Joseph R. Biden

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President Obama talks with Vice President Joseph R. Biden in the presidential box during the inaugural parade down Pennsylvania Avenue en route to the White House on Jan. 21, 2013. (Associated Press)

Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joseph R. Biden, arrives at the West Front of the Capitol in Washington on Monday, Jan. 21, 2013, for the 57th Presidential Inauguration. (AP Photo/Win McNamee, Pool)

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** FILE ** Vice President Joseph R. Biden hugs his wife Jill Biden after taking the oath of office during and official ceremony at the Naval Observatory, Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013, in Washington. Mr. Biden was sworn in for a second term using the Biden family Bible. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Vice President Joseph R. Biden takes the oath of office, administered by Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor at the residence of the vice president at the U.S. Naval Observatory as Jill Biden looks on, on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2012, in Washington. (AP Photo/New York Times, Josh Haner, Pool)

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Vice President Joseph R. Biden addresses the U.S. Conference of Mayors 81st winter meeting in Washington on Jan. 17, 2013. (Associated Press)

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"This is our first task as a society, keeping our children safe," President Obama said Wednesday as he and Vice President Joseph R. Biden announced their legislative and executive agenda to curb gun violence in America. (Associated Press)

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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)