Security of U. S. Diplomatic Facilities and Personnel Abroad: Background, Federal Initiatives, and Staff Training

Description

The United States maintains about 285 diplomatic facilities worldwide. Attacks on such facilities, and on U.S. diplomatic personnel, are not infrequent. The deaths of Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other U.S. personnel in Benghazi, Libya on 11 September 2012, along with attacks on U.S....