Join Penn State School of International Affairs professors and former U.S. Ambassadors Joseph DeThomas and Dennis Jett for a discussion moderated by Penn State Law professor Samuel Thompson on the 2012 Benghazi attacks, the results of subsequent investigations, and what attacks like these mean for U.S. diplomats and foreign service officers.

DeThomas—who served as the U.S. ambassador to Estonia in addition to completing tours in Austria, Ethiopia, Germany, Iran, and Mexico over 29 years as a member of the U.S. Foreign Service—will discuss the findings of the State Department’s Accountability Review Board investigation into the Benghazi attacks.

Jett, whose time in the U.S. Foreign Service spanned 28 years and three continents—including stints as the U.S. ambassador to Mozambique and Peru—will next discuss the various congressional committee investigations and reports on the Benghazi attacks. Both former ambassadors will also speak to their time in the foreign service, the role of ambassadors in countries such as Libya, and how the danger of such attacks figure into the lives of foreign service officers.