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Mark Sorrentino of Naugatuck, Conn., pays his respects near a U.S. flag with the names of the school-shooting victims on a makeshift memorial in the Sandy Hook village of Newtown, Conn., on Monday, Dec. 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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Ryan Bartolotta (right), 17, and Ray Massi, 18, relight candles that were put out by rain at a makeshift memorial in the Sandy Hook village of Newtown, Conn., on Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, as the town mourns the victims of Friday's school shooting. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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A man walks with flowers in the Sandy Hook village of Newtown, Conn., on Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, as the town mourns those killed in Friday's school shooting. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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Names of victims hang on a U.S. flag on a makeshift memorial in the Sandy Hook village of Newtown, Conn., on Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, as the town mourns those killed in Friday's school shooting. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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A man pays his respects near a U.S. flag with the names of victims on a makeshift memorial in the Sandy Hook village of Newtown, Conn., on Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, as the town mourns victims of Friday's school shooting. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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Ryan Bartolotta, 17, picks up a candle to drain out rainwater and light it on a makeshift memorial in the Sandy Hook village of Newtown, Conn., on Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, as the town mourns victims of the school shooting. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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A woman puts a photo of a child on a makeshift memorial in the Sandy Hook village of Newtown, Conn., on Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, as the town mourns victims of the school shooting. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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A snowflake ornament with the name of 6-year-old Jack Pinto hangs on a Christmas tree at a makeshift memorial in the Sandy Hook village of Newtown, Conn., on Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, as the town mourns victims killed in Friday's school shooting. Jack, who was killed when gunman Adam Lanza opened fire inside the Sandy Hook Elementary School, will be buried Monday. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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People inspect the scene of a car bomb attack in al-Mouafaqiyah, Iraq, a village inhabited by families from the Shabak ethnic group, near the city of Mosul, 225 miles northwest of Baghdad, on Monday, Dec. 17, 2012. (AP Photo)

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Varinder Singh of the Queens borough of New York joins a group of Sikhs from around the Northeast in a moment of prayer on Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012, in Newtown, Conn., as a memorial service is broadcast over a loudspeaker outside Newtown High School for the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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President Obama pauses as he delivers a speech during 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. A gunman walked into the elementary school Friday and opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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President Barack Obama walks off 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. A gunman walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School Friday and opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Residents hold a candlelight vigil outside Newtown High School after President Barack Obama delivered remarks 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)

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Residents look on during 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)

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U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., top right, Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., left, Sen-elect Chris Murphy, center, and Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman, right, wait for the arrival of President Barack Obama before the start of an interfaith vigil for the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting inside the Newtown High School auditorium in Newtown, Conn., Sunday night, Dec. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/The Hartford Courant, Stephen Dunn, Pool)