Obama makes a statement on the Boston bombing from the White House in Washington

U.S. President Barack Obama makes a statement on the Boston bombing from the White House in Washington April 16, 2013. Two bombs ripped through the crowd at the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday, killing three people, maiming others and injuring more than 100 in what a White House official said would be treated as an “act of terror.”
REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES – Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW DISASTER)