that this was an act of terrorism. >> but the president's words in the rose on september 12th were vague not explicit. >> no acts of terror will ever resolve the acts of this great nation. >> in an interview with "60 minutes" the president agreed had steered clear of the word he trumpeted all along. >> this morning you went out of way to avoid the use of terrorism in connection with with the libbian attack. do you believe this was a terrorist attack. >> it's too early to know how this came about what group was involved. >> on later wednesday september 15 matt olson head of the terrorism center testified before the senate that benghazi was not a protest gone awry. >> i would say yes they were killed in the course of a terrorist attack on our embassy. >> today the president took credit for olson's appearance. >> i sent up the head of our national counter terrorism center matt olsen up to capitol hill and