COMMENTARY_ A decade after Benghazi, honoring four American heroes who paid the ultimate price

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A decade after Benghazi, honoring four American heroes who paid the ultimate price

And appreciate those still serving, who carry on the mission, which honors their memory

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COMMENTARY


By Daniel N. Hoffman - - Thursday, September 8, 2022

OPINION:


This month, the CIA and State Department will honor and remember four American heroes — Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens, Information Management Officer Sean Smith, and two CIA officers, former Navy Seals Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty — who were killed during the firefight with terrorists at the U.S. diplomatic compound and CIA annex in Benghazi 10 years ago during the night of Sept. 11-12, 2012.

Stevens, Smith, Woods, and Doherty, along with their CIA, State Department, and US military colleagues, were bravely serving our nation from behind enemy lines. The Libyan revolution, which began in February of that year and resulted in the death of dictator Moammar al-Gadhafi in October 2011, shaped their mission, with the situation on the ground increasingly tense and chaotic. Stevens was leading the U.S. diplomatic mission, engaging with emerging Libyan tribal and political leaders. The CIA was tracking the al-Qaeda-allied Ansar al Sharia and other terror groups operating in the Benghazi region.

Serving at the time as chief of the CIA’s Near East Division, I did not have the honor of personally meeting these four supremely dedicated public servants. But I came to know their extraordinary legacies during memorial ceremonies and from a number of the CIA officers who deployed with them and survived the Benghazi terrorist attack, including one who received medical treatment for serious wounds.

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