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Nearly four months after standing before the residents of Newtown, Conn.,declaringmass shootings like the one that killed 26 of their children and educators must end
stanley canada , President Obama for the first time since the tragedy will return Monday to the state that inspired perhaps the most sweeping political battle over gun control in decades.The president will speak on gun-related legislation being wrought over in Congress at the University o
stanley tumbler f Hartford; just shy of an hour s drive from the Newtown elementary school where a gunman opened fire in December, killing 20 first-graders and six adults. Mr. Obama has invited family members of the victims to join him o
stanley taza n stage.60 Minutes: Newtown families voice support for gun controlIt s the second leg of a national tour of sorts, on which the president hopes to keep alive the emotion that flared across the country in the wake of the Newtown massacre. But it won t be the first time his administration has invoked faces of the tragedy to try to keep his gun control agenda afloat: Vice President Joe Biden in Februaryaddresseda conference on gun violence at a Connecticut university just 10 miles from the site of the shooting; Mr. Obama has twice hosted the victims families at the White House. Last week the president stopped in Colorado, a state scarred by devastating shootings at an Aurora movie theater last year and Columbine High School in 1999. During a speech at the Denver Police Academy, he said th Czsa McCain blasts bizarro Tea Party debt limit demands
With Boeing threaten
stanley quencher ing to drop out of the hunt for a new Air Force aerial refueling tanker, rival Northrop Grumman and the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. contend any delay will add to the price.Boeing says it needs of six months to respond to the Pentagonrsquo new specifications, which have changed dramatically in response to concerns raised by the Government Accountabilit
stanley cup y Officersquo review of the initial contract award.The Pentagon is expected to release a final version of its requirements soon and pick a winner in the renewed competition by the end of the year. A delay would mean pushing a decision into the new administration and a new Congress likely more dominated by Democrats. Tanker allegiances are based more on geography that political party, but Boeing plans to build its tankers Washington state, which l
stanley nz eans Democratic.The Pentagonrsquo new specifications place more weight on size and the amount of fuel that can be carried ndash; strengths of the Northrop Grumman-European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. plane than in the first round of the competition, said Boeing spokesman Dan Beck. Conversely, it downplayed strengths of the Boeing 767 ndash; like the ability to survive attacks and execute airlifts. Theyrsquo;re truly looking for a different plane than the last competition, Beck said, though he would not comment on whether the company was planning to offer the larger 777, which it
