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xdf.cn) 奥巴马就康涅狄格州校园枪击案说明英文稿 This afternoon I spoke with Governor Malloy and FBI Director Mueller. I offered Governor Malloy my condolences on behalf of the nation and made it clear he will have every single resource that he needs to investigate heinous crime, care for the victims, counsel their families. We've endured too many of these tragedies in the past few years, and each time I learn the news I react not as a president but as anybody would, as a parent. And that was especially true today. I know there's not a parent of America, who doesn't feel the same overwhelming grief that I do. The majority of those who died today were children, beautiful little kids, between the ages of

5 and

10 years old. They had their entire lives ahead of them birthdays, graduations, weddings, kids of their own. Among the fallen were also teachers, men and women who devoted their lives to helping our children fulfill their dreams. So our hearts are broken today for the parents and grandparents, sisters and brothers of these little children, and for the families of the adults who were lost. Our hearts are broken for the parents of the survivors as well, for, as blessed as they are to have had their children home tonight, they know that their children's innocence has been torn away from them too early, and there are no words that will ease their pain. As a country, we have been through this too many times, whether it's an elementary school in Newtown or a shopping mall in Oregon or a temple in Wisconsin or a 新东方网雅思频道(ielts.xdf.cn) movie theatre in Aurora or a street corner in Chicago. These neighborhoods are our neighborhoods, and these children are our children, and we are going to have to come together and take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this, regardless of the politics. This evening, Michelle and I will do what I know every parent in America will do, which is hug our children a little tighter, and we'll tell them that we love them, and we'll remind each other how deeply we love one another . But there are families in Connecticut who cannot do that tonight, and they need all of us right now. In the hard days to come, that community needs us to be at our best as Americans, and I will do everything in my power as president to help, because while nothing can fill the space of a lost child or a loved one, all of us can extend a hand to those in need to remind them that we're there for them, that we are praying for them, that the love they felt for those, they lost endures not just in their memories but also in ours. May God bless the memory of the victims and, in the words of Scripture, heal the broken-hearted and bind up their wounds.