美國國務卿希拉裏·克林頓12日就美國駐利比亞大使克裏斯·史蒂文斯及3名館員遇襲身亡事件發表講話時自問:
這怎麽會發生在一個我們幫助解放的國家?
This is not easy,” said Clinton. “Today, many Americans are asking – indeed, I asked myself – how could this happen? How could this happen in a country we helped liberate in a city we helped save from destruction?”