22:13
16.10.2012
Democrats will be cheered by Obama performance tonight.Romney not dominating as 2 weeks ago but still in the game.#debates @voa_news
â Jim Malone (@JMaloneVOA) October 17, 2012
22:14
16.10.2012
Question 8: Man in the audience asks next question, this time on Libya. Directs question to Obama asking about reports that U.S. staff involved in attack in Libya were denied extra security.
Obama says he called for investigation into exactly what happened around the attack, which killed Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three others. Obama says his stance was "we are going to find out who did this, and we are going to hunt them down."
Obama says he is ultimately responsible for what's taking place there.
Romney says he feels deeply sympathetic for the families of those who lost loved ones in the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi. He says the president rightly acknowledged that he is responsible for the failure to provide extra security.
Romney criticizes Obama for holding campaign events in the days after the Benghazi attack and the death of four Americans.
Romney characterizes Obama strategy as a "strategy of leading from behind."
22:17
16.10.2012
Crowley asks about Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's statement that she was ultimately responsible for the security of those in Benghazi.
Obama says Secretary Clinton works for him. He then pointedly tells Romney the suggestion that anybody on his team would play politics or mislead when the nation has lost four of its own is offensive.
Romney charges that it took Obama administration a long time to say the attack was a terrorist act rather than a spontaneous protest as was initially stated.
22:17
16.10.2012
#Obama says the suggestion anyone on his team played politics after the Benghazi attack is offensive."It's not what I do."
â Jim Fry (@jimfryVOA) October 17, 2012