Armed man stands outside U.S. Consulate in Libya as it burns. Photo: Twitter.

The Hill – The White House on Thursday, for the first time, called the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, a “terrorist attack.”

White House press secretary Jay Carney told reporters on Air Force One that the assault, which occurred about a week earlier and resulted in the death of four American foreign service personnel, was a “terrorist attack.”

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