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WASHINGTON, D. C. -

Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Vice Chairman Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) today announced the witnesses for a closed hearing set for next week.

On Thursday, November 15, at 2:30 p.m. the committee will hear testimony about the September 11, 2012, terrorist attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya.

The hearing will also address intelligence and security in the region.

Among the witnesses announced Thursday are:

  • Director of National Intelligence James Clapper
  • CIA Director David Petraeus
  • FBI Deputy Director Sean Joyce
  • Under Secretary of State for Management Pat Kennedy
  • National Counterterrorism Center Director Matthew Olsen

This closed hearing is set for the Hart Senate Office Building.