With all due respect, the fact is we had four dead Americans. Was it because of a protest? Or was it because of guys out for a walk one night and decided they would go kill some Am...
When America is absent, especially from unstable environments, there are consequences.
We do not know what is going to happen in this new revolutionary environment across North Africa and the Middle East.
The Libyans were very responsive, very willing, but no levers to pull.
heavily armed militants assaulted our compound
The United States is the most extraordinary force for peace and progress the world has ever known.
We need your help.
It has been one of the great honors of my life to lead the men and women of the State Department and USAID.
It is our responsibility to make sure they have the resources they need to do their jobs.
Let's stay focused on what really matters: protecting our people and the country we all love.
It was a terrorist attack. I called it an attack by heavily armed militants.