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    To the Point

    Obama Appoints Biden on Gun Violence Response

    President Obama named Vice President Biden today to head a task force saying, "There can no longer be any excuse for doing nothing" to prevent deadly gun violence...This is not something where folks are going to be studying the issue for six months and publishing a report that gets read and then pushed aside.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    President Obama named Vice President Biden today to head a task force saying, "There can no longer be any excuse for doing nothing" to prevent deadly gun violence...This is not something where folks are going to be studying the issue for six months and publishing a report that gets read and then pushed aside. This is a team that has a very specific task to pull together real reforms right now. Today's Los Angeles Times carries the headline, "Gun Lobby's Grip on Congress Threatened." The writer is Matea Gold.

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    Guns and Beefing Up School Security
    1. 0:00Obama Appoints Biden on Gun Violence ResponseYou’re reading this
    2. 7:38Stepped-Up School Security and the Impact on Education
    3. 43:17Panel Criticizes State Department for Benghazi Attacks
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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Andrea Brody

      Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast

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      Christian Bordal

      Managing Producer, Greater LA

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      Caitlin Shamberg

      KCRW

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      Matea Gold

      Washington Post

      NewsNationalPolitics

    The full episode

    1 of 3
    Guns and Beefing Up School Security
    1. 0:00Obama Appoints Biden on Gun Violence ResponseYou’re reading this
    2. 7:38Stepped-Up School Security and the Impact on Education
    3. 43:17Panel Criticizes State Department for Benghazi Attacks
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