Testifying before Congress yesterday, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said that last year's attack on US government posts in Benghazi, Libya, "are part of a broader strategic challenge to the United States and our partners in North Africa" because of growing violent extremism there.
Whether in Libya, Mali, or Algeria, Islamist terrorist attacks show the US now in a defensive position, having to react to yet another significant threat to American interests instead of taking a proactive approach.
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