Clinton says militants used weapons from Libya in Algeria attack

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told Congress Wednesday that she is committed to improving security at U.S. diplomatic missions worldwide after the Sept. 11 raid on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Libya.                  

Clinton, in probably her last appearance in Congress as secretary of state, said she is determined to leave the department and country "safer, stronger and more secure."                            

She told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that no one is more committed to "getting this right."               

She was testifying about the deadly assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans.                  

She was referring to implementing the 29 recommendations of an independent review board that was highly critical of the State Department.

Clinton was the sole witness at back-to-back hearings before the Senate and House foreign policy panels on the September raid, the independent panel's review and steps the Obama administration has taken to beef up security at U.S. facilities worldwide.

Furthermore, Clinton said that Algerian militants involved in an attack on a desert gas plant in Algeria this month had weapons from Libya.

"There is no doubt that the Algerian terrorists had weapons from Libya. There is no doubt that the Malian remnants of AQIM have weapons from Libya," she added.
 

REUTERS