Obama compares his campaign volunteers to embassy staff killed in Libya

September 13, 2012

President Obama told his campaign volunteers in Nevada that he is "really proud" of them after comparing them to the U.S. ambassador and embassy staff murdered in Libya.

"And obviously [our] hearts are broken for the families but I wanted to encourage those folks at the State Dept. that they were making a difference," Obama told volunteer leaders in Las Vegas, according to the pool report. "The sacrifices that our troops and our diplomats make are obviously very different from the challenges that we face here domestically but like them, you guys are Americans who sense that we can do better than we're doing....I'm just really proud of you."

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