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"The House Oversight Committee's Wednesday hearing on September's attack against an American diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya will be the first committee hearing to stream live via YouTube. \nLawmakers in the House and Senate got the capability to live stream hearings over YouTube for free just last month. They have previously been able to stream via Ustream for a fee, and CSPAN streams many hearings live on its website.\n\"Video plays a powerful role in bringing us closer together, especially when it connects people in real time,\" said Robert Kyncl, Vice President, YouTube Content Partnerships and Susan Molinari, Vice President, Public Policy and Government Relations in a statement. \"By transcending borders, empowering citizens, and increasing transparency, it\u2019s one of the many ways technology allows democracy to thrive.\"\nSEE ALSO: Report: No YouTube-Inspired Protests Before Benghazi Attack\n\nGregory Hicks, former deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Libya, is one of the three witnesses set to testify during Wednesday's hearing. Eric Nordstrom, former lead security official for the State Department in Libya and Mark Thompson, deputy coordinator for operations in the State Department's counterterrorism bureau are also set to testify.\nHicks is expected to say he attempted to get military support to the Benghazi compound during the attack. Republican lawmakers say his testimony will provide evidence corroborating what they've been saying for months: The White House and State Department did not adequately act to defend the Benghazi outpost and deceived the public about the attack, specifically by claiming that a YouTube video sparked organic protests at the compound \u2014 claims later deemed false.\nHowever, the question of military support for the Benghazi outpost has already been addressed in State Department hearings. Many questions over whether or not military support would've been helpful have also been raised.\nThe Benghazi hearing is set to begin at 11:30 a.m. ET. You can watch live via YouTube here, at oversight.house.gov or on CSPAN 3.\nImage via Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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