DHAKA: Hillary Clinton has said she took responsibility after an attack on a US consulate in Libya in 2012 that killed four Americans.

She told a Congressional committee that as secretary of state she introduced reforms to protect diplomatic staff after the attack, reports the BBC.

Committee chairman Trey Gowdy said: "We owe them [the victims] the truth."

Hillary Clinton's party says the Republican-led panel is a witch-hunt trying to harm her presidential bid.

She appeared before the committee for more than 10 hours, but the hearing yielded little new information.

In her opening statement at the US Congress in Washington, she said she had asked Chris Stevens, one of the four killed, to go to Libya as US envoy.

"After the attacks I stood next to President Obama as Marines carried his casket," she said.

"I took responsibility, and as part of that before I left office I launched reforms to better protect our people in the field and help reduce the chance of another tragedy happening in the future."

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