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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 225 

To express the sense of the Senate that Congress should establish a joint 

select committee to investigate and report on the attack on the United 

States diplomatic facility and American personnel in Benghazi, Libya, 

on September 11, 2012. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013 

Mr. CRUZ (for himself, Mr. VITTER, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. TOOMEY, Mr. PAUL, 

Mr. SCOTT, Mr. LEE, Mr. INHOFE, Ms. AYOTTE, Mr. PORTMAN, Mr. 

COBURN, Mr. RISCH, Mr. JOHNSON of Wisconsin, Mr. HELLER, Mr. 

ISAKSON, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. BURR, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. BARRASSO, Mr. ENZI, Mr. GRASSLEY, and Mr. COCHRAN) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration 

RESOLUTION 

To express the sense of the Senate that Congress should 

establish a joint select committee to investigate and report on the attack on the United States diplomatic facility and American personnel in Benghazi, Libya, on September 11, 2012. 

Whereas the September 11, 2012, terrorist attack on the 

United States diplomatic facility in Benghazi, Libya, resulted in the brutal deaths of four Americans: Ambassador Christopher Stevens, Foreign Service Officer Sean 

Smith, and former Navy SEALS Glen Doherty and Tyrone Woods; 


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Whereas the Nation commemorates and mourns the loss of 

these American heroes; 

Whereas Ambassador Christopher Stevens is the first United 

States ambassador to be murdered since Ambassador Adolph Dubs was kidnapped and killed in Afghanistan in 

1979; 

Whereas President Barack Obama declared in his first address to the Nation about the attack on September 12, 

2012, ‘‘make no mistake, we will work with the Libyan 

government to bring to justice the killers who attacked 

our people,’’ yet there has been no action of reprisal and 

no justice rendered; 

Whereas failure to hold accountable the perpetrators of this 

vicious attack will leave terrorists around the world with 

the impression that they can kill Americans and escape 

the consequences—increasing the likelihood of future attacks; 

Whereas progress in the investigation into the attacks on the 

United States diplomatic facility has been disappointing, 

and no suspects are in United States custody; 

Whereas whistleblowers, including former Deputy Chief of 

Mission Gregory Hicks, have reported unwarranted repercussions and fear of retaliation; 

Whereas the Department of State’s lack of adequate cooperation has prevented congressional committees from properly investigating and receiving direct testimony on behalf 

of Benghazi survivors; 

Whereas the American people deserve to have a complete account from their government of the events in Benghazi 

before, during, and after the September 11, 2012, attack 

because, as Gregory Hicks said, ‘‘the American people 


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need to have the story. And Ambassador Chris Stevens, 

Sean Smith, Ty Woods and Glen Doherty’s names are 

names that should be remembered by every American for 

the sacrifice that they made.’’; and 

Whereas the White House declared on September 10, 2013, 

‘‘We remain committed to bringing the perpetrators of 

the Benghazi attacks to justice and to ensuring the safety of our brave personnel serving overseas’’: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that Con2 gress should establish a joint select committee to inves3 tigate and report on the attack on the United States diplo4 matic facility and American personnel in Benghazi, Libya 

5 on September 11, 2012. 

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