Closed captioning of: Obama: 'Saddened, outraged' by attack in Germany
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president obama
has just walked into the
white house
briefing. let's listen to what he has to say.
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i want to say a few words about the incident that happened in frankfurt, germany. i am saddened and outraged about this attack that took the lives of two americans and wounded many others. the united people are united in expressing our gratitude to the service of those who loss. michelle and i have the family and friends in our thoughts and prayers, and we are praying for a speedy recovery for those who were injured. i want everybody to understand that we will spare no effort in understanding how this act took place and working with the german authorities to make sure that all of the perpetrators are brought to justice. we don't have all of the information yet, and you will be fully briefed as we get more information, but it is a stark reminder of the extraordinary sack ri foos rifices that our men and women are making all around the world to keep us safe and the dangers they face all around the globe. so, i think that it is fair to say that on behalf of the
american people
, we want to extend our deepest condolences to families. we will give you further updates as we get more information on that.
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can you talk about libya --
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i will have a chance to take questions tomorrow. president calderon will be here from mexico, and i will give you a chance to ask questions on some of the other pressing topics. thank you.
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president obama
coming into the briefing room to express outrage, regret and sorrow over the deaths of american service members, airmen, in frankfurt, germany, and
angela merkel
is expressing outrage. the shooter was a 21-year-old kosovo man and no motive described yet. in the interim, the president said he will be taking questions on a lot of other subjects after he meets with mexico's president calderon, and that meeting is tomorrow. of course, on their agenda is the
drug war
that has been taking more and more lives along both borders, but at the same time, so much has happened in libya. there are a lot of questions for the president on what and how he would clarify the military options for the
united states
. we heard today from secretary of state
hillary clinton
testifying that everything is still on the table. the
arab league
came out today against a no-fly zone, and very strong statements in house testimony today from
defense secretary
robert gates
, and the
chairman of the joint chiefs
, admiral
mike mullen
saying that a no-fly zone is very complicated. secretary gates said there is
loose talk
and too much
loose talk
about it around the world, and particularly, he is clearly pointing to some of to fellow
cabinet members
. at the same time, secretary gates said that it would require an
air strike
to take out libyan air defenses before they could launch a no-fly zone, and we heard on this program earlier today, the
chairman of the senate
foreign relations committee
strongly calling for that and saying it is not
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