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Pres. Obama to cut NATO trip short, visit Dallas next week

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WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The White House says President Barack Obama will cut short his European trip and visit Dallas early next week, as the city mourns five police officers killed by a sniper.

President Obama spoke from Poland early Friday morning about the killings of five Dallas police officers. Watch his full speech in the video player above.

Obama had been scheduled to return to Washington on Monday. Instead, he will leave Spain on Sunday night after a meeting with that country's interim prime minister and a visit with U.S. military personnel.

Obama is currently in Warsaw, Poland, for a NATO summit.

The White House says Obama will focus next week on efforts to support police officers while addressing "persistent racial disparities" in the criminal justice system.

Obama spoke Thursday evening about the fatal shootings of Philando Castile and Alton Sterling. Watch that below: