When Did Obama First Learn Benghazi Attack Wasn’t Related to YouTube Video Protest?

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“Let’s be very clear about this. The president talked about what he knew and when he knew it,” Obama campaign manager Jim Messina said on Tuesday night when asked about the Benghazi attack.

But when did the president first learn from intelligence reports that the assault on Benghazi was a pre-planned terrorist attack, not spontaneous mob violence in response to a YouTube video? 

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