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         Obama: Romney's Statements on Embassy Attacks 'Lack Judgment'

   by VOA News

   U.S. President Barack Obama says Republican presidential nominee Mitt
   Romney's statements about the attacks on two U.S. diplomatic outposts
   in the Middle East demonstrates his opponent's lack of judgment.
   Romney issued a statement late Tuesday accusing the president of
   apologizing for the attack on the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, describing
   Obama's actions as "disgraceful.
   He was referring to a statement issued by the embassy in Cairo earlier
   in the day condemning a crudely U.S.-made video that Muslims felt
   ridiculed the Prophet Muhammed.  The statement was issued before
   demonstrators stormed the complex, and well before the world learned
   that U.S. Ambassador to Libya John Christopher Stevens and three other
   officials were killed in the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi.
   ''In a hastily organized news conference Wednesday afternoon, Romney
   said "it's never too early to condemn attacks on Americans and defend
   our values."
   But in an interview with CBS News, Obama said his challenger's response
   revealed "a tendency to shoot first and aim later."
   The Romney attacks touched off a political firestorm in official
   Washington, with Democrats -- and even members of Mr. Romney's own
   Republican party -- accusing him of politicizing a national tragedy.
   U.S. Senator John Kerry, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations
   Committee, blasted the Republican candidate, saying Mr. Romney spoke
   "before the families [of the deceased] have even been notified."  He
   called the Romney response "irresponsible" and "callous."
   David Frum, a speech writer for ex-President George W. Bush, called the
   Romney campaign's response "a dismal business in every respect."
   President Obama and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said
   Wednesday that there was "no justification" for the "senseless
   violence," and that those responsible would be brought to justice.
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