I have been to Libya and walked the streets of Benghazi myself.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Benghazi was a tragedy. Libya is a tragedy.
Very few people are fortunate enough to walk through countries like Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia, and I had seen them all. I had spoken to many on the street.
I was opposed to the U.S. involvement in Libya from the very start. President Obama has never made a compelling national security case on Libya.
The situation in Syria is quite different from Libya.
We pulled out of Libya. Now look what's happened: a safe haven, a vacuum, ISIS training militants to hit in Tunisia.
I'll tell you one thing about Donald Trump: There will never be a Benghazi in a Donald Trump administration.
I was the only outsider to visit the Abbottabad compound where bin Laden lived before the Pakistani military demolished it.
If I'm still walking, I am not dead. So I have to still walk and run towards the benefit of Lebanon.
For more than four decades, the Libyan people have been ruled by a tyrant - Moammar Gaddafi. He has denied his people freedom, exploited their wealth, murdered opponents at home and abroad, and terrorized innocent people around the world - including Americans who were killed by Libyan agents.
I cannot and will not raise money on Benghazi. I also advise my colleagues to follow suit.