any of numerous shrubs or vines belonging to the genus Jasminum, of the olive family, having fragrant flowers and used in perfumery. 2. any of several other plants having similar fragrant flowers, as the Carolina jessamine. 3. a pale-yellow color. Also, jessamine.
1 Glen Doherty and Tyrone Woods were part of a security team that rushed to scene of consulate attack. 2  After they made their way back to a safe location, they came under fire.  They were among four Americans killed last week in Benghazi.
Ambassador killed in Benghazi attack considered leaving Libya in April 2011, emails reveal. Seventeen months before he was killed in the Sept. 11, 2012 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, Ambassador Chris Stevens was seriously considering leaving the country as its civil war widened. The ambassador's concerns are reflected in emails sent to then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's inner circle.