Meanwhile, about 20 miles away, Benghazi was the focus of inquiry on the campus of George Mason University (about the size of UT Arlington), where a reporter for MRCTV encountered students wrapping up the spring semester.

The specific question he had for them: Why is Benghazi in the news? Knowing that many people believe we’ve heard enough about Benghazi, I had some expectation that replies would echo that sentiment.

That thought was quickly proven totally wrong and naive by responses from every student offering an answer.

Here’s what tomorrow’s decision makers said: “Sounds like a place to me.” “It’s a place in Afghanistan.” “It has something to do with Save the Children.” “It’s some kind of geographic region.” “It’s somewhere in the Middle East.” “It’s a place where there’s a lot of danger.”

“It’s something my family talks about.” “It’s an Islamic political group.” “It has something to do with the PLO.” “It reminds me of a guy I work with at the gym.”

And, my favorite: “It’s some guy named Ben Ghazi who has been in the news —but a really nice guy, though.”