Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos will visit the White House in February just weeks ahead of a March deadline for what could be a historic peace agreement between Bogota and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia (FARC) insurgency, the White House said Tuesday.
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Monday night’s mission was the first time SpaceX has been able to successfully touch down the Falcon 9 post-launch. SpaceX switched to a new supplier for the steel struts and upgraded its testing program, Musk later told reporters.
The president is expected to take action to expand background check.
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Auburn’s third-year coach ended up using those packages to the offense’s advantage and making Johnson the unlikely hero. Ball had two interceptions in the game and returned one of them 53 yards for a touchdown before his postgame antics.
Another would make stricter rules for reporting guns that are lost or stolen.
South Korea “comfort women” reject deal with Japan
The head of a group of Filipino victims of sexual abuse by Japanese soldiers during WW2 welcomed the deal with South Korea. South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se said the agreement was “final and irreversible”.
After the October slaughter of nine people by a lone shooter inside an OR college classroom, Obama noted he has spoken after 14 mass shootings during his administration. “That’s why it’s taken some time for our policy folks, our lawyers, and our expects to work through this and see what’s possible”, Schultz stated.
These actions are nowhere near as strong as what the president had sought to accomplish, but it is unlikely that any new gun control laws will pass through Congress during the election year.
After months of legal review, the White House is expected to unveil as early as next week executive measures aimed at reducing gun violence, according to those briefed on the executive branch’s plans.
The current law is that full-time gun sellers are required to perform background checks, but occasional sellers or those selling from a personal collection are exempt.
The White House did not respond to inquiries from TheBlaze Thursday.
The National Rifle Association, a powerful pro-gun advocacy group, has criticized Obama’s attempts at gun control, saying a closer look needs to be paid to school security and the video game industry, Fox News reported.
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Negotiations began in July 2013 and the deal remains a key goal for Obama in the previous year of his presidency but it still faces political opposition on both sides of the Atlantic. If you would like to discuss another topic, look for a relevant article.
