From left, Laura Bush, George W. Bush, first lady Michelle Obama and President Obama attend an interfaith memorial service in Dallas for five officers killed in an ambush last week. Caption After five officers were fatally struck by sniper fire at a rally protesting violence by police, the country comes together. a thoughtful introspection and self-examination that we so rarely see in public life.”Barack Obama delivered remarks July 12 at an interfaith memorial service in Dallas for the five police officers killed by a sniper July 7. In Dallas, the president praised police officers for doing difficult and dangerous work, even as he called attention to broader problems with policing practices across the nation. Obama called on Americans to build on that spirit by tackling the country’s biggest and most in­trac­table problems: guns, racial discrimination, poverty.

Source: Washington Post July 12, 2016 23:53 UTC