This is a fairly volatile situation and it is in response not to United States policy, not to obviously the administration, not to the American people. It is in response to a video, a film, that we have judged to be reprehensible and disgusting. That in no way justifies any violent reaction to it.
Jay Carney, the White House Press Secretary, discusses the administration's stance on the violent reactions in response to a controversial video.
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