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Secretary of the Army Louis Caldera has announced a plan that will put more guns in American high schools. What is this program called?

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Monday's Question (No. 284)--"Gamy":

On Sunday, speaking on CNN's Late Edition, White House economic adviser Gene Sperling said it reminded him of the game Twister. What?

"The nude Greco-Roman wrestling that concludes every episode of Late Edition."--Tim Carvell

"Puff Daddy's new board game, 'Twizter.' "--Alex Balk (John J. Edwards III had a similar, but "Bendy Reachy," answer.)

"Hillary's efforts to distinguish between sins of malice and sins of weakness."--Daniel Radosh (similarly, Rachel Thompson, Craig Pyron, John Leary, and Sean Fitzpatrick)

" 'Our infantile and soul-dead, hyper-consumeristic ways in a world where sunsets go unnoticed,' said Sperling, looking up from an essay by Bill McKibben."--Jim O'Grady

"I haven't read the question yet, but my answer is Talk magazine."--Greg Diamond

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