On the recordOctober 16, 2012
The day after the attack, Governor, I stood in the Rose Garden and I told the American people and the world that we are going to find out exactly what happened, that this was an act of terror.
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transcripts.cnn.comBarack Obama: “The day after the attack, Governor, I stood in the Rose Garden and I told the American people and the world that we are…”
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Obama asserts that he labeled the Benghazi attack as an act of terror the day after it occurred.
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