Gibbs: ‘Nobody wants to get to the bottom’ of Libya attacks more than Obama

{mosads}He added that “security requests at our embassies and
consulates and our buildings throughout the world obviously go to the State
Department. That’s — those are the people that should be making those
decisions. That’s the place where requests go.”

When he was pressed about Obama’s culpability for the Libyan
attacks by host Candy Crowley, Gibbs said the responsibility for the operation
of U.S. facilities that are abroad was shared.

“The administration is responsible, countries that provide
us consulates and mission are responsible also for keeping those people safe
and secure, and an investigation is what the president and the secretary of
state have asked for that we can understand directly all the things that
happened and take steps to keep anybody who serves our country overseas safe
from home,” he said.

Republicans have hammered Obama on the Libyan assault as more
details have emerged about the incident that occurred on the anniversary of the
Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Rep. Ryan said in his debate with Biden
Thursday that the situation marked the “unraveling” of Obama’s foreign policy and
former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) compared the administration’s
response to Watergate scandal in the 1970s.