Obama vs Romney Debate

[BigV]

Originally Posted by BigV

romney--obama took two weeks to say libyan attack was terrorism

obama--I said it was act of terror the next day

romney--OH! make sure that is on the record candy

crowley--he did say it was an act of terror the following day

obama--can you say that a little louder candy? crowd cheers

romney--(retreating) it took the administration two weeks

(talking over each other) go to the transcript.

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crowley fact checks romney into the boards. ouch.

rose garden remarks the following day.

By JOSH GERSTEIN |
9/27/12 10:12 AM EDT

Despite a drumbeat from the right and even independent fact-checkers that President Barack Obama has been unwilling to label as terrorism the attack on a United States diplomatic mission in Libya, the president indicated just a day after the killing of the American ambassador there that the assault was part of a series of "acts of terror" the U.S. has faced.

"No acts of terror will ever shake the resolve of this great nation, alter that character, or eclipse the light of the values that we stand for," Obama said in a Rose Garden statement on Sept. 12. "Today, we mourn four more Americans who represent the very best of the United States of America. We will not waver in our commitment to see that justice is done for this terrible act. And make no mistake, justice will be done."

Notwithstanding Obama's initial statement, Republicans have faulted him for failing to use the word "terrorism" to describe the attack, even when he was asked directly about it during an interview on Monday.