Obama administration and the American public still debate Benghazi

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 08: State Department foreign service officer and former deputy chief of mission/charge d'affairs in Libya, Gregory Hicks arrives for testimony before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee during a hearing titled, "Benghazi: Exposing Failure and Recognizing Courage" in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill May 8, 2013 in Washington, DC. Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) is leading the GOP investigation of the September 11, 2012 assaults that killed U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans, which is now focused on the State Department and whether officials there deliberately misled the public about the nature of the assault. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Did the United States mishandle the September 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya? Was there a cover-up? President Obama today called media's renewed interest in Benghazi a "sideshow" and denied any sort of a cover-up.

Did the United States mishandle the September 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya? Was there a cover-up? Four Americans died when the U.S. diplomatic outpost was attacked, and some were outraged that there was no military response. Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates appeared on CBS’s “Face the Nation” this weekend and and stated that he would have handled the situation in the exact same way. And today, President Obama called media's renewed interest in Benghazi a "sideshow" and denied any sort of a cover-up.

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