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JUDY WOODRUFF (Newshour): President Obama will lay out his strategy tomorrow for stopping deadly attacks involving guns. That word came today, amid reports that he's considering 19 administrative policy changes, as well as congressional action.
It's been just over a month since 20 children and six adults died in the school shootings in Newtown, Conn. And now the president is ready to announce proposals on gun violence. They could include executive action, ordering steps such as stricter penalties for lying on a gun background check or tougher penalties for gun trafficking.
But spokesman Jay Carney said today that it's up to Congress to take more sweeping steps.
JAY CARNEY, White House: There are specific legislative actions that he will continue to call on Congress to take, including the assault weapons ban, including a measure to ban high-capacity magazine clips, including an effort to close the very big loopholes in the background check system in our country.
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