Publisher's Synopsis
and then you, Madam Secretary. Chris Stevens, Sean Smith, Glen Doherty, and Tyrone Woods served this country with courage and with honor, and they were killed under circumstances most of us could never imagine. Terrorists pour through the front gate of an American facility, attacking people and property with machine guns, mortars, and fire. It is important that we remember how these four men died. It is equally important that we remember how these four men lived and why. They were more than four images on a television screen. They were husbands and fathers and sons and brothers and family and friends. They were Americans who believed in service and sacrifice. Many people speak wistfully of a better world but do little about it. These four went out and actually tried to make it better. And it cost them their lives. So we know what they gave us. What do we owe them? Justice for those that killed them. We owe their families our everlasting gratitude, respect. We owe them and each other the truth-the truth about why we were in Libya; the truth about what we were doing in Libya; the truth about the escalating violence in Libya before we were attacked and these four men were killed; the truth about requests for additional security; the truth about requests for additional personnel; the truth about requests for additional equipment; the truth about where and why our military was positioned as it was on the anniversary of 9/11; the truth about what was happening and being discussed in Washington while our people were under attack; the truth about what led to the attacks; and the truth about what our government told the American people after the attacks.
