White House response to Libya attacks: A timeline

President Obama makes a statement about the death of U.S. ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stevens with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the Rose Garden at the White House September 12, 2012 in Washington, DC.

/ Chip Somodevilla

(CBS News) Amid varying reports over how and when the Obama administration determined that the recent attacks in Libya may have been acts of terrorism, and allegations that the White House might have knowingly mischaracterized the events in their aftermath, CBSNews.com presents a timeline of the administration's responses -- as well as some conflicting accounts from others.

Republicans demand answers amid ongoing confusion surrounding Libya attacks

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janmb123 says:: OH stupid ones....we can't start another war over this....the english and german embassies were also attacked and they aren't starting a WAR. What are you asking for--- anyway troops over there and start shooting the mobs of thousands of people for revenge? The facility was only a interim meeting place and the Embassies that we have are all are protected by marines. In fact the republicans (including Paul Ryan) voted against funding that would go to the embassy security. You want the Pentagon---the White House to give out information that would help the enemy? In fact all this complaining by the republicans only gives comfort to the enemy...and solves nothing.; reply

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btmatthewz says:: America will get the president it deserves. If in their folly they can't see all this deceit before them, they will bear the consequences!!!; reply

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LibsRLow says:: The State Dept made deep cuts in the security budget for embassies before the attack. What a bunch of dumb ^&^& doing this before a 9/11 anniversary; reply

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abbe91 says:

Let's see the timeline of 911 again ...
My pet goat ...


SkylarkWY replies:: linkicon reporticon emailicon; Libs are even failing at their formerly fine art of misdirection.

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sheila-beth71 says:: I HAVE CALLED THE WHITE HOUSE AND LEFT MY COMMENTS WITH THE OPERATOR AT HER REQUEST! I HAVE WRITTEN A CERTIFIED LETTER TO THE WHITE HOUSE TELLING THOSE SUPPOSEDLY IN CHARGE THAT SOME RETALIATION FOR THIS OUTRAGE AGAINST OUR COUNTRY MUST BE DONE! I DON'T CARE WHEN OR WHERE THIS WAS DONE! I'M SURW THAT AMBASSADOR STEPHENS THE OTHER VICTIMS DON'T CARE EITHER. THESE PEOPLE IN THE WHITE HOUSE ARE ON A COURSE TO DESTROY OUR WAY OF LIFE AND TO ELIMINATE OUR FREEDOMS! THEY HAVE BEEN ON THIS COURSE FOR A LONG TIME! I SEE NO ONE STEPPING UP TO MAKE THEM STOP SO I GUESS IT'S OVER FOR DEMOCRACY AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA! ALL THE TALK AND ALL THE E-MAILS WILL NOT CHANGE THINGS! WE NEED ACTION!; reply

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sheila-beth71 says:: I HAVE CALLED THE WHITE HOUSE AND LEFT MY COMMENTS WITH THE OPERATOR AT HER REQUEST! I HAVE WRITTEN A CERTIFIED LETTER TO THE WHITE HOUSE TELLING THOSE SUPPOSEDLY IN CHARGE THAT SOME RETALIATION FOR THIS OUTRAGE AGAINST OUR COUNTRY MUST BE DONE! I DON'T CARE WHEN OR WHERE THIS WAS DONE! I'M SURW THAT AMBASSADOR STEPHENS THE OTHER VICTIMS DON'T CARE EITHER. THESE PEOPLE IN THE WHITE HOUSE ARE ON A COURSE TO DESTROY OUR WAY OF LIFE AND TO ELIMINATE OUR FREEDOMS! THEY HAVE BEEN ON THIS COURSE FOR A LONG TIME! I SEE NO ONE STEPPING UP TO MAKE THEM STOP SO I GUESS IT'S OVER FOR DEMOCRACY AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA! ALL THE TALK AND ALL THE E-MAILS WILL NOT CHANGE THINGS! WE NEED ACTION!; reply

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Ddtgwt says:

Make that CBS, abc and NBC.....do they even hire journalists or people that will submit to the liberal party line? Do the writers have no pride?


SkylarkWY replies:: linkicon reporticon emailicon; Listened to CBS national news last night and the ONLY line they fed the American people was the Liberal Lie about the video. No wonder Americans are so ill-informed and vote for Obama!

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Ddtgwt says:: Abc is in the tank for Obama and doesn't care about journalism anymore; reply

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endmathabuse says:

Why does it matter that the administration doesn't rush to declare it a terrorist attack? Would the world have been any better off had the administration jumped to the conclusion immediately instead of waiting a week to get the facts?

The only improvement would be we would not have to listen to all these pundits and politicians trying to make something of this non-issue.


alanrobisch replies:: linkicon reporticon emailicon; Its because they lied about it to the american public when the people responsible for investigating it had already declared it a terrorist attack had occured in an attempt to make the president look better.

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JWinATL says:: Blatent lying by the Administration, and the story is buried at the bottom of the page. Disgusting.; reply