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Jul 12, 2016 8:30 PM CUT

Obama Addresses Interfaith Memorial Service For Fallen Dallas Police Officers

President Barack Obama delivers remarks during an interfaith memorial service, honoring five slain police officers, at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center on July 12, 2016 in Dallas, Texas.

President Barack Obama delivers remarks during an interfaith memorial service, honoring five slain police officers, at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center on July 12, 2016 in Dallas, Texas.Tom Pennington/Getty Images

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Jul 12, 2016 8:30 PM CUT

President Barack Obama spoke Tuesday at a memorial service in Dallas for the five police officers killed in an ambush last week, calling on Americans to forge consensus and fight cynicism.

“I understand how Americans are feeling,” Obama said. “But Dallas, I’m here to say we must reject such despair. I’m here to insist that we are not as divided as we seem. And I know that because I know America. I know how far we’ve come against impossible odds.”

Here are his remarks from the service at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center:


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