Obama: Congress must ‘fully fund’ embassy security

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama called on Congress Thursday to “fully fund” his administration’s budget request for embassy security. The request came as Obama seeks to get ahead of the controversy over his administration’s response to the attack last September in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans.

Obama said he has been working with Democrats and Republicans to obtain the congressional help he says he needs to ensure that foreign outposts are safer.

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