Tags: Benghazi

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton passed a tough political test on Thursday, calmly deflecting harsh Republican criticism of her handling of the deadly 2012 attack in Benghazi, Libya, during a testy 11-hour hearing in Congress.

The Republican head of the congressional investigation into the Benghazi attack said on Sunday he is not targeting Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton and such talk hurts the inquiry.

A former investigator for the Republican-led U.S. House committee on Benghazi - who accused it of targeting Hillary Clinton - never expressed unhappiness about Clinton's treatment in discussions leading up to his firing, the panel's head said on Sunday.