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The Company Memo: Monday, December 17, 2012

As the nation reels from the horror inflicted on students and teachers at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, President Obama is calling for "
US President Barack Obama speaks at a memorial service for the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting on December 16, 2012 in Newtown, Connecticut. Obama will address the memorial for the twenty-six people, 20 of them children, who were...
US President Barack Obama speaks at a memorial service for the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting on December 16, 2012 in Newtown,...

As the nation reels from the horror inflicted on students and teachers at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, President Obama is calling for "meaningful action" to prevent future gun violence. "We're not doing enough, and we will have to change" Obama reiterated at a vigil in Newtown Sunday night.

But what, exactly, does that mean? Cord Jefferson argues in Gawker that "Actually, Now Is the Time to Talk Politics," in the wake of the mass shooting, reacting to statements from White House Press Secretary Jay Carney that, "I don't think today is that day."

That conversation starts here and it starts today. Tune in to Jansing & Co. at 10 AM ET live from Newtown, Connecticut where Chris Jansing has been reporting since Friday's massacre.