Hillary Clinton Takes Responsibility For Security Failure In Libya

In an effort to deflate the Republican attack from the White House ahead of presidential elections, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today took the "responsibility" for the failure to defend the attack on the US Consulate in Libya that left four Americans dead.

"I take this very personally," Clinton told the CNN in an interview in Lima, the capital of Peru.

"So we're going to get to the bottom of it, and then we're going to do everything we can to work to prevent it from happening again, and then we're going to work to bring whoever did this to us to justice," she said.

Clinton was responding to questions on terrorist attack on the Benghazi Consulate last month that left US Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens and three others dead.

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The Obama Administration initially attributed this to an anti-Islam video that resulted in an instant protest. Later, the administration dubbed it as a terrorist attack.

Last week, Vice President Joe Biden said the White House did not know of requests to enhance security at Benghazi, contradicting testimony by State Department employees that requests had been made and rejected.

"In the wake of an attack like this, in the fog of war, there's always going to be confusion. I think it is absolutely fair to say that everyone had the same intelligence. Everyone who spoke tried to give the information that they had. As time has gone on, that information has changed. We've gotten more detail, but that's not surprising. That always happens," Clinton told the CNN.

"What I want to avoid is some kind of political gotcha or blame game. I know that we're very close to an election. I want to just take a step back here and say from my own experience, we are at our best as Americans when we pull together. I've done that with Democratic presidents and Republican presidents," Clinton said.

Top Republican Senators were quick to describe Clinton's remark as a "laudable gesture" but said President Barack Obama also bears responsibility for this portrayal of the attack.

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China's Xi Jinping Cancels Hillary Clinton Meeting Amid 'Tensions'

China's likely next president Xi Jinping has cancelled a meeting with the visiting US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, a US official said Wednesday, amid friction between the two global powers.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton shakes hands with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi  

Hillary Clinton had been due to meet Vice President Xi later Wednesday during a brief visit to Beijing that looks set to be dominated by a series of territorial disputes between China and its neighbours, notably in the South China Sea.

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"We were informed after 11.00 pm last night by the Chinese side that for unexpected scheduling reasons, the meeting between Vice President Xi and Secretary Clinton is not going to happen today," said the official, who requested anonymity.

"We understand from the Chinese side that Vice President Xi's meetings with the prime minister of Singapore and a Russian official have also been cancelled today."

^{Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (left) and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jieche}

Clinton nevertheless met with the rest of the top Chinese leadership including President Hu Jintao.

Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, asked at a joint news conference with Clinton about Xi's cancellation, said: "I hope people will not have unnecessary speculation."

China has in the past called off meetings at the last minute to show displeasure, although Xi has generally made US-friendly statements and sought warm relations during a trip across the United States earlier this year.

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Clinton has voiced hope that China, which claims virtually all of the South China Sea, will agree to work out a code of conduct on regional territorial disputes, and has encouraged Southeast Asian nations to stand united.

But Beijing has repeatedly expressed concern over what it sees as interference by Washington in the region.

Foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei said ahead of Clinton's arrival Tuesday that China hoped the United States would "do more to promote regional peace and stability, instead of the opposite."

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