Hillary Clinton opens up about Benghazi: 'I've lost more sleep than all of you put together'

Hillary Clinton testifies before a panel on the Benghazi attacks.
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After nearly three hours of being on the defensive at the Thursday hearing before the House Select Committee on Benghazi, Hillary Clinton finally got a chance to open about the personal toll the saga has taken on her. "I've thought more about what happened than all of you put together," Clinton said, her tone becoming genuinely somber for one of the first times in the hearing. "I've lost more sleep than all of you put together. I have been racking my brain for what more could have been done, or should have been one."

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