State Dept. breaks with administration, says Libya attack not over film

By Larry Margasak

Associated Press

Published: Wednesday, Oct. 10 2012 6:45 a.m. MDT

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The State Department now says it never believed the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, was a film protest gone awry, giving congressional Republicans new fodder for criticizing the Obama administration's initial accounts of the assault.

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Rifleman

Salt Lake City, Utah

Perhaps Romney will go soft on Obama over this issue in the upcoming presidential debate. Perhaps Obama can use Muhammad Ali's rope-a-dope technique to defend this failure. Either that or blame Bush for it.

8:09 a.m. Oct. 10, 2012
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Say No to BO

Mapleton, UT

Pass the popcorn. This is getting interesting.
Benghazi is starting to look like another Ft. Hood; our government ignoring signals in the name of political correctness.

7:16 a.m. Oct. 10, 2012
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Rifleman

Salt Lake City, Utah

Re: UtahBlueDevil Durham, NC
"Rifleman.... and who blamed Bush for the 2,700 killed on American soil after his "failure" to prevent the events of the other 9/11?"

The 9/11 most like would have been prevented if Bill More..

9:56 a.m. Oct. 10, 2012
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