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Jun 11, 2009 11:31 am US/Eastern

Clinton Condemns Holocaust Museum Shooter

WASHINGTON (AP) ― Secretary of State Hillary Clinton calls the kind of hatred shown by a gunman who walked into the U.S. Holocaust Memorial and Museum and opened fire "deplorable."

She says her heart goes out to the family of 39-year-old museum guard Stephen T. Johns, who was killed trying to stop the gunman.

The gunman was in critical condition at a hospital after he was shot by museum guards Wednesday.

The suspect is 88-year-old white supremacist James von Brunn, a Holocaust denier who once tried to kidnap members of the Federal Reserve Board.

Asked about the shooting Thursday, Clinton said she hopes to send out a clear message that "hateful rhetoric, violence based on any kind of discriminatory attitude" is not acceptable.

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