back-to-back panels her department is moving forward and taking action, implementing 29 recommendations of an independent review board focusing on high-threat posts. >> nobody is more committed to getting this right. i am determined to leave the state department and our country safer, stronger, and more secure. >> secretary of state hillary clinton put the focus on policy and swatted away attempts to revisit talking points or discuss susan rice's television appearances addressing the broader issues at hand. clinton pointed out that america's challenges in the middle east and the growing threat from extremists in northern africa. >> benghazi did not happen in a vacuum. the arab revolutions have scrambled power dynamics and shattered security forces across the region. instability in mali has created an expanding safe haven for terrorists who look to extend their influence and plot further attacks of the kind we saw just last week in algeria.