Obama Says U.S. Hearts ‘Broken’ for Connecticut Victims
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President Barack Obama, his voice breaking and tears forming in his eyes, said the killing of 20 children and six adults at a Connecticut elementary school shows the nation must take “meaningful action” to stem such violence.
“There’s not a parent in America who doesn’t feel the same overwhelming grief that I do,” Obama said at the White House, just hours after at least one gunman opened fire at the school in Newtown, Connecticut. “Our hearts are broken today.”