Hillary's response to the Benghazi hearing, in 1 perfect photo

Hillary Clinton.

(Image credit: REUTERS/Gary Cameron)

Hillary Clinton spent all day Thursday being grilled about the Sept. 11, 2012, attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. The former secretary of state and current frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination told the House Select Committee on Benghazi that she took responsibility for the attack that killed four Americans, and at one point showed what seemed to be genuine sadness. But she also spent much of the day looking downright exasperated over GOP lawmakers' often-bizarre attacks and lines of questioning.

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Lauren Hansen

Lauren Hansen produces The Week’s podcasts and videos and edits the photo blog, Captured. She also manages the production of the magazine's iPad app. A graduate of Kenyon College and Northwestern University, she previously worked at the BBC and Frontline. She knows a thing or two about pretty pictures and cute puppies, both of which she tweets about @mylaurenhansen.