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Obama to visit Dallas next week as city mourns police

Posted at 7:48 PM, Jul 08, 2016
and last updated 2016-07-08 19:48:09-04

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The White House says President Barack Obama will cut short his European trip and visit Dallas early next week, as the city mourns five police officers killed by a sniper.

Obama had been scheduled to return to Washington on Monday. Instead, he will leave Spain on Sunday night after a meeting with that country’s interim prime minister and a visit with U.S. military personnel.

Obama is currently in Warsaw, Poland, for a NATO summit.

The White House says Obama will focus next week on efforts to support police officers while addressing “persistent racial disparities” in the criminal justice system.