Obama spends $10 million to research link between video games and violence

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US president Barack Obama is calling for congress to spend $10 million so the Center for Disease Control can conduct research on the relationship between video games, "media images" and violence.
This follows news of several games industry delegates meeting with vice president Joe Biden last week to discuss the issue of video games and their relation to real world violence. Biden remained firm that he wasn't singling video games out and realised this was a complex issue that involved hearing from various organisations. White House administrative officials told Polygon that Biden met with 220 different organizations across 22 different meetings.
Biden seemed unconvinced that video games were responsible for violent tragedies such as the recent Sandy Hooks shooting resulting in 20 children and six adult staff dead, but he deemed the issue warranted further investigation.
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