President Barack Obama gave a speech on January 12th in response to the Tuscon shootings. On January 8th, 2011 in Tucson, Arizona a man with a gun opened fire and killed 6 people and wounded 13. Representative Gabrielle Gifford, was also wounded and she was the suspected target. Obama gave a really great and inspirational speech. It was such a great speech because he made the victims seem human rather than just a statistic on the news. The problem is that many times when a tragedy happens, immediately people feel bad but eventually their sympathy fades because all that is seen is numbers in news reports. But, Obama made them human again by giving the story behind the victims, especially the little 9 year old girl. It really hits home when people are reminded of actual person who was killed. I think that Barack Obama did a good job of reacting to a tough situation.
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Good, but you'll definitely want to include a link to the speech when referencing it in detail. Also it would be interesting to know how American people reacted to the speech--this can be found in in opinion sections and articles the day after the speech.
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