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President Obama Makes an Emotional Statement on the Shooting Connecticut

By on December 14, 2012

Following the tragic incident in Newtown, Connecticut, President Barack Obama delivered a heartfelt speech.

“Each time I learn the news I react not as a president, but as anyone else would — as a parent. And that was especially true today,” Obama said. “I know there’s not a parent in America who doesn’t feel the same overwhelming grief that I do.”

Watch him speak above.

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