U.S. ambassador to Libya killed in Benghazi attack  —  (Reuters) - The U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other embassy staff were killed in a rocket attack on their car, a Libyan official said, as they were rushed from a consular building stormed by militants denouncing a U.S.-made film insulting the Prophet Mohammad.

RNC Already Politicizing Anti-American Rioting  —  Republican Party Chairman Reince Priebus (@Reince) tweeted out the following before news of the murder of the U.S. ambassador in Libya, but after the sustained attacks on U.S. diplomatic facilities there and in Egypt: “Obama sympathizes with attackers in Egypt.

American Ambassador and 3 Diplomats Killed in Libya  —  CAIRO — The United States ambassador to Libya, J. Christopher Stevens, was killed along with three of his staff members in an attack on the American Consulate in Benghazi on Tuesday night by an armed mob angry over a short American …

How murder of U.S. ambassador to Libya plunges Obama's re-election campaign into crisis  —  The Obama administration is engulfed in a full-blown foreign policy crisis just two months before the presidential election with the two campaigns trading angry accusations over events in Libya, Egypt and Israel.

The Movie So Offensive That Egyptians Just Stormed the U.S. Embassy Over It  —  Terry Jones, the Florida Koran-burner, is helping to promote a movie vilifying Egypt's Muslims, and the Egyptian media got ahold of some clips.  —  Right now, protesters in Cairo are gathered at the U.S. embassy compound …

U.S. ambassador to Libya, 3 other Americans killed in Benghazi  —  U.S. Ambassador to Libya John Christopher Stevens and three other Americans were killed Tuesday in an assault on the American consulate in the eastern city of Benghazi, the White House said.  —  In a statement issued …

His True Colors  —  As noted, we have two simultaneous crises washing over Washington tonight from the Middle East.  First, the US-Israel blow up, which I discussed below.  Next, riots which escalated into full-scale attacks on US embassies in Cairo and Benghazi, triggered by another stunt …

Three Quick Points on the Libya Killings  —  1) On the merits, this is outrageous and a tragedy.  One of the first principles of diplomacy is that nations have a duty to protect the representatives of foreign states sent there to do international business.  Today, American security forces …

The Politics (Ugh, Yes, the Politics) of the Attacks on the US Diplomatic Posts in Benghazi and Cairo  —  Families are in mourning, and the diplomatic corps is dealing with the tragedy of four Americans being killed in the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya.  But with 55 days until the election …

Obscure Film Mocking Muslim Prophet Sparks Anti-U.S. Protests in Egypt and Libya  —  8:13 p.m. Angered by reports in the Egyptian media that members of the Coptic Christian diaspora in Washington had produced a crude film mocking the Muslim prophet, protesters climbed the walls …

Obama condemns attack as Romney criticizes US response  —  Violence in the post-Arab Spring Middle East threatened to upset the presidential race Wednesday after the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other staffers were killed in an attack by an angry mob on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi.

Chris Stevens, the ‘quintessential diplomat’  —  State Department veteran Christopher Stevens, the Arabic-speaking U.S. ambassador to Libya who died after a rocket attack on the car ferrying him away from the besieged American consulate in Benghazi, has been described as the “quintessential diplomat.”

Statement on the Death of American Personnel in Benghazi, Libya  —  Press Statement  —  Washington, DC  —  It is with profound sadness that I share the news of the death of four American personnel in Benghazi, Libya yesterday.  Among them were United States Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens …