WATCH: Rand Paul says Hillary Clinton should have been fired over Benghazi

The senator from Kentucky compares the Benghazi attack to 9/11

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul
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The Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Wednesday on the terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, turned out to be a rather heated affair, the highlight being Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's face-melting rebuttal to Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) over his accusation that the White House had misled the public about the attack. But Republicans on the committee got in a few swings of their own, most notably from Sen. Rand Paul (Ky.), a Tea Party favorite who is seen as a potential contender for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016.

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Ryu Spaeth

Ryu Spaeth is deputy editor at TheWeek.com. Follow him on Twitter.