Libya, where the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans were killed on Sept. 11, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012. Deputy Secretary of State Thomas Nides, who is in charge of management, and State Department Deputy Secretary of State William Burns, who is in charge of policy, appeared in place of Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton who had been scheduled to testify but canceled after fainting and sustaining a concussion last week. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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The Senate Foreign Relations Committee holds a hearing with Deputy Secretary of State Thomas Nides (right), who is in charge of management, and Deputy Secretary of State William J. Burns (left), who is in charge of policy, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012. The two officials testified on a report this week that said serious bureaucratic mismanagement was responsible for inadequate security at the mission in Benghazi, Libya, where the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans were killed on Sept. 11. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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The Senate Foreign Relations Committee holds a hearing with Deputy Secretary of State William J. Burns (left), who is in charge of policy, and Deputy Secretary of State Thomas Nides (right), who is in charge of management, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012. The two testified regarding an independent review panel's report that said serious bureaucratic mismanagement was responsible for inadequate security at the mission in Benghazi, Libya, where the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans were killed on Sept. 11. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Sen. John F. Kerry, Massachusetts Democrat, who is chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, leads a hearing on the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, where the ambassador and three other Americans were killed Sept. 11, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012. Sen. Richard G. Lugar (left), Indiana Republican, is the ranking GOP member on the panel. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
