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00 2013-01-18 Introduced in House 2013-01-28T22:31:35Z Establishes in the House of Representatives a select Committee to investigate and report to the House on:

• any intelligence known to the United States relating to the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, on September 11, 2012;
• any requests for additional security, or actions taken by federal agencies to improve security at the consulate before the attack;
• a definitive timeline of it;
• how the relevant agencies and the executive branch responded to it and whether appropriate congressional notifications were made;
• any improper conduct by officials relating to the attack;
• recommendations on what steps Congress and the President should take to prevent future attacks; and
• any other relevant issues relating to the attack or the response to it.

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