Hillary and I are profoundly shocked and saddened by the tragedy today in Littleton.

In Southern California.

By the news of the shootings at Virginia Tech.

Roseburg, Oregon.

It's an elementary school in Newton, Texas.

Hockland, Florida, Michigan.

The prayers of the American people are with you.

We are praying for them.

Lauren I and many across our nation. Our entire nation

with one heavy heart

is praying for the victims and their families.

And it's not just Littleton.

We know that now. We've had lots and lots and lots of places.

We have been through this too many times.

Too many years, too many decades now. As I said, just a few months ago,

and I said a few months before that, and I said each time we see one of these mass shootings,

our thoughts and prayers are not enough. School should be places of safety and sanctuary and learning. Perhaps now America would

wake up to the dimensions of this challenge if it could happen in a place like Littleton,

and we could prevent anything like this from happening again. And now President Biden once again joins his predecessors in what has become a sick ritual of addressing

the nation after a horrific mass shooting inside an American school.

This was the scene from the White House yesterday after the latest massacre in Texas.

American flags were also lowered at federal buildings, military installations,

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