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Obama: 'Words Need To Lead To Action'

The gun control debate has raged since last Friday's Newtown massacre, but now President Obama is initiating a tangible response. In a Wednesday speech replete with anti-violence appeals, he appointed Joe Biden the head of a task force charged with devising a "set of concrete proposals" by January.

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The gun control debate has raged since last Friday's Newtown massacre, but now President Obama is initiating a tangible response. In a Wednesday speech replete with anti-violence appeals, he appointed Joe Biden the head of a task force charged with devising a "set of concrete proposals" by January.

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