English subtitles for clip: File:President Obama speaks on attacks in Boston (2013-04-19).ogv

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Good evening, everybody!

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Tonight our nation is in debt
to the people of Boston and the

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people of Massachusetts.

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After a vicious
attack on their city,

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Bostonians responded with
resolve and determination.

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They did their part as
citizens and partners in

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this investigation.

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Boston police and state police
and local police across the

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
responded with professionalism

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and bravery over five long days.

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And tonight, because of
their determined efforts,

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we've closed an important
chapter in this tragedy.

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I've been briefed earlier this
evening by FBI Director Mueller.

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After the attacks on Monday, I
directed the full resources of

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the federal government to be
made available to help state and

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local authorities in the
investigation and to increase

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security as needed.

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Over the past week, close
coordination among federal,

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state, and local officials
-- sharing information,

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moving swiftly to
track down leads --

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has been critical
to this effort.

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They all worked as
they should, as a team.

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And we are extremely
grateful for that.

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We owe a tremendous debt of
gratitude to all our outstanding

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law enforcement professionals.

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These men and women get up every
day, they put on that uniform;

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they risk their lives
to keep us safe --

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and as this week showed,
they don't always know what

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to expect.

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So our thoughts are with those
who were wounded in pursuit of

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the suspects and we pray
for their full recovery.

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We also send our prayers to the
Collier family who grieve the

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loss of their son
and brother, Sean.

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"He was born to be a police
officer," said his chief

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at MIT.

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He was just 26 years old.

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And as his family has said, he
died bravely in the line of

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duty, doing what he committed
his life to doing --

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serving and protecting others.

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So we're grateful to him.

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Obviously, tonight there are
still many unanswered questions.

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Among them, why did young men
who grew up and studied here,

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as part of our communities
and our country,

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resort to such violence?

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How did they plan and
carry out these attacks,

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and did they receive any help?

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The families of those killed so
senselessly deserve answers.

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The wounded, some of whom now
have to learn how to stand and

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walk and live again,
deserve answers.

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And so I've instructed the FBI
and the Department of Homeland

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Security and our intelligence
community to continue to deploy

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all the necessary resources
to support the investigation,

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to collect intelligence,
and to protect our citizens.

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We will determine what happened.

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We will investigate any
associations that these

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terrorists may have had.

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And we'll continue to do
whatever we have to do to keep

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our people safe.

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One thing we do know is that
whatever hateful agenda drove

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these men to such heinous acts
will not -- cannot -- prevail.

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Whatever they thought they
could ultimately achieve,

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they've already failed.

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They failed because the
people of Boston refused to

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be intimidated.

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They failed because,
as Americans,

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we refused to be terrorized.

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They failed because we will not
waver from the character and the

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compassion and the values
that define us as a country.

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Nor will we break the bonds that
hold us together as Americans.

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That American spirit includes
staying true to the unity and

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diversity that
makes us strong --

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like no other
nation in the world.

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In this age of instant
reporting and tweets and blogs,

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there's a temptation to latch
on to any bit of information,

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sometimes to jump
to conclusions.

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But when a tragedy
like this happens,

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with public safety at risk
and the stakes so high,

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it's important that
we do this right.

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That's why we have
investigations.

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That's why we relentlessly
gather the facts.

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That's why we have courts.

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And that's why we take care
not to rush to judgment --

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not about the motivations
of these individuals;

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certainly not about
entire groups of people.

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After all, one of the things
that makes America the greatest

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nation on Earth, but also, one
of the things that makes Boston

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such a great city, is that we
welcome people from all around

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the world -- people of
every faith, every ethnicity,

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from every corner of the globe.

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So as we continue to learn more
about why and how this tragedy

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happened, let's make sure
that we sustain that spirit.

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Tonight we think
of all the wounded,

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still struggling to recover.

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Certainly we think
of Krystle Campbell.

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We think of Lingzi Lu.

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And we think of
little Martin Richard.

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Their lives reflected all the
diversity and beauty of our

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country, and they were
sharing the great American

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experience together.

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Finally, let me say that even
as so much attention has been

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focused on the tragic events
in Boston, understandably,

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we've also seen a tight-knit
community in Texas devastated by

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a terrible explosion.

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And I want them to know that
they are not forgotten.

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Our thoughts, our prayers are
with the people of West, Texas,

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where so many good
people lost their lives;

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some lost their homes; many are
injured; many are still missing.

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I've talked to Governor Perry
and Mayor Muska and I've pledged

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that the people of West will
have the resources that they

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need to recover and rebuild.

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And I want everybody in Texas to
know that we will follow through

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with those commitments.

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All in all, this has
been a tough week.

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But we've seen the character
of our country once more.

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And as President, I'm confident
that we have the courage and the

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resilience and the spirit to
overcome these challenges --

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and to go forward, as one
nation under God, indivisible,

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with liberty and
justice for all.

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Thank you very much, everybody.