Top Dems Mistakenly Say 5 Americans Killed in Libya Terror Attack

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Statements released by two top Democrats on Capitol Hill yesterday wrongly stated that 5 Americans were killed in the terror attack on the consulate in Benghazi, Libya on September 11. In fact, 4 Americans were killed in that attack: Ambassador Chris Stevens, Sean Smith, Glen A. Doherty, and Tyrone S. Woods.

John Kerry, the Democratic chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, made the error in a written statement in defense U.N. ambassador Susan Rice. 

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