Approximately noon EDT: The U.S. Embassy in Cairo issues the following statement:
Approximately 5 PM EDT: Protestors in Cairo storm the U.S. Embassy, tear down the U.S. flag, and replace it with an al Qaeda flag.
Approximately 8 pm EDT: The U.S. Embassy in Cairo tweets:
Approximately 8 pm EDT: AP reports, “A Libyan security official says one American consulate employee has been shot dead and another wounded in the hand during an attack at the U.S. consulate in the eastern city of Bengazi.”
Approximately 10:00 PM EDT: Politico reports, “The Obama administration is disavowing a statement from its own Cairo embassy that seemed to apologize for anti-Muslim activity in the United States.”
Approximately 10:30 pm EDT: Romney issues following statement: “I’m outraged by the attacks on American diplomatic missions in Libya and Egypt and by the death of an American consulate worker in Benghazi. 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.”
Approximately 10:45 pm EDT: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton condemns attack on Benghazi mission. No mention is made of attack on U.S. embassy in Egypt.
Approximately 12:00 am EDT: Obama campaign spokesman Ben Labolt issues the following statement: “We are shocked that, at a time when the United States of America is confronting the tragic death of one of our diplomatic officers in Libya, Governor Romney would choose to launch a political attack.”
Approximately 5:00 AM EST: Reuters reports that US Ambassador Chris Stevens and 3 other embassy staff killed in Benghazi.
Approximately 10:00 AM EST: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton makes remarks on the deaths of American personnel in Benghazi. No mention is made of Egypt.
Approximately 10:30 AM EST: Mitt Romney takes questions from press on Egypt and Libya.
Approximately 11:00 AM EST: Obama issues statment on Benghazi. No mention of Egypt. Obama takes no questions.
