During a press update on the Munich shootings:
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'Some of you are aware there were shootings in Germany. And we don't yet know exactly what's happening there, but obviously our hearts go out to those who may have been injured,' the president said.
'It's still an active situation and Germany's one of our closest allies. So we are going to pledge all the support they may need in dealing with these circumstances.'
After a pause, he reflected on the impact of the potentially terror-related attacks, and others like it, on Americans.
'It's a good reminder of something that I've said over the last couple of weeks,' Obama said, launching into a list of ordinary daily-life activities that are threatened in the absence of good police and intelligence work.
'Our way of life, our freedoms,' he said, 'our ability to go about our business every day, raising our kids' – and suddenly the president's mood shifted.
'And seeing them grow up and graduate from high school, and now about to leave their dad,' he continued, waving his hand and breaking the tension as the room erupted in laughter.
'I'm sorry. I'm getting a little too personal. Getting a little too personal there,' he said.
Obama then returned to the gravity he had discarded just moments before."
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