Obama Heads To Dallas For Police Officers' Memorial

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July 12, 2016

People write condolence notes and lay flowers at a growing memorial in front of the Dallas Police Headquarters near the area that is still an active crime scene in downtown Dallas following the deaths of five police officers on July 8, 2016 in Dallas, Texas. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

President Barack Obama is scheduled to speak at an interfaith memorial service Tuesday in Dallas honoring the five police officers who were killed there last week. It will be the 11th time in Obama's presidency that he’ll attend a service after a mass shooting.

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Ron Elving, NPR's senior Washington editor and correspondent. He tweets @NPRrelving.

This segment aired on July 12, 2016.