stronger. after the benghazi attacks, i asked ambassador thomas pickering, one of our most distinguished and longest-serving diplomats, alongwith admiral mike mullen, the former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, appointed by president george w. bush, to lead an accountability review board. this is an institution that the congress set up after the terrible attacks in beirut. there have been 18 previous accountability review boards. only two have ever made any of their findings public, the one following the attacks on our embassies in east africa, and the one following our, the attack on benghazi. the accountability review board did not pull a single punch. they found systemic problems and management deficiencies in two