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Obama Speaks at Boston Memorial Service

By Jeralyn, Section War on Terror
Posted on Thu Apr 18, 2013 at 11:19:56 AM EST
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President Obama is speaking at the memorial service for the victims of the Boston Marathon attacks. You can watch live (here.

We will find you and you will face justice... We will hold you accountable.

...."A bomb can't beat us....we carry on."

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    I turned it off (5.00 / 2) (#2)
    by shoephone on Thu Apr 18, 2013 at 02:47:16 PM EST
    It was an inappropriate politicizing of a somber event. More jingoism. And I'm not really interested in watching or hearing the memorial even without the politics. Media exploitation of tragedy for ratings.

    BTW, there's a spammer hitting old threads--
    "srdr21" or something like that.

    Why is this a national tragedy? (5.00 / 3) (#7)
    by Anne on Thu Apr 18, 2013 at 03:39:27 PM EST
    Because it happened at an iconic event, the Boston Marathon?

    Why must we grieve as a nation for these deaths, and not all the other deaths that happen every day?  Why must we have to hear - again - about our stron