Barack Obama actually said...

"I think that the reason stories like this have such an impact on us is because we can all understand what it would be to have somebody that we love taken from us in this fashion."

"I hope that over the next several days, next several weeks, and next several months, we all reflect on how we can do something about some of the senseless violence that ends up marring this country."

"Scripture says that: He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more."

"They represent what's best in us and they assure us that out of this darkness a brighter day is going to come."