13 HOURS from PARAMOUNT. The film was released back on Jan. 15, 2016. According to "Box Office Mojo" that tracks box office receipts. It grabbed $52,853,219 in the U.S. It nabbed only $16,558,151 at the Foreign Box Office.
A U.S., Ambassador was going to visit Benghazi, Lyba on the anniversary of 9/11 back in 2012. The military believed that the home where the Ambassador was going to stay was open to an attack. He decided to stay there instead of a more secure place. That home was attacked at night and the Ambassador plus three others were killed. 6 soldiers scrambled to protect the compound as U.S., military took too long in their response. Benghazi does not have a U.S. Embassy. It was just an outpost for the U.S.
The movie is based on real life events. We know what happened going in. If the Ambassador chose to stay in a place with better security. He might still be alive today. The length of time it took for the U.S., Department and Intelligence to respond, was too long. The movie showed us that in detail. Hillary Clinton was Secretary-of-State in 2012 and she automatically took the blame for the Benghazi attack. The Republicans jumped on it and screamed "cover up" against the Democrats. That's why during the U.S., hearings, they asked for Clinton's emails, who used a private server. Thousands of those emails were recovered and only 900 were of Clinton talking about Benghazi.
During the 2016 Presidential campaign. Those emails and Benghazi were blown to epic proportions. It was all aimed at Hillary, "Lock her up" and "Killery." The FBI cleared her of any wrong-doing twice during the campaign. Benghazi might have cost Clinton the Presidency, but she garnered the popular vote in the general election. "13 Hours." Watch it for yourself and come to your own conclusions. It's a part of history now and so is the 2016 Presidential campaign.
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