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President Joe Biden has asked Vice President Kamala Harris to lead the first-ever federal Office of Gun Violence Prevention.  

The new office aims to seek ways around congressional inaction to stop rising violence. This office is an effort by the White House to keep the issue front and center as Biden pushes for a ban on assault weapons.