This transcends politics, Americans have died.

[Barack_America]

Americans with friends and families. Americans who were willing to work for our country and promote our foreign policy in a very hostile environment.

While I have my suspicions about the forces behind this entire event and my concerns about how this will be viewed in today's political environment, I think we should all step back a moment and remember that lives were lost here. We should be careful not to get overwhelmed with the spin in either direction.

Let's take the President's lead on this one.

I strongly condemn the outrageous attack on our diplomatic facility in Benghazi, which took the lives of four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens. Right now, the American people have the families of those we lost in our thoughts and prayers. They exemplified America's commitment to freedom, justice, and partnership with nations and people around the globe, and stand in stark contrast to those who callously took their lives.

I have directed my Administration to provide all necessary resources to support the security of our personnel in Libya, and to increase security at our diplomatic posts around the globe. While the United States rejects efforts to denigrate the religious beliefs of others, we must all unequivocally oppose the kind of senseless violence that took the lives of these public servants.

On a personal note, Chris was a courageous and exemplary representative of the United States. Throughout the Libyan revolution, he selflessly served our country and the Libyan people at our mission in Benghazi. As Ambassador in Tripoli, he has supported Libya's transition to democracy. His legacy will endure wherever human beings reach for liberty and justice. I am profoundly grateful for his service to my Administration, and deeply saddened by this loss.

The brave Americans we lost represent the extraordinary service and sacrifices that our civilians make every day around the globe. As we stand united with their families, let us now redouble our own efforts to carry their work forward.

Read more here: http://www.thestate.com/2012/09/12/2438041/obama-statement-on-attack-on-libya.html#.UFCR_Byoo84#storylink=cpy

[still_one]

1. President Obama always has risen to the occasion, and will leave the amateurs to rant and rave /nt

[Barack_America]

2. Because he is a statesman.

Rather than a mere politician.

[spanone]

3. don't tell mitt...nothing transcends politics with him

[Barack_America]

5. That's the true Rovian legacy. And it's sad...

...that in situations like this the political implications can outweigh the loss of life.

[ProSense]

4. It does, and the person

running to unseat the President should be called out unmercifully for trying to exploit this situation.

Mitt is a despicable bastard.

[Nay]

6. Mitt is a businessman, so there is no 'transcending politics.' He has a chance to make "money"

(gain votes), so he jumps on it, no matter the damage to the world. That's how capitalism works, and is a direct and visible example of how it is, in the end, a destructive force.