Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton deflects Republican criticism of her handling of the 2012 attack in Libya, in which the US ambassador and three other Americans died. At the 11-hour hearing on Tuesday, Republican members accused Clinton of ignoring requests for security upgrades and misinforming the public. A Democratic congressman in turn suggested their true motive was to destroy her presidential campaign, saying: ‘we’re better than that. We are so much better.’

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