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Biden to head task force on gun violence causes

As senator, pushed for crime-fighting aids, gun control

Just months after Mr. Obama assumed office in 2009, Mr. Biden and Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. announced $1 billion in grants to COPS programs using stimulus funds.

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