(CNN) -- Hillary Clinton's leadership as secretary of state regarding the Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram could become at least as serious an issue as her decisions surrounding the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi. Much of the attention Thursday was on the announcement that the House will create a select committee to investigate Benghazi, but the same day, Daily Beast reporter Josh Rogin revealed details about her time as secretary of state that raise significant questions about her broader record on issues of terrorism. Rogin reported that from 2011 through early 2013, the Clinton State Department repeatedly rejected efforts to designate Boko Haram as a terrorist organization. In recent weeks, the group has exploded onto the world stage by kidnapping more than 250 girls at a Nigerian boarding school.
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Newt Gingrich: Hillary Clinton could be questioned on Boko Haram as on Benghazi
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He says State Dept. under her leadership rejected requests to designate group as terrorists
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Justice Dept., FBI, CIA, and military officials asked for terrorism designation, Daily Beast reported
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Gingrich: Was Hillary Clinton aware of the requests? If not, should she have known?
It is so clearly and vividly a terrorist organization that it seems indefensible that the @placeholder would have refused to designate it as such.
@placeholder tweeted: "Access to education is a basic right & an unconscionable reason to target innocent girls.