12:50 PM EDT 10 June 2009: one guard killed (Stephen Johns) in shooting attack at the Holocaust Museum, Washington, D.C.
(The shooter, James von Brunn, was shot by two other guards and hospitalized; von Brunn espoused white supremacist and other extremist views and had a history of convictions including attempting to enter the Federal Reserve boardroom in 1981 with a shotgun to kidnap board members.)

7:04 PM EDT 10 June 2009: Statement by President Obama on Holocaust Museum Shooting

I am shocked and saddened by today's shooting at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. This outrageous act reminds us that we must remain vigilant against anti-Semitism and prejudice in all its forms. No American institution is more important to this effort than the Holocaust Museum, and no act of violence will diminish our determination to honor those who were lost by building a more peaceful and tolerant world.

Today, we have lost a courageous security guard who stood watch at this place of solemn remembrance. My thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends in this painful time.

11:15 AM EDT 1 June 2009: one Army private killed (William Long), second injured in shooting attack at Army Navy Career Center, Little Rock, Arkansas.
(The shooter, who had changed his name from Carlos Bledsoe to Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad, was arrested shortly afterwards 10 km away. Muhammad had been under investigation by the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force following an arrest in Yemen where he apparently became involved with Islamic radicals; he stated the act was an act of retaliation against the U.S. military, and the FBI issued a joint alert on 2 June based on Muhammad's internet searches mapping various Jewish, Christian, and U.S. Army sites.)

morning of 3 June 2009: White House statement (note: statement was issued to stations in Arkansas but not posted to the White House web site)

I am deeply saddened by this senseless act of violence against two brave young soldiers who were doing their part to strengthen our armed forces and keep our country safe. I would like to wish Quinton Ezeagwula a speedy recovery, and to offer my condolences and prayers to William Long's family as they mourn the loss of their son.

11:00 AM EDT 31 May 2009: one doctor killed (George Tiller) in shooting attack at Reformation Lutheran Church, Wichita, Kansas.
(The shooter, Scott Roeder, was arrested that day 235 km away in Gardner, Kansas; Roeder, who was previously suspected of vandalizing abortion clinics and had been arrested for possessing bomb-making materials in 1986, targeted Tiller as operator of one of three U.S. clinics performing partial-birth abortions after viability.)

6:12 PM EDT 31 May 2009: STATEMENT FROM THE PRESIDENT ON THE MURDER OF DR. GEORGE TILLER:

I am shocked and outraged by the murder of Dr. George Tiller as he attended church services this morning. However profound our differences as Americans over difficult issues such as abortion, they cannot be resolved by heinous acts of violence.

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