Benghazi
Libya's second city
Benghazi is Libya's second-largest city, a Mediterranean port in the country's east.
In American political discourse, Benghazi refers specifically to the 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound there, which killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three others.
The incident became a prolonged controversy over the Obama administration's response: The hearings on Benghazi dragged on for years.
North African country
- TripoliLibyan seat of government
- MediterraneanSea between Europe, Africa, Asia
- portDocking place for ships
- North AfricaContinent's Mediterranean coastal region
Libyan · coastal · municipality · Arab · Maghreb · harbor · Juliana · Berenice
Official diplomatic residence abroad
- consulateForeign diplomatic office
- 2012Recent leap year
- ambassadorOfficial foreign representative
- StevensAnglo-American family name
compound · September · diplomatic · security · CIA · annex · militants · terrorists
Official evidence-gathering sessions
- investigationFormal examination of facts
- congressionalOf a legislature
- HillaryFamed mountaineer, Sir
- emailsDigital written messages
Clinton · testimony · committee · scandal · accountability · partisan · Republicans · Democrats
Organized resistance to power
- 2011Calendar designation, twenty-tens
- rebelsArmed opposition fighters
- GaddafiLibyan authoritarian leader
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
civil war · liberation · protests · opposition · fighters · NATO · no-fly zone · Arab Spring
Classical feminine name
- GreekOf Athenian origin
- PtolemaicEarth-centered astronomical system
- ancientVery old indeed
- RomanOf ancient Italy's capital
Byzantine · Ottoman · Italian · colonization · archaeology · ruins · Hellenistic · Mediterranean
Libya
North African country
- TripoliLibyan seat of government
- MediterraneanSea between Europe, Africa, Asia
- portDocking place for ships
North Africa · Libyan · coastal · municipality · Arab · Maghreb · harbor · Juliana · Berenice · Greek
embassy
Official diplomatic residence abroad
- consulateForeign diplomatic office
- 2012Recent leap year
- ambassadorOfficial foreign representative
Stevens · compound · September · diplomatic · security · CIA · annex · militants · terrorists · casualties
hearings
Official evidence-gathering sessions
- investigationFormal examination of facts
- congressionalOf a legislature
- HillaryFamed mountaineer, Sir
Clinton · emails · testimony · committee · scandal · accountability · partisan · Republicans · Democrats · cover-up
uprising
Organized resistance to power
- 2011Calendar designation, twenty-tens
- rebelsArmed opposition fighters
- GaddafiLibyan authoritarian leader
revolution · civil war · liberation · protests · opposition · fighters · NATO · no-fly zone · Arab Spring · freedom
Berenice
Classical feminine name
Roman · Byzantine · Ottoman · Italian · colonization · archaeology · ruins · Hellenistic · Mediterranean · trade
- CyrenaicaApollonia, Tobruk, Green Mountain
- Gaddafi LibyaMuammar Gaddafi, Green Book, Tripoli, cult of personality, personality cult
- 2012London Olympics, Summer Olympics, Hurricane Sandy, Gangnam Style, US election
- African citiesAccra, Abuja, Addis Ababa, Algiers, Cairo
- African PortsCape Town, Casablanca, Algiers, Dakar, Mombasa
- Conflict ZonesGaza, Ukraine, Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq