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MOMS WERE FOUND. HERE'S THE
PRESIDENT LISTEN IN.
>> GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.
>> I HAVE JUST BEEN BRIEFED
BY MY NATIONAL SECURITY TEAM
INCLUDING FBI DIRECTOR
MULLR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
, AND HOME AS SECURITY
ADVISOR ON THE ATTACKS IN
BOSTON.
>> WE CONTINUE TO
IMMOBILIZE AND DEPLOY ALL
APPROPRIATE LAW ENFORCEMENT
RESOURCES TO PROTECT OUR
CITIZENS AND TO INVESTIGATE
AND TO RESPOND TO THE
ATTACK.
>> OBVIOUSLY, OUR FIRST
THOUGHT IS WITH THE
VICTIMS' AND THEIR FAMILIES
AND THE CITY OF BOSTON.
>> WE KNOW THAT TWO
EXPLOSIONS GREATLY WOUNDED
DOZENS OF AMERICANS AND TOOK
THE LIVES OF OTHERS
INCLUDING, AND 8 YEAR-OLD
BOY.
>> THIS WAS A HEINOUS AND
COWARDLY ACT. GIVEN WHAT WE
NOW KNOW ABOUT WHAT TOOK
PLACE THE FBI IS
INVESTIGATING AS AN ACT OF
TERRORISM.
>> ANYTIME BOMBS USED TO
TARGET INNOCENT CIVILIANS IT
IS AN ACT OF TERRA. WHAT WE
DO NOT KNOW YET HOWEVER, IS
WHO DID THIS ATTACK OR WHY.
WHETHER IT WAS PLANNED AND
EXECUTED BY A TERRORIST
ORGANIZATION FOREIGN OR
DOMESTIC, OR WAS THE ACT AN
INDIVIDUAL.
>> THAT IS WHAT WE DO NOT
YET KNOW. CLEARLY WE'RE AT
THE BEGINNING OF OUR
INVESTIGATION. WE WILL TAKE
TIME TO FOLLOW EVERY LEAD
AND DETERMINE WHAT HAPPENED.
WE WILL FIND OUT. WE WILL
FIND WHATEVER HARM OUR
CITIZENS AND BRING THEM TO
JUSTICE.
>>--WHOEVER ON OUR CITIZENS.
>> WHAT THE WORLD SAW
YESTERDAY IN THE AFTERMATH
OF THE EXPLOSIONS WERE
STORIES OF HEROISM AND
KINDNESS AND GENEROSITY AND
A LOAF.
>> THEIR RUNNERS THAT CAN
RUN TO GIVE BLOOD TO THE
HOSPITALS AND SOME ATTENDING
TO THE WOUNDED. TEARING OFF
THEIR CLOTHES TO MAKE
TOURNIQUETS. SOME RAN INTO
THE CHAOS TO SAVE LIVES. THE
MEN AND WOMEN WERE STILL
TREADING THE WOUNDED AS SOME
OF THE BEST HOSPITALS IN THE
WORLD. THE MEDICAL STUDENTS
WHO HELPED SAYING WHEN WE
HEARD WE ALL CAME IN.
>> THE PRIEST OPEN THEIR
CHURCHES AND MINISTERED TO
THE HERD AND THE FEARFUL.
THE GOOD PEOPLE OF BOSTON
OPENED THEIR HOMES TO THE
VICTIMS OF THIS ATTACK AND
THEY ARE SHAKEN BY IT.
>> IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WE
ARE WHO AMERICA IS. HOW WE
RESPOND TO PEOPLE THAT IS
IT. SELFLESSLY,
COMPASSIONATELY, UNAFRAID.
>> IN THE COMING DAYS WE
WILL PURSUE EVERY EFFORT TO
GET TO THE BOTTOM OF WHAT
HAPPENED AND WE WILL
CONTINUE TO REMAIN VIGILANT.
I HAVE DIRECTED MY
ADMINISTRATION TO TAKE A
PROFIT SECURITY MEASURES TO
PROTECT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO
REMEMBER FOR ALL OF US THAT
WE ALL HAVE A PARTS TO PLAY
IN ALERTING AUTHORITIES IF
YOU SEE SOMETHING
SUSPICIOUS.
>> SPEAK UP.
>> I HAD EXTRAORDINARY
CONFIDENCE IN THE MEN AND
WOMEN OF THE FBI, THE BOSTON
POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE
OTHER AGENCIES THAT
RESPONDED SO DIRECTLY AND
EFFECTIVELY IN THE AFTERMATH
OF YESTERDAY'S EVENTS. I AM
GRATEFUL TO THE LEADERSHIP
OF GOV. PATRICK AND MAYOR
MENO FIFTH THE PEOPLE OF
BOSTON WILL CONTINUE TO
RESPOND IN THE SAME PROUD
AND HARLEQUIN THEY HAVE THUS
FAR.
>> AND THE FELLOW AMERICANS
WHO WILL BE RIGHT THERE WITH
THEM.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU
CAN EXPECT BRIEFINGS FROM
OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICIALS AS TODAY GOES ON.
WHEN WE HAVE MORE DETAILS
THEY WILL BE DISCLOSED. WHAT
I HAVE INDICATED TO YOU IS
WHAT WE KNOW NOW SPIRIT WE
NO BOMBS WERE SET OFF. WE
KNOW THAT OBVIOUSLY THEY DID
SEVERE DAMAGE. WE DO NOT
KNOW WHO DID THEM. WE DO NOT
KNOW WHETHER THIS WAS AN ACT
OF AN ORGANIZATION OR AN
INDIVIDUAL OR INDIVIDUALS.
WE DO NOT HAVE A SENSE OF
MOTIVE YET. EVERYTHING ELSE
AT THIS POINT IS
SPECULATION. AS WE RECEIVE
MORE FORMATION AS THE FBI
HAS MORE FORMATION AT OUR