Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday tried to douse a political firestorm over the deadly assault on a U.S. diplomatic mission in Libya, saying she's responsible for the security of American diplomatic outposts. "I take responsibility," Clinton told CNN in an interview while on a visit to Peru. "I'm in charge of the State Department's 60,000-plus people all over the world, 275 posts. The president and the vice president wouldn't be knowledgeable about specific decisions that are made by security professionals. They're the ones who weigh all of the threats and the risks and the needs and make a considered decision.""What I want to avoid is some kind of political gotcha or blame game," Clinton says"I take this very personally," she saysDiplomats need security but "can't hang out behind walls," she adds
Clinton also described a desperate scene in the _ during the hours of the attack, as staff tried to find out what had happened.