# The second presidential debate: 10/16/2012

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [October 16, 2012, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-second-presidential-debate-10-16-2012/637847 "2012-10-16T04:35:45Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-second-presidential-debate-10-16-2012/637847/923 "2012-10-17T18:29:51Z")

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> There was no riot in Libya at all? This is literally the first time I’ve heard this. I tried several Google searches using variations on “Libya riot,” but I haven’t found anything that indicates that there were no riots at all. What source am I missing for this story?

[Boston Globe Today](http://www.boston.com/politicalintelligence/2012/10/17/debate-president-obama-and-mitt-romney-leave-out-libya-details/RctYXwbiSV2NoznKJgVSVP/story.html)

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> During a congressional hearing last week, State Department officials said there was no video protest in Benghazi.
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> While Obama did call the attack an act of terror almost right away, for days afterward his administration also provided an account of events in Benghazi that proved false.

[Lindsey Graham on the 15th of this month](http://www.greenvilleonline.com/article/20121015/NEWS/310150009/Graham-criticizes-administration-Libya-attack?odyssey=nav%7Chead)

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> Graham, a Seneca Republican who is a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said on CBS’ “Face the Nation” that there never was a riot at the embassy, the attack lasted six hours or more, and the administration knew all of that within 24 hours.
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> “But the administration officials and Obama himself kept talking about an attack inspired by a video,” Graham said.

[Romney, during the debate said it.](http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/decision2012/2012-presidential-debate-president-obama-and-mitt-romneys-remarks-at-hofstra-university-on-oct-16-running-transcript/2012/10/16/be8bfb9a-17dd-11e2-9855-71f2b202721b_story_4.html)

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> And there was no demonstration involved. It was a terrorist attack and it took a long time for that to be told to the American people.

Obama didn’t challenge this. It’s not in dispute, except I guess to those of you who don’t know.

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