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“I believe it’s discriminatory, I think it interferes with states’ rights, and we will work with Congress to overturn it.”

President Obama

After saying he wants to see the Defense of Marriage Act repealed and in its place a law that would give the partners of gay and lesbian federal employees benefits.

“While it is impossible to know how many firearms are illegally trafficked into Mexico in a given year, over 20,000 ... of firearms seized by Mexican authorities and traced over the past 5 years originated in the United States.”

Jess T. Ford

Government Accountability Office investigator, in testimony prepared for a House subcommittee hearing on curbing gun smuggling along U.S.-Mexico border.