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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a request for additional security" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing the need for more security measures or resources in various contexts, such as business, IT, or personal safety.
Example: "The company submitted a request for additional security to protect sensitive data from potential breaches."
Alternatives: "a demand for extra security" or "an appeal for increased security".
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The Democrats' report released on Monday saying that while the state department's security measures in Benghazi the night of 11 September 2012 were "woefully inadequate", Clinton never personally turned down a request for additional security.
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But Clinton angered some senators when she distanced herself from one of the most contentious aspects of the crisis: namely the state department's failure to heed requests for additional security for US diplomats in Benghazi because of a series of attacks, including one on British diplomats.
Secretary Clinton did not order the military to stand down, and she neither approved nor denied requests for additional security.
The former chief security officer for the embassy in Libya, Eric A. Nordstrom, told that panel that some of his requests for additional security were ignored.
Also made public were various government documents that revealed concern about the worsening security situation in Libya and requests for additional security measures to be put in place.
To date, no evidence has emerged that officials higher than Ms. Lamb or Mr. Kennedy were involved in the decision to reject the requests for additional security from Libya.
In equivocating and evasive testimony before Congress in October, Ms. Lamb at first said she received no formal requests for additional security from Libya.
"This was a constant conversation," Mrs. Clinton said, noting, however, again that she did not personally approve or dismiss specific requests for additional security for State Department officials in Libya before Sept. 11.
Steven's requests for additional security never reached her desk directly, she said..— Hillary For Alabama (@Hillary4AL October 20152015.
"Multiple U.S. federal government officials have confirmed to the committee that prior to the Sept. 11 attack, the U.S. mission in Libya made repeated requests for additional security in Benghazi," Issa wrote.
With that knowledge, why were the repeated requests for additional security by the State Department employees at the Benghazi mission reportedly denied, leaving the protection of Ambassador Stevens placed primarily in the hands of local Libyan militia?
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