A protester reacts as the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi is seen in flames during a protest by an armed group said to have been protesting a film being produced in the United States September 11, 2012. REUTERS/Esam Al-Fetori
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of a newly created U.S. House select committee tasked with investigating a 2012 attack on U.S. diplomatic posts in the Libyan city of Benghazi said he would look into why there was an official presence in a city with a deadly reputation.
Representative Trey Gowdy, a Republican from South Carolina, will head a panel that will investigate the attack by armed militants in Benghazi on Sept. 11, 2012 which killed U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans.
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