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Source: www.businessinsider.com – Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Republican presidential nominee  Mitt Romney   released a statement Tuesday night condemning the Obama administration's response to attacks on U.S. missions in Egypt and Libya, the latter of which left one American dead. Here's Romney's statement: “I'm outraged by the attacks on American diplomatic missions in Libya and Egypt and by the death of an American consulate worker in Benghazi. It's disgraceful that the Obama Administration's first response was not to condemn attacks on our diplomatic missions, but to sympathize with those who waged the attacks.” Romney's statement later drew a stern rebuke from the Obama campaign, which said it was "shocked." “We are shocked that, at a time when the United States of America is confronting the tragic death of one of our diplomatic officers in Libya, Governor Romney would choose to launch a political attack," spokesman Ben LaBolt said in a statement. Protestors in Egypt and Libya attacked U.S. missions in Egypt and Libya on Tuesday, scaling the walls of the U.S. Embassy in Cairo and tearing down its American flag over an online film that was considered offensive to Muslims. The U.S. Embassy in Cairo released a statement — which came  before the protests began — apologizing for the film.  The Wall Street Journal reported that the filmmaker, an Israeli-American real-estate developer, called Islam a "cancer" in an interview.  Here's the U.S. Embassy's statement : The Embassy of the United St

Mitt Romney Slams Obama For ‘Sympathizing’ With Libya And Egypt Attackers, Drawing A ‘Shocked’ Rebuke