White House

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White House spokesman Jay Carney said Thursday that the assault on the U.S. Consulate in Libya was a “terrorist attack.” (Associated Press)

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**FILE** President Obama and his wife, Michelle, arrive June 27, 2012, at the Congressional picnic on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. (Associated Press)

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White House press secretary Jay Carney gives his daily news briefing at the White House in Washington on Tuesday, Sept., 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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President Obama walks to the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Sept. 14, 2012, after arriving on Marine One on the South Lawn. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** White House Press Secretary Jay Carney speaks during his daily news briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, Sept. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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**FILE** President Obama speaks Sept. 12, 2012, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, accompanied by President Obama, meets Sept. 12, 2012, with State Department personnel in the courtyard of the State Department building in Washington after the president spoke at the White House concerning the recent deaths of Americans in Libya. (Associated Press)