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Showing posts with label obama's tucson speech. Show all posts
Showing posts with label obama's tucson speech. Show all posts

Saturday, January 15, 2011

Obama's Tucson Text

To the families of those we've lost; to all who called them friends; to the students of this university, the public servants gathered tonight, and the people of Tucson and Arizona: I have come here tonight as an American who, like all Americans, kneels to pray with you today, and will stand by you tomorrow.

A President, a Speech and a Point of Law

In the speech, Mr. Obama said that one of the people killed on Saturday, John M. Roll, the chief federal judge in Arizona, “was on his way back from attending Mass, as he did every day, when he decided to stop by and say ‘Hi’ to his representative” — a characterization that suggested he was a bystander when the shooting began.