English subtitles for clip: File:President Obama speaks on attacks in Boston (2013-04-16).ogv

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Good morning, everybody!

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I've just been briefed by
my national security team,

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including FBI Director Mueller,
Attorney General Holder,

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Secretary Napolitano, and my
Counterterrorism and Homeland

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Security Advisor Lisa Monaco,
on the attacks in Boston.

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We continue to mobilize and
deploy all appropriate law

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enforcement resources
to protect our citizens,

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and to investigate and to
respond to this attack.

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Obviously our first thoughts
this morning are with the

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victims, their families,
and the city of Boston.

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We know that two explosions
gravely wounded dozens of

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Americans, and took
the lives of others,

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including a 8-year-old boy.

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This was a heinous
and cowardly act.

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And given what we now know
about what took place,

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the FBI is investigating
it as an act of terrorism.

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Any time bombs are used to
target innocent civilians it is

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an act of terror.

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What we don't yet know, however,
is who carried out this attack,

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or why; whether it was planned
and executed by a terrorist

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organization,
foreign or domestic,

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or was the act of a
malevolent individual.

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That's what we don't yet know.

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And clearly, we're at the
beginning of our investigation.

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It will take time to follow
every lead and determine

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what happened.

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But we will find out.

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We will find whoever harmed our
citizens and we will bring them

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to justice.

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We also know this -- the
American people refuse to

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be terrorized.

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Because what the world saw
yesterday in the aftermath of

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the explosions were stories
of heroism and kindness,

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and generosity and love:
Exhausted runners who kept

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running to the nearest
hospital to give blood,

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and those who stayed
to tend to the wounded,

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some tearing off their own
clothes to make tourniquets.

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The first responders who ran
into the chaos to save lives.

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The men and women who are still
treating the wounded at some of

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the best hospitals in the world,
and the medical students who

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hurried to help, saying, "When
we heard, we all came in."

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The priests who opened their
churches and ministered to the

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hurt and the fearful.

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And the good people of Boston
who opened their homes to the

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victims of this attack
and those shaken by it.

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So if you want to know who
we are, what America is,

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how we respond to
evil -- that's it.

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Selflessly.

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Compassionately.

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Unafraid.

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In the coming days, we will
pursue every effort to get to

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the bottom of what happened.

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And we will continue
to remain vigilant.

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I've directed my administration
to take appropriate security

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measures to protect
the American people.

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And this is a good time for all
of us to remember that we all

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have a part to play in
alerting authorities --

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if you see something
suspicious, speak up.

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I have extraordinary confidence
in the men and women of the FBI,

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the Boston Police Department,
and the other agencies that

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responded so heroically and
effectively in the aftermath of

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yesterday's events.

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I'm very grateful for the
leadership of Governor Patrick

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and Mayor Menino.

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And I know that even as
we protect our people and

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aggressively pursue
this investigation,

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the people of Boston will
continue to respond in the same

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proud and heroic way that
they have thus far --

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and their fellow Americans
will be right there with them.

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Thank you very much.

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And you can expect further
briefings from our law

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enforcement officials
as the day goes on.

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When we have more details,
they will be disclosed.

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What I've indicated to
you is what we know now.

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We know it was bombs
that were set off.

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We know that obviously they
did some severe damage.

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We do not know who did them.

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We do not know whether this was
an act of an organization or an

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individual or individuals.

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We don't have a
sense of motive yet.

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So everything else at
this point is speculation.

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But as we receive
more information,

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as the FBI has more information,
as our out counterterrorism

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teams have more information, we
will make sure to keep you and

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the American people posted.

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All right?

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Thank you very much, everybody.