WH Official: Obama Receiving Updates On Oregon Shooting

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President Obama was briefed Thursday on the shooting at a community college campus and requested to receive updates throughout the day, according a Reuters report.

Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum said that 13 were dead and more than 20 injured after police responded to an active shooter Thursday at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Ore.

A White House official said that President Obama had been briefed by his homeland security adviser Lisa Monaco, according to the report.

“At the president’s request, he will continue to receive updates throughout the day,” the official said, as quoted by Reuters.

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  1. “OH REALLY!!! He bothers to get updates about this while it’s happening, but not Benghazi while it was happening!!! Go back to Kenya something something college transcripts secret muslim yadda yadda birth certificate tyrant! Prepare for the revolution!!!”

    Ha…the last part kills me…you can spend 5 minutes on the Faux News KKKomment boards and see probably at least 30 or so references to the allegedly impending revolution, race war, insurrection, overthrow, etc., because “we the people have had it.”

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