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  • Good evening, everybody. I just want to make a few brief comments about the attacks across

  • Paris tonight. Once again, weve seen an outrageous attempt to terrorize innocent civilians.

  • This is an attack not just on Paris, it’s an attack not just on the people of France,

  • but this is an attack on all of humanity and the universal values that we share.

  • We stand prepared and ready to provide whatever assistance that the government and the people

  • of France need to respond. France is our oldest ally. The French people have stood shoulder

  • to shoulder with the United States time and again. And we want to be very clear that we

  • stand together with them in the fight against terrorism and extremism.

  • Paris itself represents the timeless values of human progress. Those who think that they

  • can terrorize the people of France or the values that they stand for are wrong. The

  • American people draw strength from the French people’s commitment to life, liberty, the

  • pursuit of happiness. We are reminded in this time of tragedy that the bonds of liberté

  • and égalité and fraternité are not only values that the French people care so deeply

  • about, but they are values that we share. And those values are going to endure far beyond

  • any act of terrorism or the hateful vision of those who perpetrated the crimes this evening.

  • Were going to do whatever it takes to work with the French people and with nations around

  • the world to bring these terrorists to justice, and to go after any terrorist networks that

  • go after our people.

  • We don’t yet know all the details of what has happened. We have been in contact with

  • French officials to communicate our deepest condolences to the families of those who have

  • been killed, to offer our prayers and thoughts to those who have been wounded. We have offered

  • our full support to them. The situation is still unfolding. I’ve chosen not to call

  • President Hollande at this time, because my expectation is that he’s very busy at the

  • moment. I actually, by coincidence, was talking to him earlier today in preparation for the

  • G20 meeting. But I am confident that I’ll be in direct communications with him in the

  • next few days, and well be coordinating in any ways that they think are helpful in

  • the investigation of what’s happened.

  • This is a heartbreaking situation. And obviously those of us here in the United States know

  • what it’s like. Weve gone through these kinds of episodes ourselves. And whenever

  • these kinds of attacks happened, weve always been able to count on the French people to

  • stand with us. They have been an extraordinary counterterrorism partner, and we intend to

  • be there with them in that same fashion.

  • I’m sure that in the days ahead well learn more about exactly what happened, and

  • my teams will make sure that we are in communication with the press to provide you accurate information.

  • I don’t want to speculate at this point in terms of who was responsible for this.

  • It appears that there may still be live activity and dangers that are taking place as we speak.

  • And so until we know from French officials that the situation is under control, and we

  • have for more information about it, I don’t want to speculate.

  • Thank you very much.

Good evening, everybody. I just want to make a few brief comments about the attacks across

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