[02:03.85]President Obama has been calling for gun controls since a massacre at a school in Connecticut in December.
[02:10.10]President Obama has unveiled his budget proposal for 2014, saying it will stimulate economic growth and reduce the country’s deficit.
[02:18.49]The proposal worth nearly $3.8tn calls for more taxes on the wealthy and cuts to the benefits and social security system.
[02:26.77]"If we want to keep rebuilding our economy on a stronger, more stable foundation, then we’ve got to get smarter about our priorities as a nation.
[02:36.13]And that’s what the budget I’m sending to Congress today represents-- a fiscally responsible blueprint for middle class, jobs and growth.”
[02:47.22]The Republicans called it a left-wing wish list.
[02:50.44]There’s also criticism from the left, which regards what are known as entitlement programmes as sacrosanct.
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[03:00.20]The Serb, who currently chairs the United Nations General Assembly, Vuk Jeremic, has been accused of bias in a debate about international justice.
[03:09.43]Mr Jeremic prevented Bosnian Muslims from speaking and evicted one of their delegates, who (was) wearing a T-shirt commemorating the Srebrenica massacre.
[03:17.81]Barbara Plett reports.
[03:19.41]The event was presented as an impartial debate on the impact of international criminal justice.