- The Obama Administration announced $100 million brain map project.
- The Connecticut House and Senate are to pass a bill to mandate background-check for gun purchases.
- The UN General Assembly passed first global Arms Treaty. The nations voted against the treaty: North Korea, Iran, and Syria.
- The hunger strikers in Guantanamo are growing in numbers.
Closing Guantanamo is one of the President Obama's campaign promise.
The Islam people do not like this. Namely, failing in closing Guantanamo is making enemies of the US and giving people incentives when they recruit suicide bombers.