OBAMA: Please, everybody, have a seat. Let me first of all just thank Ken and the entire Department of the Interior staff for organizing just an extraordinary conference.
I want to thank my Cabinet members and senior administration officials who participated today. I hear that Dr. Joe Medicine Crow (ph) was around, and so I want to give a shout out to that Congressional Medal of Honor winner. It's good to see you.
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My understanding is is that you had an extremely productive conference. I want to thank all of you for coming and for your efforts, and I want to give you my solemn guarantee that this is not the end of a process, but the beginning of a process and that we are going to follow up.
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We are going to follow up. Every single member of my team understands that this is a top priority for us. I want you to know that, as I said this morning, this -- this is not something that we just give lip service to. And we are going to keep on working with you to make sure that the first Americans (ph) get the best possible chances in life in a way that's consistent with your extraordinary traditions and culture and values.
Now, I have to say, though, that beyond that, I had planned to make some broader remarks about the challenges that lay ahead for Native Americans as well as collaboration with our administration. What we do know is that a number of American soldiers have been killed, and even more have been wounded in a horrific outburst of violence.
My immediate thoughts and prayers are with the wounded and with the families of the fallen and with those who live and serve at Fort Hood. These are men and women who have made the selfless and courageous decision to risk and at times give their lives to protect the rest of us on a daily basis.
It's difficult enough when we lose these brave Americans in battles overseas.In the meantime, I would ask all Americans to keep the men and women of Fort Hood in your thoughts and prayers. We will make sure that we get answers to every single question about this horrible incident, and I want all of you to know that as commander-in-chief, there's no greater honor, but also no greater responsibility for me than to make sure that the extraordinary men and women in uniform are properly cared for an that their safety and security when they are at home is provided for. I've spoken to Secretary Gates and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, and I will continue to receive a constant stream of updates as new information comes in.
We are working with the Pentagon, the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security, all to ensure that Fort Hood is secure and we will continue to support the community with the full resources of the federal government.
So we are going to stay on this, but I hope in the meantime that all of you recognize the scope of this tragedy and keep everybody in their thoughts and prayers. Again, thank you for your participation here today. I am confident that this is going to be resulting in terrific work between this government and your governments in the weeks, the months and years to come.
God bless you and God bless the United States of America.
Thank you.
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What was he supposed to do *******? Was he supposed to condemn every muslim that serves this country in the armed forces? It's a tragedy and the religious affiliation of the killer doesn't make it any more or less so.
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Originally posted by Fan-in-Paradise: What was he supposed to do *******? Was he supposed to condemn every muslim that serves this country in the armed forces? It's a tragedy and the religious affiliation of the killer doesn't make it any more or less so.
Um, show the same kind of outrage as he did when the neo-nazi killed the holocaust museum guard. That would be good for starters.
I watched this yesterday and I was shocked at the way he handled it. I expected him to jump right in and talk about happened. But he did not. And his whole shout out line at this time was odd, bizarre, and ill-advised. As I watched him speak I kept thinking, "GOPers are going to have a field day with this." He did not do good with this speech.
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Originally posted by BamaBlitz: I watched this yesterday and I was shocked at the way he handled it. I expected him to jump right in and talk about happened. But he did not. And his whole shout out line at this time was odd, bizarre, and ill-advised. As I watched him speak I kept thinking, "GOPers are going to have a field day with this." He did not do good with this speech.
Quiet. Don't tell BiG.
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I want to thank my Cabinet members and senior administration officials who participated today. I hear that Dr. Joe Medicine Crow (ph) was around, and so I want to give a shout out to that Congressional Medal of Honor winner. It's good to see you.
Hey BiG, did you know that his "medal of honor" winner WASN'T a Medal of Honor winner?
Stop holding his flopper and admit your boy screwed up.
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