English subtitles for clip: File:President Obama Speaks on Tragic Shooting in Orlando.webm

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The President: Today, as
Americans, we grieve the

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brutal murder -- a horrific
massacre -- of dozens of

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innocent people.

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We pray for their families,
who are grasping for answers

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with broken hearts.

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We stand with the people of
Orlando, who have endured a

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terrible attack
on their city.

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Although it's still early in
the investigation, we know

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enough to say that this was
an act of terror and an act

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of hate.

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And as Americans, we are
united in grief, in outrage,

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and in resolve to
defend our people.

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I just finished a meeting
with FBI Director Comey and

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my homeland security and
national security advisors.

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The FBI is on the scene and
leading the investigation,

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in partnership with
local law enforcement.

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I've directed that the full
resources of the federal

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government be made available
for this investigation.

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We are still learning
all the facts.

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This is an open
investigation.

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We've reached no definitive
judgment on the precise

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motivations of the killer.

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The FBI is appropriately
investigating this as an act

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of terrorism.

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And I've directed that we
must spare no effort to

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determine what -- if any --
inspiration or association

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this killer may have had
with terrorist groups.

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What is clear is that he was
a person filled with hatred.

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Over the coming days, we'll
uncover why and how this

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happened, and we will go
wherever the facts lead us.

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This morning I spoke with my
good friend, Orlando Mayor

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Buddy Dyer, and I conveyed
the condolences of the

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entire American people.

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This could have been any
one of our communities.

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So I told Mayor Dyer that
whatever help he and the

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people of Orlando need --
they are going to get it.

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As a country, we will be
there for the people of

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Orlando today, tomorrow and
for all the days to come.

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We also express our profound
gratitude to all the police

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and first responders who
rushed into harm's way.

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Their courage and
professionalism saved lives,

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and kept the carnage
from being even worse.

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It's the kind of sacrifice
that our law enforcement

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professionals make every
single day for all of us,

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and we can never
thank them enough.

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This is an especially
heartbreaking day for all

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our friends -- our fellow
Americans -- who are

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lesbian, gay, bisexual
or transgender.

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The shooter targeted a
nightclub where people came

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together to be with friends,
to dance and to sing,

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and to live.

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The place where they were
attacked is more than a

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nightclub -- it is a
place of solidarity and

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empowerment where people
have come together to raise

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awareness, to speak their
minds, and to advocate for

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their civil rights.

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So this is a sobering
reminder that attacks on any

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American -- regardless of
race, ethnicity, religion or

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sexual orientation -- is an
attack on all of us and on

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the fundamental values of
equality and dignity that

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define us as a country.

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And no act of hate or terror
will ever change who we are

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or the values that
make us Americans.

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Today marks the most deadly
shooting in American history.

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The shooter was apparently
armed with a handgun and a

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powerful assault rifle.

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This massacre is therefore a
further reminder of how easy

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it is for someone to get
their hands on a weapon that

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lets them shoot people in
a school, or in a house of

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worship, or a movie
theater, or in a nightclub.

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And we have to decide if
that's the kind of country

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we want to be.

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And to actively do nothing
is a decision as well.

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In the coming hours and
days, we'll learn about the

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victims of this tragedy.

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Their names.

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Their faces.

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Who they were.

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The joy that they brought to
families and to friends, and

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the difference that they
made in this world.

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Say a prayer for them and
say a prayer for their

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families -- that God give
them the strength to bear

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the unbearable.

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And that He give us all the
strength to be there for

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them, and the strength
and courage to change.

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We need to demonstrate that
we are defined more -- as a

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country -- by the way they
lived their lives than by

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the hate of the man
who took them from us.

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As we go together, we will
draw inspiration from heroic

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and selfless acts -- friends
who helped friends, took

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care of each other
and saved lives.

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In the face of hate and
violence, we will love

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one another.

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We will not give in to fear
or turn against each other.

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Instead, we will stand
united, as Americans, to

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protect our people, and
defend our nation, and to

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take action against
those who threaten us.

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May God bless the Americans
we lost this morning.

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May He comfort
their families.

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May God continue to watch
over this country that we love.

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Thank you.