Mr Romney sought to portray the attack as evidence of the Obama administration's failing foreign policy and he suggested Mr Obama had dithered over admitting a terrorist attack had occurred.
He has publicly suggested that Obama deep-six the Magnitsky List and has opined that Western journalists stop complaining about the unsolved murder of investigative reporter Anna Politovskaya.
For his part, Obama suggested he was content to leave them in place until Republicans change their minds about raising taxes by closing loopholes.
Speaking at a reception for supporters late on Sunday, Mr Obama suggested he would dwell on the "common good" and the "goodness, the resilience, neighbourliness, the patriotism" of Americans.
In his address at Hankuk University, Mr. Obama suggested that he would get the Russians to do the same.
Obama also suggested he was willing to compromise and named some issues where that was possible, and that he would soon be meeting with Congressional leaders of both parties.
Some, like evangelical leader Franklin Graham, have suggested that Obama is a Muslim (he is a Christian), which to many on the right would mean he's not a "real" American.
He also suggested markets will not be unduly scared by either a Barack Obama or Mitt Romney win in the U.S. presidential election.
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As Gibbs suggested to Thomas in their sharp exchange, Obama believes he's acting in the best interests of the country, even if it's upsetting some of his allies.
"This is where we start getting into silly season in politics, " Obama replied, saying Patrick is a friend who suggested he use the lines.
In this column just a few weeks ago I suggested that President Barack Obama will be revered in history because of the barrier he has broken.
The president suggested he'd support "modest reform" of this entitlement program, but Rubio said Obama does not go far enough.
Obama on Sunday suggested that McCain hasn't received the kind of scrutiny that he's received throughout the campaign.
Cheney suggested that Obama draws comfort from being criticized from the right and the left, believing he has found an acceptable middle ground.
But Obama went further today, saying he also wanted to adopt a broader tax reform, as suggested by his bipartisan National Commssion on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform.
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Obama said he ordered his national security team to complete preliminary reviews of the situation this week so that suggested reforms can be implemented right way.
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