Select Committee on Benghazi: CRS Experts

May 7, 2014 (R43536)

The following table provides names and contact information for CRS experts on policy concerns relating to the Select Committee on Benghazi (H.Res. 567). In addition to the policy expertise identified below, related CRS products include:

CRS Insight IN10055, House Select Committee Precedents and Procedures and H. Res. 567, Establishing a Select Committee on the 2012 Benghazi Attack, by [author name scrubbed];
CRS Insight IN10022, Diplomatic Security After Benghazi, by [author name scrubbed];
CRS Report R43195, Securing U.S. Diplomatic Facilities and Personnel Abroad: Legislative and Executive Branch Initiatives, by [author name scrubbed];
CRS Report R42834, Securing U.S. Diplomatic Facilities and Personnel Abroad: Background and Policy Issues, by [author name scrubbed] and [author name scrubbed]; and
CRS Report RL33142, Libya: Transition and U.S. Policy, by [author name scrubbed].

Legislative Issues	Expert Name/Title	Phone	E-mail
Benghazi attack: context, investigation, response
State Department operations, previous attacks, diplomatic security procedures, legislative/executive actions post-Benghazi	[author name scrubbed] Analyst in Foreign Affairs	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Embassy security funding	Susan Epstein Specialist in Foreign Policy	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Libya: politics, security, and transition developments	Christopher Blanchard Specialist in Middle Eastern Affairs	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Intelligence Community issues; counterterrorism implications	John Rollins Specialist in Terrorism and National Security	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Military response	[author name scrubbed] Specialist in Military Ground Forces	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Federal Bureau of Investigation efforts	Jerome Bjelopera Specialist in Organized Crime and Terrorism	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]

Select Committee: precedents, procedures, implications
Legal questions relating to congressional oversight and investigations	[author name scrubbed] Legislative Attorney	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Congressional oversight	Elaine Halchin Specialist in American National Government	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Federal advisory bodies (executive)	[author name scrubbed] Analyst in American National Government	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Federal advisory bodies (congressional)	Jacob Straus Analyst on the Congress	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Select committees	Michael Koempel Senior Specialist in American National Government	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Select committees	[author name scrubbed] Analyst on Congress and the Legislative Process	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Committee funding	[author name scrubbed] Analyst on the Congress	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]