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White House press secretary Jay Carney pauses to listen to a question a during his daily news briefing at the White House in Washington on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Lynn and Chris McDonnell, parents of Grace McDonnell, who was killed in the Newtown, Conn., school shooting, listen as President Obama talks about their daughter during a Jan. 16, 2013, news conference at the White House on proposals to reduce gun violence. (Associated Press)

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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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President Obama listens to reporters' questions in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Monday, Jan. 14, 2013. (Associated Press)

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President Obama, during a White House news conference Monday, said GOP threats to hold the line on the nation's borrowing are "irresponsible." Republicans hope the debt limit debate can be used to make Democrats address the deficit. (Associated Press)

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President Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Jan. 14, 2013. (Associated Press)

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President Obama gestures as he answers questions from members of the media during a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Monday, Jan. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)