Benghazi 101: What You Need to Know Ahead of Clinton's Testimony

Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton will testify on Thursday in front of a Republican-led committee about the 2012 attack in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans.

What she says could have major implications for her campaign for the presidency.

Here’s what you need to know about the attack and the investigation, according to NBC News and the Associated Press.

Attackers scaled the wall of a U.S. diplomatic outpost in Benghazi on Sept. 11, 2012. The compound was not reinforced and a group of attackers were able to open a gate and set fire to the building.

The attackers were a disorganized group of militants who decided at the spur of the moment to storm the compound, according to then-acting CIA Director Michael Morell.

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