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Sense reform like background checks that will make it harder for criminals to get their hands on a gun. our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and z sisters are treated like anyone else under the law. our economy is stronger when we harness the talents and ingenuity of striving, hopeful immigrants, and right now leaders from the business, labor, law enforcement, faith communities, they all agree that the time has come to pass comprehensive immigration reform. now is the time to do it. now is the time to get it done. >> and with the president's picks for energy secretary and epa hea...

Retirement age in france. that was struck down and they put it back to 60. and what does that mean for america? well, if we get a long-term entitlement reform plan in america, would get to a large, degree, a handle on our debt. what it would do to the economy over the long term, there are two sides of an opinion. some think if we do control entitlements long term that is good for the economy. others say you control entitlements over the long term, you take money out of the economy and that's bad but the fact is europe is ahead of us and we're going in the same direction as europe right now. ma...

Military judge said it was not himself, and it was not the court security officer, so this came as quite a surprise to him personally. patti ann: right. meanwhile, what are we learning, catherine, about the administration's plans to close gitmo? >> reporter: well, an obscure internal state department announcement has revealed the administration's direction on closing the guantanamo detention camps. daniel freed, who has been charged with overseeing the transfer of detainees, has been reassigned, and no replacement has been identified. a military source told fox that this is a tacit acknowledgm...

Because of the great economic crisis that we were in when the president took office, that the steps that we've taken have been the right steps, and more work needs to be done. >> more work needs to be done. when you talk to the president's top advisors, they say he wants to act quickly after the inaugural address and state of the union coming up in february to work on key domestic issues like immigration he reform, like gun control that he's been talking about throughout this week, but he realizes as well, they say, that he's got to keep his eye on the ball in terms of the economy, the jobs cr...

Yesterday that all presidential limousines will be fixed with the d.c. license plate of taxation without recession beginning this weekend to support expanding the district's voice. he said, attaching these plates demonstrates the full representation of the people of the district of columbia and his willingness to fight for voting rights, home rule, and budget autonomy for the district. last week, the d.c. council unanimously passed a resolution, asking president obama to use the plates, and d.c. council members hand-delivered those license plates pictured here to the white house in a step to e...