U.S. Rep. James Lankford (R-OK5) was one of several members of Congress today questioning three top diplomats about September's deadly assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya.
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U.S. State Department foreign service officer and former deputy chief of mission in Libya Gregory Hicks told Lankford the only person who can waive security requirements for high-risk, high threat locations is the Secretary of State.
"According to the regional security officer at the time in Tripoli, John Martinek, they did not [meet the minimum standards of the Overseas Security Policy Board]," Hicks says.
Hicks recounted what he called the saddest phone call of his life -- getting word from a Libyan official that Stevens had been killed. Three other Americans also died.
Today's hearing is the latest development in a long-running dispute between the administration and congressional Republicans who have challenged the White House actions before and after the deadly assault.
