President Obama to visit families of San Bernardino shooting victims

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On Friday, President Obama will travel to San Bernardino, California, to visit the families of the 14 people who were killed two weeks ago in a terrorist attack at the Inland Regional Center.

White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said Obama will meet with the families privately. The visit was added to the president's previously scheduled trip to Hawaii, where Obama and his family will celebrate Christmas. In an address to the nation following the attack, Obama said the victims "served their fellow citizens and all of them were part of our American family."

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US
Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.