Local members of Congress are commenting on the embassy attacks overseas that killed an American ambassador and several other State Department workers. Republican Congressman John Shimkus condemns the attacks… but says they also reflect, quote, “the lack of leadership and strength we now show in the Middle East, and the lack of cooperation from the governments of Egypt and Libya.” Democratic U.S. Senator Dick Durbin also condemns the attacks, and says the deaths of Ambassador Chris Stevens and three others demonstrate the dangers faced by those in the Foreign Service.
