WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A day after President Barack Obama made an impassioned plea for changes to prevent another gun-fuelled massacre in the United States, the White House on Monday declined to lay out any details of what he planned to do or how he planned to do it.

Obama spoke at a memorial service on Sunday for the victims of the mass shooting at a Connecticut elementary school and pledged to launch an effort to reduce violence by engaging law enforcement agencies, mental health professionals, parents and educators.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A day after President Barack Obama made an impassioned plea for changes to prevent another gun-fueled massacre in the United States, the White House on Monday declined to lay out any details of what he planned to do or how he planned to do it.

Obama spoke at a memorial service on Sunday for the victims of the mass shooting at a Connecticut elementary school and pledged to launch an effort to reduce violence by engaging law enforcement agencies, mental health professionals, parents and educators.

WASHINGTON, Dec 17 (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama
and John Boehner, the top Republican in Washington, met at the
White House on Monday to try to reach a budget deal that would
head off steep tax hikes and spending cuts that could push the
economy into recession next year.

The 45-minute meeting is a further sign that talks to avert
the “fiscal cliff” could be yielding progress after weeks of
stalemate.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – His words have been eloquent and sympathetic, as they typically are when he is the voice of a nation in mourning.

But President Barack Obama’s response to a gunman’s massacre of 20 children and six adults at a Connecticut grade school has revealed a more complex view of the president: emotional, frustrated – and perhaps rethinking his largely hands-off approach to gun control.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – His words have been eloquent and sympathetic, as they typically are when he is the voice of a nation in mourning.

But President Barack Obama’s response to a gunman’s massacre of 20 children and six adults at a Connecticut grade school has revealed a more complex view of the president: emotional, frustrated – and perhaps rethinking his largely hands-off approach to gun control.

/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama, speaking at a memorial service for the victims of a mass shooting at a Connecticut elementary school, said on Sunday the United States was not doing enough to protect its children and pledged to launch an effort to reduce violence.

“We can’t tolerate this anymore. These tragedies must end. And to end them we must change,” Obama said at a somber interfaith service.

, Dec 16 (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack
Obama on Sunday consoled the Connecticut town shattered by the
massacre of 20 young schoolchildren and said the United States
was not doing enough to protect its children.

“We bear a responsibility for every child … This is our
first task, caring for our children. It’s our first job. If we
don’t get that right, we don’t get anything right,” Obama told a
packed auditorium at Newtown High School at the end of a somber
multi-faith service.

NEWTOWN, Connecticut (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Sunday consoled the Connecticut town shattered by the massacre of 20 young schoolchildren, lauding residents’ courage in the face of tragedy and saying the United States was not doing enough to protect its children.

“Surely we can do better than this,” Obama told a packed high school auditorium.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama and House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner held a “frank” face-to-face meeting on Thursday in an effort to break an impasse in talks to avert the “fiscal cliff” of steep tax increases and spending cuts.

With an end-of-year deadline looming, the two leaders talked at the White House as frustration mounted over the recent lack of progress in negotiations that had become bogged down in a daily round of finger-pointing.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama and House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner met for an hour on Thursday as frustration mounted over the lack of progress on averting the “fiscal cliff” of steep tax increases and spending cuts.

With an end-of-year deadline looming, the two leaders came together at the White House in an attempt to rejuvenate negotiations that had become bogged down in a daily round of finger-pointing.