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Dr. Roar will laura theresen slessinger. This is viewpoint. [ music ] good evening, thank you so much for spending the evening with us. This was one of the president s most powerful speeches since he took office. As promised president obama told the nation what he and Congress Must do to strengthen gun laws and stem the tied that killed 26 people in newtown last month and hundreds more. The First National Gun Legislation since 1994. Mr. Obama would like to see a number of changes to our gun laws and supported measures such as tightening gun checks, insuring database. And research in gun violence causes and prevention and Hire School Resource officers, and insuring medicaid recipients get quality Mental Healthcare. Senate majority harry reid said im committed to ensureing that address gun violence. All options should be on the table before we compromise and fold. Here is the president talking about this matter earlier today. Obama as soon as im finished speaking here, i will sit at that
Think, central to the next chapter in this transition. I just wanted to comment on that. The second question as it relates to afghanistan is one that senator boxer raised and her work on this has been exemplary, on women and girls and in particular, i have a an amendment that we got through the National Defense authorization act which would require both state and defense to file a report on the efforts to promote the security of afghan women and girls just by way of itemization monitoring and responding to changes in womens security that will be part of the report. Secondly, improving gender sensitivity and responsiveness among the Afghan Security forces and increasing the recruitment and retention of women in the Afghan Security forces. So both with regard to the election and women and girls. Senator with respect to women and girls, i had a conversation with senator boxer earlier and with senator cardin, in which i committed to the ongoing significant efforts of secretary that secreta