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President Obama is urging congress to compromise to avoid the upcoming across the board spending cuts known as the sequester. In his weekly media address, Obama says if the sequester takes effect, hundreds of thousands of people will be hurt, from teachers to airline controllers. In the republican's media response, senator John Hoevan of North Dakota urged the president to approve the key stone exile pipeline. He says promoting the pipeline will create new jobs and help expand the economy. Rallies are going on across the country in what organizers call, a nationwide day of resistance to support the second amendment. NPR's Allison Keyes tells US demonstrators want to protect their gun rights. At one such rally in Concord, New Hampshire. "Lay free; Lay Free." Protesters cheered and clapped as speaker, such as Jeff Checkster, word their opposition to president Obama's 23 executive actions aimed at reducing gun violence.

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奥巴马总统呼吁国会达成折衷方案， 以避免即将到来的全面自动减支计划。 奥巴马在每周例行讲话中表示， 如果自动减支计划生效， 将会有数十万人受到影响， 包括教师和航空调度员在内。 共和党发表每周例行讲话时， 来自北达科他州的参议员约翰・荷凡敦促总统通过“拱心石”石油管道项目。 荷凡表示，推动石油管道项目将创造新的就业机会，有助于经济发展。 示威活动在美国各地举行， 组织者称今天是全国抵制控枪，支持第二修正案的日子。 据NPR新闻的艾莉森・凯斯报道，美国的示威者希望保护他们的持枪权利。 这里是新罕布什尔州首府康科德的一处游行现场。 “自由；自由！” 示威讲演者杰夫・查克斯特代表示威人群发表言论时， 示威者鼓掌欢呼，杰夫对奥巴马总统就减少枪支暴力提出的23项行政命令表达了抗议。