Benghazi:

Saw on the news last night that Secretary Clinton accepted responsibility for Benghazi.  She said that as Secretary of State, all State Department personnel work for her, and she is the person responsible for their safety.  Therefore, she is the person responsibile for the Benghazi tragedy. 

Actually, would think that the President - as Commander-in-Chief, would be the person ultimately responsible.  Since the President is the supervisor of the entire executive department, and the person responsible for the safety off all Americans, the buck should have stopped there (vice on the desk of the Sec of State).

It is the President who sets the tone of the administration - establishes the goals, the priorities, the climate, and the agenda that become the marching orders for the entire executive branch.  It is the President who has the ultimate responsibiity - based on daily security briefings, to make sure that the embassy was fully staffed from a security perspective.  It was the President who should have ensured that personnel under his cognizance understood that what was is important is protecting our people (and not  attempting to garner political gain by trying to give the appearance of a warm and fuzzy "Arab spring" scenario in Benghazi).

In regard to the cover-up, we need to know who sent Ambassador Rice out to disseminate the storyline rather than admitting it was a terrorist action.  It's almost impossible to believe that by at least the end of the first day that the white house didn't know that Benghazi was a terrorist attack, and even if through some incredible lack of competence (inattention to security briefings) they didn't, still, the buck should stop at the same place - the whitehouse.

Hillary:  In general, assuming responsibility for a major screwup is generally an indicator of good character.  However, in Benghazi, Americans died.  If she made the decision to pull security forces (rather than supplement them as requested),  or even if the decision was made by people who worked for her, she should resign.  Likewise, it she was pressured by the White House to make the same decision, she should have gone to the mat for her people, and if she was unsuccessfull, she should have resigned at that time.