As I heard it: "You can tell the truth, like you told your family, the Egyptian President and the Libyan Ambassador, but you chose a protest from The Video."
They knew that the lie about the “video” causing the attack would eventually be revealed, but they knew that they could stonewall for so long that it wouldn’t make any difference. At that time the top priority was portraying Obama as a powerful international leader who had Bin Laden and Al-Qaida on the run so he could beat Romney. It is disgusting that they have so far paid no price for their lies.