One of the American observers, former U.S.Senator Gary Hart, praises the millions of voters who defied what he calls " a small group of cowardly people in the shadows who hate democracy."
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And I also want to thank President Obama for his expression of solidarity to the French people in light of the loss that we have felt at thecowardly killing of two young Frenchmen who were killed in a barbaric fashion by terrorists.