"ON AVERAGE, MASS KILLINGS INVOLVING FIREARMS
OCCUR APPROXIMATELY EVERY TWO WEEKS IN THE U.S.
President Obama, as he has done too many times before,
turned consoler-in-chief Sunday in the wake
of the Orlando massacre.
"Today, as Americans, we grieve the brutal murder
— a horrific massacre — of dozens of innocent people," a somber Obama told
the nation. "This was an act of terror and an act of hate."
Obama said he has been briefed by the both the FBI and
National Security officials. And as he addressed the nation, the flag over the
White House was lowered to half mast.
Careful not to get ahead of investigators, Obama did
not mention massacre suspect Omar Mateen by name or lay out a possible motive
for why he opened fire inside an Orlando
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