Four days after the Red Lake school shooting in Minnesota, and following criticism for his silence, President Bush offered his condolences to the community recovering from the tragedy.
The AP reports that Bush spoke for five minutes this morning with the chairman of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa.
Some American Indians have complained that Bush did not respond publicly to the shooting for four days. Just hours after the shootings at Colorado's Columbine High School that left 15 dead, then-President Clinton publicly expressed his condolences.
Bush's delayed reaction was in contrast to his swift intervention in the Terri Schiavo case. The president interrupted his vacation and hurried to Washington on Sunday to sign legislation allowing federal courts to consider the case of the brain-damaged Florida woman.
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