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Benghazi Victim's Mother Furious No Officials Fired

Pat Smith said she still knows very little about what happened in Benghazi nearly a year ago.

Originally reported 1:53 p.m. Aug. 23.

The mother of one of three San Diegans killed last year in the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, told a local television station Wednesday that she is angry that no State Department officials have been fired.

Pat Smith's son, Sean, grew up in Clairemont and graduated from Mission Bay High School in 1995.

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Ex-Navy SEALS Glen Doherty, 42, of Encinitas, and Tyrone Woods, 41, of Imperial Beach, were also killed, along with Ambassador Chris Stevens. On the side, Doherty was a fitness trainer at an Encinitas gym, and Woods used to own a bar.

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