By Karen Parrish
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4, 2012 - The U.S. military provided logistics and securitysupport to an FBI team investigating the attack in Benghazi, Libya, that killedU.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans, PentagonPress Secretary George Little said today.
The team visited Benghazi for a number of hours and left there this morning,though the investigation is ongoing, Little told reporters during a Pentagonnews conference.
The FBI and DOD coordinated fully with the State Department and the Libyangovernment on the Benghazi site investigation, he added.
Little said he would not discuss specifics "for obvious reasons,"as the same type of mission may occur in the future, but said military supportincluded airlifting the FBI team during the visit.
"The U.S. government has been aggressively looking into precisely whathappened since Sept. 11, when the attack occurred on ... our consulate inBenghazi. ... We've been actively chasing leads in various ways," Littlesaid. "The intelligence community, the State Department, FBI -- the fullrange of capabilities of this government -- have been used to try to determinewhat happened in this tragic incident."
Little said the department stands ready to support U.S. military members andcivilians in the region.
"We have the assets in the region to dojust that," he added.
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