Sen. Rand Paul (R., Ky.) continued his criticism of then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her State Department's handling of Benghazi security on "State of the Union" Sunday, saying the incompetence displayed there was being overshadowed by debate over the evolving talking points.
What's most important is someone made a decision to put an embassy and consulate in a war-torn country with no host country to guard that embassy or consulate, leaving the guarding and security up to a militia, Paul said.
"That decision alone was a terrible and tragic error, and that's what needs to change," Paul said. "The review board looked at Benghazi, but still no one is saying what I keep saying over and over again. Even now, I think the embassy in Tripoli should be under the guard of military command similar to what we do in Baghdad. We shouldn't treat Tripoli and Benghazi like Paris. We need to treat it more like Baghdad. That's an error of judgment that the president and the secretary of state made, and that comes into account not because we want to blame them but because we want to make sure this doesn't happen again."
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