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When the Libyan embassy, not Obama, the embassy, sent out a statement that Romney didn't like he blamed it on Obama, even though it wasn't Obama that sent out the statement, saying
MR. ROMNEY: It's their administration -- their administration spoke. The president takes responsibility not just for the words that come from his mouth but also from the words that come from his ambassadors, from his administration, from his embassies, from his State Department.
Ok, so he's the President, the buck stops here and all that. Well then why wouldn't these statements qualify as Obama calling the attack a terrorist attack then.
September 19 -- Director of National Intelligence Matthew Olson, responding to a question by Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Chairman Joe Lieberman on whether the attack was a terroristattack:
"They were killed in the course of a terrorist attack on our embassy. ... At this point, what I would say is that a number of different elements appear to have been involved in the attack, including individuals connected to militant groups that are prevalent in eastern Libya, particularly the Benghazi area, as well we are looking at indications that individuals involved in the attack may have had connections to al Qaeda or al Qaeda affiliates, in particular al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb." Olson also said U.S. officials had no "specific evidence of significant advanced planning."
September 20 -- Jay Carney:
"It is, I think, self-evident that what happened in Benghazi was a terrorist attack. Our embassy was attacked violently, and the result was four deaths of American officials."
September 21 -- Hillary Clinton:
"What happened in Benghazi was a terrorist attack, and we will not rest until we have tracked down and brought to justice the terrorists who murdered four Americans."
September 27 -- Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta:
"It was a terrorist attack. ... As we determined the details of what took place there, and how that attack took place, that it became clear that there were terrorists who had planned that attack."".
September 27 -- A senior U.S. official tells CNN that it became clear within about a day of the Benghazi attack that it been work of terrorists:
Separately, CNN National Security Analyst Fran Townsend reports that a law enforcement source told her that "from day one we had known clearly that this was a terrorist attack."
September 28: Statement by Shawn Turner, spokesman for Director of National Intelligence James Clapper:
"In the immediate aftermath, there was information that led us to assess that the attack began spontaneously following protests earlier that day at our embassy in Cairo. We provided that initial assessment to executive branch officials and members of Congress, who used that information to discuss the attack publicly and provide updates as they became available. Throughout our investigation we continued to emphasize that information gathered was preliminary and evolving. As we learned more about the attack, we revised our initial assessment to reflect new information indicating that it was a deliberate and organized terrorist attack carried out by extremists."
Barack Obama: "The Buck Stops................Over There ----------------------->>>>>"
Are you going to address the OP or just yammer and yap. Which is it? When somebody in the executive branch says something is that the same as Obama saying it or isn't it. Was Romney full of **** about the statement released by the Libyan embassy or was he full of **** about Obama not calling it a terrorist attack?
It should be evident that shooting rpg into a mission bldg is a terroristic attack. the next series of questions would have been what?...who, what, when, where, and why?
How ridiculous would any administration look, to run to the closest mic and proclaim..."It was a terroristic attack" without any other answers. pretty damn ridiculous.
And how come nobody in the conservative mainstream media asked Romney about those conflicting statements of his?
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