Dive summary:
- The fallout from the killing of a U.S., ambassador and three other Americans at a U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, this year, may include a substantial increase in spending on construction by the government.
- A report on the Sept. 11 incident and seemingly unfulfilled requests for greater security at the consulate recommended full funding of an embassy-security capital program of approximately $2.2 billion in fiscal 2015.
- In the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, the allocation for embassy security, construction and maintenance was $762 million.
From the article:
The panel said that there also should be "an up-to-10-year program addressing the need, prioritized for construction of new facilities in high-risk, high-threat areas." ...