AT A MILITARY BASE IN VIRGINA (AP) — The State Department is training agents for its most dangerous diplomatic posts at a special site in rural Virginia.

All appears placid in the imaginary world of Erehwon, "nowhere" spelled backward, a $79 million fantasy city with a Mideast flavor at a U.S. military base. But it won't be quiet for long.

The new recruits know the worst could come at any moment. Danger could lurk behind any of the buildings where people take on the roles of diplomats, security agents, local townsfolk and terrorists.

Two years after the deadly attack on a U.S. facility in Benghazi, Libya, the Diplomatic Security Service that is responsible for protecting some 100,000 Americans around the world has dramatically expanded training. The Benghazi attack killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans.

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