FOX NEWS: Trump vows Iraq 'will not be a Benghazi' after Iran-backed embassy raid
December 31, 2019
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Trump vows Iraq 'will not be a Benghazi' after Iran-backed embassy raid
Speaking to reporters just hours after dozens of Iran-backed Iraqi Shiite militiamen and their supporters broke into the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, President Trump on Tuesday night vowed that the situation "will not be a Benghazi" -- a pointed reference to the deadly 2012 embassy attack in Libya on the Obama administration's watch, after officials at the embassy had requested enhanced security for weeks.
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