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Susan Rice defends initial comments on Benghazi

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The U.S. ambassador to the U.N., Susan Rice, defended her early account the attack on the American embassy in Benghazi, responding to critics who say she gave misleading information about the nature and motive behind the incident. Rice said Wednesday she "relied solely and squarely" in preliminary information given to her by the intelligence committee shortly after the assault that killed four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens. "I made clear that the information was preliminary, and that our investigations would give us the definitive answers," she told reporters outside the U.N. Security Council. "Everyone has worked in good faith to provide the best assessment based on info available." She also said the FBI and the State Department were still investigation the attacks on the anniversary of Sept. 11.

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