Obama briefed on unfolding bomb investigation

[April 19, 2013]  WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House says President Barack Obama is being briefed on developments in the investigation into the bombings at the Boston Marathon.

It said in a statement that the president's assistant for homeland security and counterterrorism, Lisa Monaco, was briefing Obama overnight about the news unfolding in Boston and the nearby community of Watertown.

One bombing suspect is dead and a second remains at large.

[Associated Press]

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