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The funeral procession for James Mattioli, 6, who died in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings, approaches the St. John's Cemetery Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012, in Darien, Conn. A gunman walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Dec. 14, and opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children. Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

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Addison Strychalsky, 2, and her mother, Jennifer, left, of Newtown Conn., play pets Tilley, a golden retriever therapy dog, during a visit from the dogs and handler Mary Minard, right, to a memorial for the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012, in Newtown, Conn. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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Lily Willinger, 2, of Newtown Conn., pets Libby, a golden retriever therapy dog, during a visit from the dogs and their handlers to a memorial for the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012, in Newtown, Conn. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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Tom Doyle, back left, standing with family and co-workers, wipes his face as the funeral procession for James Mattioli, 6, who died in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings, approaches the St. John's Cemetery Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012, in Darien, Conn. Center are his wife Debbie and daughter Emily, 10. Adam Lanza opened fire Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown on Friday, killing 26 people, including 20 children. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

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Two teddy bears and a message of remembrance sit outside St. Roses Cemetery before a funeral procession is scheduled to arrive for 6-year-old Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victim Jessica Rekos, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012, in Newtown, Conn. Adam Lanza walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, on Dec. 14, and opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children, before killing himself. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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A school bus rolls towards a memorial for victims of the school shooting in Newtown, Conn., Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012. Classes resume Tuesday for Newtown schools except those at Sandy Hook. Buses ferrying students to schools were festooned with large green and white ribbons on the front grills, the colors of Sandy Hook. At Newtown High School, students in sweatshirts and jackets, many wearing headphones, betrayed mixed emotions. Adam Lanza walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Friday and opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children, before killing himself. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

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A police officer inspects a vehicle arriving at St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church before funeral services for James Mattioli, a boy killed in an elementary school shooting, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012, in Newtown, Conn. Mattioli, 6, was killed when Adam Lanza walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., Dec. 14, and opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children, before killing himself. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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Robert Soltis, of Newtown, Conn., pauses after making the sign of the cross at a memorial to school shooting victims in Newtown, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012. Adam Lanza walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Dec. 14, and opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children, before killing himself. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

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A Syrian man holds his children as they warm themselves at a refugee camp in Azaz, Syria, Monday, Dec. 17, 2012. Thousands of Syrian refugees who fled their homes due to fighting between Free Syrian Army fighters and government forces, face cold weather as temperatures dropped to 2 degrees Celsius (36 degrees Fahrenheit) in Azaz. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)

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Syrian woman near a fire at a refugee camp in Azaz, Syria, Monday, Dec. 17, 2012. Thousands of Syrian refugees who fled their homes due to fighting between Free Syrian Army fighters and government forces, face cold weather as temperatures dropped to 2 degrees Celsius (36 degrees Fahrenheit) in Azaz. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)

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Egyptian army tanks deploy outside the presidential palace during a protest against President Mohammed Morsi in Cairo on Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

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Syrians who fled their homes with their families gather around a fire to warm themselves at a makeshift vegetables store in a camp for the displaced in the village of Atmeh, Syria, on Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

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Frank Kulick, adjusts a display of wooden crosses, and a Jewish Star of David, representing the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, on his front lawn, Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, in Newtown, Conn. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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** FILE ** President Obama walks off stage after delivering a speech at an interfaith vigil for the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting on Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012, at Newtown High School in Newtown, Conn. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)