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President Obama is officially sworn in by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. in the Blue Room of the White House during the 57th Presidential Inauguration in Washington on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool)

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Former House Whip and new White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel gives the thumbs up to House Democrats before the arrival of President-elect Barack Obama at the West Front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., to be sworn in as the 44th President of the United States, Tuesday, January 20, 2009. (J.M. Eddins Jr. / The Washington Times)

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In this image released by the White House, first lady Michelle Obama greets David Hall, one of eight citizen co-chairs for the Inauguration, in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House in Washington on Jan. 17, 2013. (Associated Press/The White House, Lawrence Jackson)

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From left: Hinna Zeejah, 8, Taejah Goode, 10, Julia Stokes, 11, and Grant Fritz, 8, who wrote letters to President Obama about the school shooting in Newtown, Conn., watch as the president jokes about being left handed as he signs executive orders outlining proposals to reduce gun violence on Jan. 16, 2013, at the White House. (Associated Press))

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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)

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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)