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President Obama made a rather sweeping statement in his weekly address as his administration launches the White House Task Force on Protecting Students from Sexual Assault. In a show of support to victims of assault, the president said: To anyone out there who has ever been assaulted: You are not alone. We have your back. I’ve got your back. The White House blog gives a fuller description of the president's message: In his weekly address, President Obama said that the Administration has taken another important step to protect women at college by establishing the White House Task Force on Protecting...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson praised President Obama’s remarks on Trayvon Martin on Friday, saying they were a step towards healing the country. “There’s a step in the direction of healing. Of course, he has had to suppress much of his feelings because of just the intensity of it all,” Jackson said on CNN. “You know, if he had done the saxophone thing like Bill Clinton did, I would consider it inclusion. If he had done it, it would have been considered polarizing. He has had to walk on those egg shells, but I think that the situation now is so...