Obama invokes Gandhi, says film no excuse for 'attack' on US

September 25, 2012 21:38

President Barack Obama today invoked the words of Mahatma Gandhi in his address to the UN General Assembly here as he remembered US envoy to Libya who was killed in violent protests that erupted in the aftermath of an anti-Islam film, saying the "crude and disgusting" video was no excuse for an "attack on America".

Obama took the stage at the UN General Assembly hall to address world leaders in what is his last international speech before the November 6 presidential elections.

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