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Executive Order

Joined by children who wrote letters to the White House about gun violence, U.S. President Barack Obama (L) and Vice President Joe Biden announce the administration's new gun law proposals in the Eisenhower Executive Office building January 16, 2013 in Washington, DC. One month after a massacre that left 20 school children and 6 adults dead in Newtown, Connecticut, the president unveiled a package of gun control proposals that include universal background checks and bans on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Obama unveils new gun violence package

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(AP) - President Barack Obama will unveil proposals Wednesday to curb gun violence, his response to the December massacre of 26 students and teachers at their elementary school in Newtown, Conn...
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Former U.S. Attorney General and counselor to President Ronald Reagan Ed Meese speaks during a taping of 'Meet the Press' at the NBC Studios May 20, 2007 in Washington, DC. Meese spoke on the book 'The Reagan Diaries' and the life of the 40th U.S. President. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images for Meet the Press)

Reagan attorney general raises specter of Obama impeachment

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theGRIO REPORT - Edwin Meese, former U.S. attorney general under former president Ronald Reagan, has become the latest prominent Republican to raise the specter of President Barack Obama's impeachment...
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Chris Patrie looks at the Benelli display of shotguns during the NRA Annual Meetings and Exhibits April 13, 2012 at the America's Center in St. Louis, Missouri. More than 60,000 people are expected to attend the convention, which runs through Sunday. Republican presidential candidates former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, and former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum are all scheduled to speak. (Photo by Whitney Curtis/Getty Images)

GOP rep threatens Obama impeachment on guns

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theGRIO REPORT - Conservative rage over gun control has reached a fever pitch before any new legislation or executive orders have even been put on the table...
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Obama likely to implement some gun control through executive orders

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theGRIO REPORT - With congressional Republicans unlikely to pass gun control immediately, President Obama is almost certain to push through some kind of measures on the issue through executive orders...
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President Obama signs executive order authorizing African-American education office.

New black student initiative has sweeping goals

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theGRIO REPORT - The Obama administration has launched the first steps of an ambitious plan to dramatically improve academic achievement among African-American students from the 'cradle to career'..
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Obama creates African-American education office

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WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is creating a new office to bolster education of African-American students...
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Obama unveils plan to lift wages of home health care workers

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WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama says it's inexcusable that home health care workers who care for the elderly and disabled can be paid less than minimum wage, and he's going to change it...
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Obama signs order on abortion in health care bill

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WASHINGTON (AP) - With little fanfare, President Obama signed an executive order designed to ensure that no federal money can be used for elective abortions...
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President Barack Obama signs an executive order for the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the East Room at the White House in Washington, DC, on February 26, 2010. (JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)

Obama signs executive order recognizing HBCUs

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WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama says these schools have felt the pain of the recession most acutely because they enroll a higher proportion of low and middle-income students...
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