Obama Taps Biden for Post-Newtown Action Plan
President Obama has tasked Vice President Joe Biden with coordinating the administration’s response to the deadly massacre in Newtown, Conn., last week. Biden will oversee the formulation of new policies aimed at reducing gun violence and preventing mass-shootings like the one that took 26 lives… Read More »
EmailViolent Videogames, Mental Health and Guns — Today’s Q’s for O’s WH — 12/18/12
TAPPER: The president’s close friend and adviser, David Axelrod, on Sunday evening, after the — watching the president’s speech, was watching a football game, and an ad came on for a violent video game. And he tweeted, shouldn’t we quit — he tweeted an expression… Read More »
White House Gets More Specific on Gun Control Measures the President Might Back
The White House today indicated President Obama would support legislation that would reinstate the ban on certain types of semi-automatic rifles – known as “the assault weapons ban” — and may support other efforts, such as a proposal to ban high-capacity magazines, in the wake… Read More »
Record-Breaking Petition Asks White House to Tackle Gun Control
In the wake of the school massacre in Newtown, Conn., record-setting numbers have signed online petitions urging that the federal government take action to halt gun violence. Shortly after the deadly shooting of 26 children and adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School, a man identified… Read More »
President Pledges Action to Prevent Future Sandy Hook Tragedies — But What?
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Sources Say DOD Inspector General Report Criticizes Vickers in Discussions with Filmmakers
Sources tell ABC News that the Inspector General for the Department of Defense has been preparing a report in which Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence Michael Vickers is criticized for giving sensitive information to the filmmakers behind “Zero Dark Thirty.” Specifically, Vickers is said… Read More »
Gay Marine Proposes to Boyfriend at White House
U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Matthew Phelps made history Saturday at the home of his commander in chief. The 35-year-old active-duty officer proposed to his boyfriend, Ben Schock, 26, in the Grand Foyer of the White House at the end of a holiday tour. It’s believed… Read More »
White House Offers No Details on Gun Control Efforts
The day after President Obama pledged to “use whatever power this office holds” to prevent future tragedies like the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School, the White House offered few details on exactly what actions he plans to take to halt gun violence. “It’s a… Read More »
Freedom, Mental Health and Guns — Today’s Qs for O’s WH — 12/17/12
TAPPER: Jay, last night the president said in his speech, “are we prepared to say that such violence visited on our children year after year after year is somehow the price of our freedom?” When he referred to “our freedom,” was he referring to gun… Read More »
