State Dept extended US security team in Libya
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A State Department document shows the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli, Libya, requested that a 16-member security team remain in the country four months beyond the end of its scheduled deployment.
A department official says the request made in February was granted.
The commander of the security team that made the request told ABC News that slain U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens wanted the team to stay even longer, past the end of its deployment in August. Stevens and three others Americans were killed in an attack in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 11.
A State Department official said, however, that it never received any request for a post-August extension.
The official spoke on condition because he was not authorized to speak publicly on the issue.
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