Did you look at the link? Look at the transcript and actual video again.
With the youtube video?
He took 2-1/2 minutes before he even mentioned it. Like it was an afterthought. Thus from the man who just the day before was talking about how there is no greater honor or responsibility than being Commander in Chief.
I would bet you dollars to donuts that if that massacre had taken place at an abortion clinic, his comments would address it front and center!
Like I said -- shameful. He made sure to get a "shout out" to some Indian Medicine Man before he mentioned it. What you saw was the excerpt version of his comments that cut out everything he said BEFORE addressing the murderous rampage. Here is a transcript of what he said. Notice all he went on about before he finally got around to it. The news channels started their video coverage of his comments with "There has been a tragic shooting at the Fort Hood Army Base in Texas." That was 2-1/2 minutes into his address.
Please everybody have a seat. Uh, let let me first of all just thank Ken uh and the entire Department of the Interior staff for organizing just an extraordinary conference. Uh I want to thank my cabinet members and senior administration officials who participated today.
Uh I hear that Dr. Joe Medicine Crow was around and so I want to give a shout out to that Congressional Medal of Honor winner. Good to see you.
Uh, my understanding is that uh you had uh an extremely productive conference. Uh I want to thank all of you for coming and for your efforts. Uh and I want to give you my solemn guarantee that this is not the end of a process but the beginning of a process and that we are going to follow up. We we are going to follow up. Every single member of my team understands that this is a top priority for us.
Uh I I want you to know that as I said this morning, uh this is not something we just give lip service to uh and we are going to keep working with you to make sure that uh the first Americans get uh the best possible chances in life uh in a way that is consistent with your extraordinary traditions and culture and values.
Now, I have to say though that uh beyond that, uh I planned to make some broader remarks uh about the challenges that lay ahead uh for Native Americans as well as collaboration with our administration uh but as some of you might have heard, there has been a tragic shooting at the Fort Hood Army Base in Texas. ...