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When President Barack Obama gives his annual State of the Union Address tonight (Wednesday) St. Cloud State University President Earl Potter will be in the audience.

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President Barack Obama is pressing for a ban on military-style firearms and for universal background checks for gun buyers, taking his case directly to the public amid divisions over the proposals in Congress.

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When President Obama visits Minneapolis on Monday, one of the people most eager to see him will be a teenager who has turned into an unlikely advocate on gun issues.

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President Barack Obama will travel to Minneapolis Monday to pitch his proposals for reducing gun violence. It will be the president's first trip outside of Washington centered on the gun proposals, which include a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines, as well as universal background checks.

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President Barack Obama has scheduled a Monday trip to Minneapolis. The White House confirmed the trip Tuesday. No other details were immediately available.

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Recently retired St. John's football coach John Gagliardi remembers Denis McDonough as "an awfully sharp guy" and "a very good safety" when he played for the Johnnies.

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The White House says President Barack Obama has picked top national security aide Denis McDonough as his next chief of staff. McDonough is a Stillwater native and a graduate of St. John's University. He also played football for the Johnnies.

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St. Cloud's Chief of Police is supportive of President Barack Obama's gun violence package. It calls on Congress to ban military-style assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.

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A St. John's University graduate could become President Obama's next chief of staff. Denis McDonough is currently one of the president's closest national security advisers.

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President Barack Obama has signed legislation outlawing synthetic drugs, including a substance that led to the death of a Minnesota teen last year. U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar sponsored the legislation.

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