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| Video Discription | Thanks to http://gandalf.ddo.jp/ for text conversion VOA NEWS IN SPECIAL ENGLISH December 20, 2012 I'm Steve Ember In Washington President Barack Obama has called on Congress to restart an assault weapons ban. The president's request comes five days after a gunman with a military-style weapon killed 20 children and six adults in the second worst school shooting in the nation's history. President Obama named Vice President Joe Biden to lead an effort to write proposals for action no later than January to address gun violence. He noted that a number of Americans including police officers have been killed by gun violence since Friday's deadly attack in Newtown, Connecticut. He said questions remain after the school shooting. Time magazine has named President Obama as its Person of the Year. The magazine says his re-election showed the country's changing population. It called him the "symbol and in some ways the architect of this new America." Mr Obama, a Democrat and the first African-American president, was also chosen for the award in 2008. And Time magazine named Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai the first finalist for the yearly honor. The teenager was shot in the head by Taliban militants earlier this year for standing up for girls' education. She survived the October attack. Other finalists included the chief of Apple, Tim Cook, Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi and Italian scientist Fabiola Giannati. News reports say three top State Department officials have resigned after the release of a report about the September 11 attack on the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya. Media reports say Assistant Secretary of State Eric Boswell and Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Programs Charlene Lamb have resigned. The third official was not named in the reports. The Accountability Review Board criticized top-level systematic failures and management deficiencies within two State Department offices. The committee was led by retired Ambassador Thomas Pickering and retired navy Admiral Mike Mullen. South Korea's President-elect Park Geun-hye says she will keep her campaign promises and work for the unity of the nation's people. |
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