White House press secretary Jay Carney said Republicans attacking Obama's phrasing amounted to a "desperate attempt to grasp at words."
Romney said he was "outraged" by Obama's "disgraceful" response to protestors' attacks on U.S. diplomatic missions in Egypt and Libya.
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