By CBS 4 Newsroom
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Updated at 10:10am
WASHINGTON (AP) _President Barack Obama is condemning in the "strongest possible terms'' an attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya that killed four Americans, including the American ambassador.
Obama on Wednesday said the U.S. will work with the Libyan government to bring the perpetrators of the attack to justice. He says "no acts of terror'' will shake America's resolve.
Obama said the U.S. rejects any efforts to denigrate the religious beliefs of others, but says there is "absolutely no justification'' for violent attacks.
Meanwhile, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says it's never too early for America to condemn attacks on its sovereignty and says the White House gave "mixed signals'' in its response to the breach of the American embassy in Egypt.
Romney on Wednesday condemned attacks against the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four U.S. diplomats, including the U.S. ambassador.
Still, Romney stood by his sharp statement Tuesday night criticizing the Obama administration.
On Wednesday, he said that statement from the U.S. Embassy in Cairo was "akin to apology'' and a "severe miscalculation.''
Updated at 9:25am
WASHINGTON (AP) _ Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says the deadly attack on the U.S. consulate in eastern Libya should "shock the conscience of people of all faiths around the world.''
Clinton says the assault that killed the U.S. ambassador and three American members of his staff was committed by a "small and savage group'' of militants, not by the people or government of Libya.
She said Wednesday there was no justification for the attack, and decried violent extremism.
Updated at 8:55am
WASHINGTON (AP) _President Barack Obama will make a public statement at the White House to comment on the attacks in Libya that killed U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans.
The White House says Obama will be joined by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. His remarks are scheduled for 9:35am, central time.
Stevens was killed, Libyan officials say, when he and embassy aides went to the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, which was under attack by protesters angry over a film that ridicules Islam's Prophet Muhammad.
Obama was notified that Stevens was unaccounted for Tuesday night and was told of his death Wednesday morning.
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) Libyan officials say the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans have been killed in an attack on the U.S. consulate in the eastern city of Benghazi by protesters angry over a film that ridiculed Islam's Prophet Muhammad.
The officials say Ambassador Chris Stevens was killed Tuesday night when he and a group of embassy employees went to the consulate to try to evacuate staff.
The protesters were firing gunshots and rocket propelled grenades.
All of the officials, three in all, hold senior security positions in Benghazi.
They are deputy interior minister for eastern Libya Wanis al-Sharaf; Benghazi security chief Abdel-Basit Haroun; and Benghazi city council and security official Ahmed Bousinia.
