Secretary of State Hillary Clinton confirmed on Tuesday that a U.S. State Department officer was killed in an attack on the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya and she condemned the violence Reuters reported
"Some have sought to justify this vicious behaviour as a response to inflammatory material posted on the Internet. The United States deplores any intentional effort to denigrate the religious beliefs of others," she said in a statement. "But let me be clear: There is never any justification for violent acts of this kind."