Obama Refers to U.S. Diplomats as 'My Folks'

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11:40 AM, Oct 17, 2012 • By DANIEL HALPER

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At last night's presidential debate, President Barack Obama referred to U.S. diplomats as "my folks":

"And when it comes to this issue, when I say that we are going to find out exactly what happened, everybody will be held accountable -- and I am ultimately responsible for what’s taking place there, because these are my folks, and I’m the one who has to greet those coffins when they come home, you know that I mean what I say," said President Obama of the slain U.S. diplomats who were killed in the 9/11 terrorist attack in Benghazi.