Graham supported the NATO-led military intervention in Libya . In March 2015 , he supported the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen . Graham said : " We want to have a relationship with Saudi Arabia . They 're a strategic partner . They 're a mortal enemy of the Iranians . " Graham is a strong , unapologetic supporter of Israel , and threatened to derail the confirmation of President Obama 's nomination for secretary of defense , Chuck Hagel , remarking that Hagel " would be the most antagonistic secretary of defense towards the state of Israel in our nation 's history . " On January 29 , 2013 , in an interview with Fox News , he claimed that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton " got away with murder " , following her testimony about the 2012 Benghazi attack . But the next year he would concede that the House Intelligence Committee report on Benghazi was , as he put it , " full of crap " , and that the Administration had been cleared of many of the charges therein
2012 Benghazi attack
2012 Benghazi attack
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