The White House said Saturday that Obama would speak about the steps the government is taking to carry out its highest priority: keeping Americans safe.
He will also update the country on the investigation into Wednesday's massacre that left 14 people dead in San Bernardino, California, carried out by two apparent followers of Islamic State, and how the U.S. will defeat terrorism.
In his weekly Saturday address, Obama said Americans would not be terrorized as they upheld the values of a free and open society.
The president's top law enforcement officials, including FBI chief James Comey, updated him Saturday on the investigation of the California shootings. The FBI is investigating the killings as an act of terrorism, but the White House said there was no indication so far that the killers were part of an organized group or broader terrorist cell.
Obama also spoke Saturday by telephone with French President Francois Hollande, whose country is still recovering from last month's terror attack in Paris that killed 130 people and wounded more than 350 others.
The White House said Obama accepted Hollande's condolences for the loss of life in California and briefed the French leader on the investigation.....http://www.voanews.com/content/obama-we-will-not-be-terrorized-after-california-shooting/3090133.html
5/12/15
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