WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee says it’s still unclear whether the Boston bombings were foreign-directed, but he says they were clearly, quote, “foreign-inspired.”

The first congressional inquiry of the attacks started Thursday on Capitol Hill. Lawmakers are examining the government’s initial response, what authorities knew about the brothers beforehand and whether the deadly attacks could have been avoided.

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