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**FILE** President Obama, accompanied by Vice President Joseph R. Biden and children who wrote the president about gun violence following last month's shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., signs executive orders to reduce gun violence on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013, in the South Court Auditorium at the White House complex in Washington. From left are Mr. Biden; Hinna Zeejah, 8; Nadia Zeejah, Hinna’s mother; Taejah Goode, 10; Kimberly Graves, Taejah’s mother; Julia Stokes, 11; Dr. Theophil Stokes, Julia’s father; and Grant Fritz, 8. (Associated Press)

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President Obama, accompanied by Vice President Joseph R. Biden, talks about proposals to reduce gun violence on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013, in the South Court Auditorium at the White House complex in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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President Obama, accompanied by Vice President Joseph R. Biden (left), hugs 8-year-old letter writer Grant Fritz during a news conference on proposals to reduce gun violence on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013, in the South Court Auditorium at the White House complex in Washington. Mr. Obama and Mr. Biden were joined by law enforcement officials, lawmakers and children who wrote the president about gun violence following the shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., last month. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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**FILE** President Obama answers questions from members of the media on Jan. 14, 2013, during a news conference at the White House in Washington. (Associated Press)

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Syrians gather at the site of an explosion at Aleppo University in Aleppo, Syria, on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013. (AP Photo/SANA)

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Richard Kane, president and CEO of International Limousine Service Inc., said he expects to rent 30 to 40 more vehicles for Inauguration Day activities next week, down from an additional 70 for the first swearing-in of President Obama in 2009. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

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Firefighters look for survivors at the local headquarters of the Kurdistan Democratic Party after a bomb attack in Kirkuk, 180 miles (290 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013. (AP Photo/ Emad Matti)