(CNN) - U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday strongly condemned the killing of the United States ambassador to Libya, J. Christopher Stevens, in a rocket attack on the U.S. Consulate in the city of Benghazi on Tuesday. Stevens was the first U.S. ambassador to be killed in an attack since 1979.
This morning on "Early Start," CNN's Elise Labott shares stories of Stevens and describes how he was eager to work with Libyan people in his post as US Ambassador.
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