Audio Highlights: President Obama at The Dallas Memorial Service

The Takeaway | Jul 12, 2016

President Barack Obama addressed the nation and the city of Dallas on Tuesday at an interfaith memorial service for the five police officers who were killed in the city last week. 

"I’m here to insist that we are not so divided as we seem," the president said. "I say that because I know America. I know how far we’ve come against impossible odds. I know we’ll make it because of what I’ve experienced in my own life.”

Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear key parts of Obama's speech, and click here to watch the full memorial.

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