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President Obama on Friday called the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 an “outrage of unspeakable proportions,” declared it a “wake-up call” for timid European leaders, and all but laid blame for the tragedy directly at the doorstep of Russian President Vladimir Putin.Related Stories Republicans: Obama must show leadership in Ukraine crisis AFP Investigators struggle to reach MH17 crash site in Ukraine AFP Obama warns Russia, Ukrainian separatists over downed airliner Yahoo News U.S. Blames Rebels for Missile Attack on Malaysia Airlines Jet in Ukraine The Wall Street Journal Malaysia jet tragedy: Obama responds with full-court press on Russia Christian Science MonitorObama’s blunt language, delivered in the White House briefing room from behind a lectern with the presidential seal, offered a stark contrast to his muddled public handling of the disaster a day earlier.As the news broke on Thursday, the White House signaled that the president had first learned about the world-shaking events from Putin at the tail end of a telephone call arranged at Moscow’s re