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Try to smooth it over and then both sides issued statements which didn't really smooth over the rift. so you've got a lot in play here. and this is very challenging as the president is trying to campaign for re-election. >> yeah, we're going to get to israel in just a second. mark mckinnon in boston, i want to get to you because the chronology here is very important. andrea alluded to this back-and-forth between the romney and obama campaigns. the american embassy released a statement before the violence erupted in cairo in an apparent reference to this film and the pastor. the statement read,...

In cairo, the american embassy. look what's happening today in syria. the area is a tough neighborhood. and i think we change the approach that we speak with our neighbors. and also we expect from the people in washington to understand that they have to stand with us today. >> andrea mitchell has a question for you. andrea, i understand first you have some breaking news out of libya. >> we do. we have the statement from the president of the united states about the death of ambassador stevens. he says he strongly condemns the outrageous attack on our diplomatic facility which took the lives of ...

Anniversary of 9/11, lifted that embargo shortly before midnight, released a statement that blasted the state department, reading "it's disgraceful that the obama administration's first response was not to condemn attacks on our diplomatic missions, but to sympathize with those who waged the attacks." as i said, the statement came out before the attacks took place. so the obama campaign came back, going after essentially mitt romney, saying we are shocked that at a time when we are mourning, confronting the tragic death of one of our diplomatic officers in libya, governor romney would choose t...

Department. they clearly, they clearly sent mixed messages to the world and the statement that came from the administration and the embassy is the administration. >> they asked for it. there it was. today, mitt romney refusing to back down. there's a lot of back and forth of who said what and when. here's the breakdown as we best know it. tuesday morning the u.s. embassy in cairo issues a statement denouncing that anti-islamic amateur video and reads in part we condemn the continuing efforts of misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of muslims. a tweet around the same time reaffi...

Cairo embassy statement saying no one in washington approved it. 10:26, the embargo on the romney statement is lifted early and can be reported. right after midnight, the obama campaign formally responds to romney saying it's shocked. fast forward and you get the duelling speeches this morning. romney slamming the president for that embassy statement. president obama did not mention the political back and forth at all. so why does this tick-tock matter? well, here's my take. first, i want to put up a tweet from our friend chuck todd and i think really set the scene appropriately earlier this m...