Thursday, June 16, 2016

President Obama Traveling to Orlando to 'Stand in Solidarity' After Shooting

President Barack Obama will head to Orlando, Florida, on Thursday to meet with victims' families and first responders in the deadly nightclub shooting the president has decried as "an act of terror and an act of hate."

Obama, along with Vice President Joe Biden, will "stand in solidarity with the Orlando community," the White House said of the afternoon visit, which is expected to private.

The attack on the gay nightclub Pulse early Sunday — the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history — left 49 dead and 53 injured. The gunman, Omar Mateen, was killed by police amid a three-hour siege. 

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