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Three leading Republicans reacted negatively to President Obama's statements in favor of a mosque and Muslim community center whose construction has been proposed for a building near the site formerly occupied by the World Trade Center.
John Boehner, the Ohio Republican who is the House minority leader, said: "The decision to build this mosque so close to the site of ground zero is deeply troubling, as is the president's decision to endorse it."
"The American people certainly don't support it," Mr. Boehner said.