Obama statement after US school shooting
Text of President Barack Obama’s address to the nation after Friday’s mass shooting at a Connecticut school, as provided by CQ Transcriptions:
Text of President Barack Obama’s address to the nation after Friday’s mass shooting at a Connecticut school, as provided by CQ Transcriptions:
A gunman at a Connecticut elementary school killed more than two dozen people, including children, on Friday. It is among the world’s worst mass shootings. Here is a look at some others:
A tearful President Barack Obama said Friday he grieved first as a father about the massacre at a Connecticut elementary school, declaring, “Our hearts are broken today.” He called for “meaningful action” to prevent such shootings but did not say what it should be.
