Bill Clinton: “Let me just say this--I know we've got to sign off-- first, you were terrific, and I thank you. I thank you for being…”

“Let me just say this--I know we've got to sign off-- first, you were terrific, and I thank you. I thank you for being honest. I thank you for being forthright. Second, in the next few days, as the agony of the grief fades in Colorado and as the facts tend to come out more, I think--I'm speaking not only to those of you who are here in this room but the millions of children all across our country who are listening and the teachers and the educators--we are going to be working hard on this. And anyone who has more ideas for us needs to feel free to send them to us at the White House and send them to the Secretary of Education. We are working to reach out to the country. We want to do what we can to create more environments like this one and to do everything we can to minimize the chance that anything like this will happen again. And we want to, in the process, reassure the children and the parents of America that overwhelmingly our schools are good, safe places. Thank you.”