Lydia Sizer

Lydia Sizer is a PhD Candidate at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. She researches risk management in national security decision-making, with a focus on the U.S. State Department. Lydia worked at the State Department from 2012-2014.

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Libya

February 17. 2021

Beyond Benghazi-Gate

Amb. Chris Stevens was one of the main reasons I took a job in the State Department. In 2011, I admired his enthusiasm for engagement in Libya during the revolution. That moment of fleeting optimism felt a lifetime away as I stood in a hangar at Joint Air Base Andrews, waiting for his body to arrive.

Lydia Sizer