Thirteen years ago today, all of our lives changed forever. Whatever your political affiliations or leanings, the terrorists attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 were an unthinkable tragedy, one that – at least for a brief moment – brought the country together in mourning and resolve.

On the anniversary of 9/11, we’re consistently urged to #NeverForget. And, of course, we won’t – because forgetting one of the most devastating and, in turn, influential historical events of a lifetime would be impossible. 9/11 forever changed us. We all bear the scars.

But that feeling of togetherness and resolve we all felt 13 years ago today, as the country grappled with what had happened and what it meant for the future?

Yeah, that’s long gone.

While there will no doubt be countless instances of the politicalization of 9/11 today (and for years to come), Washington State Republican Party Chairman Susan Hutchison got into the mix early with a statement posted on the party’s website titled “Dude, that was like 13 years ago.”

It’s a sarcastically dismissive tone not meant to sum up her own feelings, or the feelings of her party, but rather (of course) a barb launched at democrats, and specifically Hillary Clinton and the Obama Administration, for the reaction to the Benghazi “scandal.”

“‘What difference, at this point, does it make?,’ Hillary Clinton callously said when being questioned about Benghazi deaths that occurred 9/11 of election year 2012,” Hutchison writes. “This is the mindset of the person the Democrats may very well choose to lead our country in 2016 – the person who defined the president’s foreign policy for four years!”

“What difference does it make, Madame Secretary? As the wife of a Marine Corps husband who served in Iraq and led men who gave their lives in the service of our country, I am despairing of Obama’s policies – policies that have wasted the gains of that long, hard fought effort, and even now are risking more American lives,” Hutchison’s 9/11 anniversary statement continues.

There are many problems with Hutchison’s take, but on the anniversary of 9/11 I’d like to think we owe it to ourselves and those who have been lost to strive for a far more meaningful – and accurate – dialogue. The people who lost their life 13 years ago today, and the military men and women who sacrificed so much in the aftermath, deserve at least that much.

That said, below you’ll find the full transcript of Hillary Clinton’s statement on Benghazi before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from January of 2013. Clinton was being questioned by Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson, who, as the Huffington Post notes, “was desperately trying to nail Secretary Clinton to the wall.”

Johnson: No, again, we were misled that there were supposedly protests and that something sprang out of that — an assault sprang out of that — and that was easily ascertained that that was not the fact, and the American people could have known that within days and they didn’t know that.

Clinton: With all due respect, the fact is we had four dead Americans. Was it because of a protest or was it because of guys out for a walk one night who decided that they’d they go kill some Americans? What difference at this point does it make? It is our job to figure out what happened and do everything we can to prevent it from ever happening again, Senator. Now, honestly, I will do my best to answer your questions about this, but the fact is that people were trying in real time to get to the best information. The IC has a process, I understand, going with the other committees to explain how these talking points came out. But you know, to be clear, it is, from my perspective, less important today looking backwards as to why these militants decided they did it than to find them and bring them to justice, and then maybe we’ll figure out what was going on in the meantime.

Context is important. On the anniversary of 9/11, not using the tragedy to bullshit Washingtonians and the American people for political gain is important.

Of course, in fairness to Hutchison …

Dude, Clinton’s testimony was, like, almost two years ago.