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>> the conversations were dominated by libya. ryan tried to explain romney's libya mistake. >> it was a passing comment in general. it was not a claim that this was a result of the terrorist attack. >> i don't think they should have sent their u.n. ambassador out saying that this was by a spontaneous mob. i don't think he should have mentioned it six times. >> the problem for romney is, it matters less than how he answered it in front of 65 million people. the white house has questions to answer on libya, particularly on the libya lapses, questions that biden tried to address this morning. >> ...

I'm the president. and i'm always responsible. and that's why nobody is more interested in finding out exactly what happened than i do. >> all right. this happened september 11th. i was checking my math and my dates. it's now october 17th. last night, october 16th. why did it take more than a month for the president to say, you know what, the buck stops here? a lot of people were saying, where was that response from the president on libya, on the security lapses? >> chuck, as you heard from the president, he's the one who asks, as the president of the united states, asks these diplomats to go ...

My gosh, a lot of things erupting across the middle east and the world that are going to turn an eye back to foreign policy, whether americans are tired of 12 years of war or not. >> yeah, we talked about this front-page piece in "the times" this morning on syria. also libya. a lot of questions surrounding that. republicans hammering at this, hoping the american people will take notice of the obama administration's handling of the deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in libya that killed four americans. yesterday morning senator lindsey graham of south carolina who sits on the armed services co...

Region. >> mark halperin. >> you've got to wonder what the reason is for republicans who know the election is going to be primarily about the economy, why they continue to talk about libya, syria, why about governor romney give that foreign policy speech? my sense is their view of the race is particularly with the economy doing a little bit better, that they need to show that governor romney is stronger. you go back to castellano's very smart view of debates, you need moments of strength. and remember, we've got a whole debate on foreign policy coming up. he's trying to put himself as stronger...

A political season, so obviously there are lots of political positioning going on from both sides here. but if you step back for where voters really look at this, and i agree with joe, i don't think this is going to play a dime's worth of difference in terms of the election outcome. but where voters look at it, senator graham who knows a lot about national security goes out and says, this administration's narrative on al qaeda's leadership is wrong. well, most voters will say, osama bin laden's gone. even if you look at libya to the extent that anyone understands libya, gadhafi's gone. the one...