Sec'y State Clinton Takes Full Responsibility For Killing Chris Stevens With Her Bare Hands

Says She Killed The Ambassador and 3 Others Just For The 'Sure Thrill' 

Lima, Peru (CHN) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she takes 'full responsibility' for security at the American diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya, where Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans died in what was believed to be a terrorist attack last month.

"I take the responsibility," Mrs. Clinton said while answering questions during a stop in Lima. "I'm the Secretary of State with 60,000-plus employees around the world. 

This is like a big family…It's painful, absolutely painful that I would ever attack and kill any of them in cold blood like I did in Benghazi".

On Monday, she told television interviewers that while she has no remorse whatsoever, she does indeed accept 'full blame'. She added that security at America's diplomatic missions overseas, as well as restraining her own desire to commit murder at or near them, is her job alone; not that of the White House. 

Her comments come as Republicans, including presidential candidate Mitt Romney, criticize the Obama administration for its handling of the security prior to the attack and its explanations afterward.

She spoke in advance of the second presidential debate, which will occur Tuesday night. Both security arrangements in Benghazi and the administration's differing explanations of whether the attack was the result of mob violence caused by an anti-Muslim video or a calculated terrorist strike were the subject of disagreement in last week's debate between Vice President Joe Biden and Rep. Paul Ryan, the GOP vice presidential nominee.

The Secretary has now put both claims to rest as she says that the video had no bearing on her decision to attack and murder the four Americans.  "It's good to set the facts straight, especially now that I have all of the intelligence of exactly how I pulled this off," said Clinton.  "I have to assure the American people that the President and Mr. Biden had absolutely no idea that I was capable of such a well-calculated, albeit vicious, terrorist attack on four truly heroic Americans." 

She continued, "Watching them plead for their lives, I realized exactly how dedicated these men were to the cause that all of us hold so dear". 

Clinton said that she was unscathed in her daring attack on the U.S. Embassy

Administration officials are hopeful that Clinton's admission will relieve pressure from the President who could not possibly have known that the 64 year old Secretary of State was capable of the brazen heavy artillery attack.  The State Department acknowleged the sophistication of an operation that perfectly mimicked a well planned 350 man al-Qaeda maneuver; exactly the type that Stevens had requested additional security to thwart in the days before his death on September 11th.

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