White House Official Quickly Clarifies After Obama Presser That Bombings Were ‘an Act of Terror’
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WASHINGTON,
DC – APRIL 15: U.S. President Barack Obama speaks about today’s bombing
at the Boston Marathon, April 15, 2013 in Washington, DC. Credit: Getty
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White House official released a statement quickly after Obama finished
his short speech clarifying that the attack in Boston did, indeed,
appear to be “an act of terror.”
“Any
event with multiple explosive devices — as this appears to be — is
clearly an act of terror, and will be approached as an act of terror,”
the official said, according to Politico.
Still, the official hedged.
“We
don’t yet know who carried out this attack, and a thorough
investigation will have to determine whether it was planned and carried
out by a terrorist group, foreign or domestic.”
On
Fox News Monday evening, reporter Ed Henry said that Obama purposely
did not use the word “terror” because “he didn’t want to get ahead of
the facts.”
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