White House Says Libya Attack Was Terrorism

Kathleen Hennessey, Los Angeles Times
Thu, 09/20/2012 - 11:55am

The White Houseis now describing the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazias a “terrorist attack,” a shift in emphasis after days of describing the lethal assault as a spontaneous eruption of anger over an anti-Islamic film made in California.

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