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The Latest: Obama: Slayings a reminder of risk officers take

Millville, N.J., Police Chaplain Bob Ossler prays and weeps with a local resident as she places flowers on a memorial at the B-Quik gas station on Monday, July 18, 2016, in Baton Rouge, La. A former Marine set out to ambush police in Baton Rouge, authorities said Monday, a day after law enforcement officers were killed in the attack. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
Millville, N.J., Police Chaplain Bob Ossler prays and weeps with a local resident as she places flowers on a memorial at the B-Quik gas station on Monday, July 18, 2016, in Baton Rouge, La. A former Marine set out to ambush police in Baton Rouge, authorities said Monday, a day after law enforcement officers were killed in the attack. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

By Associated Press 2 min read

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – The Latest on shootings of six Baton Rouge police officers (all times local):

4 p.m.

President Barack Obama says Sunday’s killing of three Louisiana law enforcement officers underscores the degree to which Washington must do everything possible to help police officers return home safe at night.

Obama spoke Tuesday after meeting with Attorney General Loretta Lynch, FBI Director James Comey and Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson.

He says what happened in Baton Rouge is a reminder of the extraordinary risks and dangers that law enforcement officers take every day “to protect us and our way of life.”