The Lede blog at The New York Times has extensive coverage of President Barack Obama’s speech at an interfaith service commemorating the victims of the Newtown massacre. It includes this:
Mr. Obama said the nation is failing at what he called “our first task,” which he said was to care for the children of the nation.
“It’s our first job. If we don’t get that right, we don’t get anything right,” he said, asking: “Can we truly say, as a nation, that we are meeting our obligations? Can we honestly say that we are doing enough to keep our children — all of them — safe from harm?”
Mr. Obama asked whether the nation is doing enough to give all children a chance at a good life with “happiness and with purpose.”
“If we are honest with ourselves, the answer is no,” he said. “We are not doing enough, and we will have to change.”