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Barack Obama: “It's been heartbreaking. You see what happens in Chicago, and these are communities I know and love. And there are so…”

On the recordJanuary 9, 2017
It's been heartbreaking. You see what happens in Chicago, and these are communities I know and love. And there are so many good people there, and there are people who I know have been personally affected by levels of violence. What I've done is assigned the Justice Department to work with the mayor's office and the police department in Chicago to identify exactly what's going on and what do we need to do to fix it. I don't think there's any one single perfect answer. But clearly, we as a community have to come together, and I look forward to being part of that conversation.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Obama reflects on the violence in Chicago and his administration's efforts to address it.

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