U.S. President Obama said that the attacks were an outrageous act of terrorism and that the U.S. would do all it could to help France.
"This is not just an attack on Paris or the people of France, but on the values that we all share," Obama said. "France is our oldest ally. The French have stood at our shoulder time and time again in the struggle against extremism, and Paris itself stands for the values of human progress. … the values of liberté, egalité, fraternité.