United States House Select Committee on Benghazi

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United States congressional committee select committee

The United States House Select Committee on Benghazi was a temporary congressional panel established by the U.S. House of Representatives to investigate the 2012 attacks on U.S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya, and the government’s response to them.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
House Select Committee on Benghazi	2
House Select Committee on the Events Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attack in Benghazi	2
House Oversight Committee hearings on Benghazi	1
Select Committee on the Events Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attack in Benghazi	1
United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Benghazi investigation	1
United States House Select Committee on Benghazi canonical	1

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Target entity: United States House Select Committee on Benghazi
Context triple: [Benghazi attack congressional hearings, committee, United States House Select Committee on Benghazi]

A. United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
The United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence is a standing committee of the U.S. Senate responsible for overseeing the nation’s intelligence agencies and activities, including their budgets, operations, and compliance with law.
B. United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
The United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence is a standing committee of the U.S. House of Representatives responsible for overseeing the nation’s intelligence agencies and activities, including matters of national security and classified programs.
C. United States Senate Watergate Committee
The United States Senate Watergate Committee was a special investigative committee formed by the U.S. Senate in 1973 to publicly investigate the Watergate break-in and related abuses of power in the Nixon administration.
D. United States House Select Committee on Assassinations
The United States House Select Committee on Assassinations was a special congressional committee established in the late 1970s to reexamine the killings of President John F. Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., ultimately concluding that Kennedy was likely assassinated as the result of a conspiracy.
E. Benghazi attack congressional hearings
The Benghazi attack congressional hearings were a series of high-profile U.S. congressional investigations into the 2012 attack on American facilities in Benghazi, Libya, which scrutinized the actions and decisions of then–Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: United States House Select Committee on Benghazi
Target entity description: The United States House Select Committee on Benghazi was a temporary congressional panel established by the U.S. House of Representatives to investigate the 2012 attacks on U.S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya, and the government’s response to them.

A. United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
The United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence is a standing committee of the U.S. Senate responsible for overseeing the nation’s intelligence agencies and activities, including their budgets, operations, and compliance with law.
B. United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
The United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence is a standing committee of the U.S. House of Representatives responsible for overseeing the nation’s intelligence agencies and activities, including matters of national security and classified programs.
C. United States Senate Watergate Committee
The United States Senate Watergate Committee was a special investigative committee formed by the U.S. Senate in 1973 to publicly investigate the Watergate break-in and related abuses of power in the Nixon administration.
D. United States House Select Committee on Assassinations
The United States House Select Committee on Assassinations was a special congressional committee established in the late 1970s to reexamine the killings of President John F. Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., ultimately concluding that Kennedy was likely assassinated as the result of a conspiracy.
E. Benghazi attack congressional hearings
The Benghazi attack congressional hearings were a series of high-profile U.S. congressional investigations into the 2012 attack on American facilities in Benghazi, Libya, which scrutinized the actions and decisions of then–Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States congressional committee ⓘ select committee ⓘ
chairperson	Trey Gowdy ⓘ
chairpersonParty	Republican Party (United States) ⓘ linked to: Republican Party
chairpersonState	South Carolina ⓘ
controversy	allegations of partisanship ⓘ debate over cost and duration of investigation ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
createdBy	United States House of Representatives ⓘ
createdByResolution	H.Res. 567 (113th Congress) ⓘ
dissolved	2016-12-31 ⓘ
finalReportPublicationDate	2016-06-28 ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	2012 Benghazi attack ⓘ United States diplomatic facilities in Benghazi ⓘ linked to: United States consulate in Benghazi United States government response to the 2012 Benghazi attack ⓘ
heldHearingWithWitness	Hillary Clinton ⓘ
HillaryClintonTestimonyDate	2015-10-22 ⓘ
inception	2014-05-08 ⓘ
investigatedDateRange	2012-09-11/2012-09-12 ⓘ
investigatedEvent	Attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi ⓘ linked to: 2012 Benghazi attack
investigatedSubject	actions of the Obama administration ⓘ actions of the U.S. Department of State ⓘ security at U.S. facilities in Benghazi ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
legislativeBody	United States House of Representatives ⓘ
legislativeTerm	113th United States Congress ⓘ 114th United States Congress ⓘ
location	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
majorityParty	Republican Party (United States) ⓘ linked to: Republican Party
minorityParty	Democratic Party (United States) ⓘ linked to: Democratic Party
natureOfInvestigation	congressional oversight investigation ⓘ
notableWitness	Hillary Clinton ⓘ
numberOfDemocraticMembers	5 ⓘ
numberOfMembers	12 ⓘ
numberOfRepublicanMembers	7 ⓘ
parentOrganization	United States House of Representatives ⓘ
partOf	United States Congress oversight of the executive branch ⓘ
precededBy	United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Benghazi investigation ⓘ linked to: United States House Select Committee on Benghazi United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Benghazi investigation ⓘ linked to: United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
producedReport	Final Report of the Select Committee on the Events Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attack in Benghazi ⓘ
rankingMember	Elijah Cummings ⓘ
rankingMemberParty	Democratic Party (United States) ⓘ linked to: Democratic Party
rankingMemberState	Maryland ⓘ
reasonForAbolition	completion of investigation ⓘ
topic	Benghazi, Libya ⓘ linked to: Benghazi United States foreign policy ⓘ counterterrorism ⓘ diplomatic security ⓘ