Foreign policy is suddenly front and center in the presidential race. After reports of attacks in Libya and Egypt over a film denigrating the Prophet Muhammed — which have left the U.S. ambassador to Libya and perhaps several other Americans dead — Mitt Romney released a statement that said:

“It’s disgraceful that the Obama Administration’s first response was not to condemn the attacks on our diplomatic missions, butto sympathize with those who waged the attacks.”

It appears Romney’s statement was released before we knew the identity of the victim, but after it was known that a U.S. official had been killed. Last night, RNC chair Reince Priebus said this: “Obama sympathizes with attackers in Egypt. Sad and pathetic.”