President and First Lady Obama visit Tucson Wednesday, January 12, 2011 for a memorial service "Together We Thrive: Tucson and America" to honor the victims of Saturday's mass shooting.
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President Barack Obama, right, and First Lady Michelle Obama, left, set out of Air Force One at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base during the visit of President and Mrs. Obama to Tucson, Ariz., on Jan. 12, 2011, for a memorial event, "Together We Thrive: Tucson and America," to honor the victim's of Saturday's mass shooting.
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Alex Velasquez, left, Kristi Campuzano, second from left, and Francine Figueroa rest under a blanket as they wait in the line to get tickets to see President Obama speak at McKale Center in Tucson, Ariz. on Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011. Searching for unity out of tragedy, Obama will honor the victims of the Arizona mass shooting in personal terms and remind those in grief that an entire nation is with them. The president is again stepping into his role as national consoler, a test of leadership that comes with the job. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Jack Kurtz) MARICOPA COUNTY OUT; MAGS OUT; NO SALES
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People wait in line to get tickets to see President Obama speak at McKale Center in Tucson, Ariz. , Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011. Searching for unity out of tragedy, Obama will honor the victims of the Arizona mass shooting in personal terms and remind those in grief that an entire nation is with them. The president is again stepping into his role as national consoler, a test of leadership that comes with the job. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Jack Kurtz) MARICOPA COUNTY OUT; MAGS OUT; NO SALES
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Brad Becnel with the White House, sets up the podium area Wednesday morning at McKale Center in anticipation of the visit of President and Mrs. Obama to Tucson, Ariz., on Jan. 12, 2011, for a memorial event, "Together We Thrive: Tucson and America," to honor the victim's of Saturday's mass shooting. The memorial takes place at McKale Center, on the University of Arizona campus.
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Shirts sit on the back of chairs before a memorial service for the victims of Saturday's shootings at McKale Memorial Center on the University of Arizona campus Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011, in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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A Uniformed Division Secret Service Police Officer holds his hat as the Marine One helicopter kicks up snow as it lands on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011, prior to President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama traveling to Tucson, Ariz., for a memorial service where Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz. and others were shot in a shooting rampage that left six people dead.
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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama leave the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011, as they travel to Tucson, Ariz., for a memorial service, where Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz. and others were shot in a shooting rampage that left six people dead.
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Thousands line up along National Championship Drive at the UA as they wait in line to get a chance to be admitted into McKale Center for the visit of President and Mrs. Obama to Tucson, Ariz., on Jan. 12, 2011, for a memorial event, "Together We Thrive: Tucson and America," to honor the victim's of Saturday's mass shooting.
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Thousands line up along National Championship Drive at the UA as they wait in line to get a chance to be admitted into McKale Center for the visit of President and Mrs. Obama to Tucson, Ariz., on Jan. 12, 2011, for a memorial event, "Together We Thrive: Tucson and America," to honor the victim's of Saturday's mass shooting at McKale Center, on the University of Arizona campus.
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Thousands including this sleeper, wait in line near McKale Center at the UA to get a chance to be admitted into McKale Center for the visit of President and Mrs. Obama to Tucson, Ariz., on Jan. 12, 2011, for a memorial event, "Together We Thrive: Tucson and America," to honor the victim's of Saturday's mass shooting at McKale Center, on the University of Arizona campus.
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President Barack Obama meets with the crowd after getting off of Air Force One at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base during the visit of President and Mrs. Obama to Tucson, Ariz., on Jan. 12, 2011, for a memorial event, "Together We Thrive: Tucson and America," to honor the victim's of Saturday's mass shooting.
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President Barack Obama, left, and First Lady Michelle Obama, right, walk after getting off of Air Force One at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base during the visit of President and Mrs. Obama to Tucson, Ariz., on Jan. 12, 2011, for a memorial event, "Together We Thrive: Tucson and America," to honor the victim's of Saturday's mass shooting. Photo by Dean Knuth, Arizona Daily Star
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President Barack Obama, right, and First Lady Michelle Obama, left, leave Air Force One at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base during the visit of President and Mrs. Obama to Tucson, Ariz., on Jan. 12, 2011, for a memorial event, "Together We Thrive: Tucson and America," to honor the victim's of Saturday's mass shooting.
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President Barack Obama meets with people after getting off Air Force One at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base during the visit of President and Mrs. Obama to Tucson, Ariz., on Jan. 12, 2011, for a memorial event, ΓTogether We Thrive: Tucson and America," to honor the victim's of Saturday's mass shooting.
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President Barack Obama shakes hands with Sheriff Clarence Dupnik as he and first lady Michelle Obama arrive in Tucson, Ariz., to attend a memorial service for victims of last Saturday's shooting rampage that killed six people and left 14 injured, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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President Barack Obama greets service members as he arrives in Tucson, Ariz., to attend a memorial service for victims of last Saturday's shooting rampage that killed six people and left 14 injured, including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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President Barack Obama greets Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer as he arrives in Tucson, Ariz., to attend a memorial service for victims of last Saturday's shooting rampage that killed six people and left 14 injured, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama exit Air Force One Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011 upon arriving at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Ariz. The Obamas are in Tucson. The Obamas are in Tucson to pay tribute to the six people killed in the weekend shootings and to the fighting spirit of wounded lawmaker Gabrielle Giffords, the target of the first assassination attempt on a member of Congress in decades. (AP Photo/Chris Morrison)
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People gather to watch and take pictures of the Presidential motorcade, along Golf Links and Swan, Wednesday, January 12, 2011. Photo by Doug Kreutz/Arizona Daily Star.
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Thousands wait in line to enter McKale Memorial Center in Tucson, Ariz. where President Barack Obama will attend a memorial event for the six people who were killed last Saturday on Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011. Obama and his wife, Michelle, are visiting privately at University Medical Center with Giffords and other victims of the weekend shootings. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Deirdre Hamill)
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Thousands wait in line to enter McKale Memorial Center in Tucson, Ariz. where President Barack Obama will attend a memorial event for the six people who were killed last Saturday on Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011. Obama and his wife, Michelle, are visiting privately at University Medical Center with Giffords and other victims of the weekend shootings. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Rob Schumacher)
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The presidential motorcade makes its way down Campbell Avenue towards McKale Center as part of the visit of President and Mrs. Obama to Tucson, Ariz., on Jan. 12, 2011, for a memorial event, "Together We Thrive: Tucson and America," to honor the victims of Saturday's mass shooting.
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President Barack Obama shields his face from the afternoon sun as he travels in his motorcade south on Campbell Avenue towards McKale Center during the visit of President and Mrs. Obama to Tucson, Ariz., on Jan. 12, 2011, for a memorial event, "Together We Thrive: Tucson and America," to honor the victims of Saturday's mass shooting.
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Spectators try to get some height to watch the presidential motorcade drive by on Campbell Avenue during the visit of President and Mrs. Obama to Tucson, Ariz., on Jan. 12, 2011, for a memorial event, "Together We Thrive: Tucson and America," to honor the victims of Saturday's mass shooting.
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The president vehicle pulls into a bay at University Medical Center during the visit of President and Mrs. Obama to Tucson, Ariz., on Jan. 12, 2011, for a memorial event, "Together We Thrive: Tucson and America," to honor the victim's of Saturday's mass shooting.
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Members of the presidential security keep an eye out from the top of the Diamond Children's Hospital during the visit of President and Mrs. Obama to Tucson, Ariz., on Jan. 12, 2011, for a memorial event, "Together We Thrive: Tucson and America," to honor the victim's of Saturday's mass shooting.
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Ruby Barrickman, a University of Arizona junior, reads magazine while waiting to get into the McKale Center during the visit of President and Mrs. Obama to Tucson, Ariz., on Jan. 12, 2011, for a memorial event, ΓTogether We Thrive: Tucson and America," to honor the victim's of Saturday's mass shooting. Barrickman and her friends have been in line since noon.
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Charlotte Lopez, who works with the Tohono O'odham scholarship program, adds her sentiments to a paper chain in front of the University of Arizona Main Library that is going to be presented during the service at the McKale Center during the visit of President and Mrs. Obama to Tucson, Ariz., on Jan. 12, 2011, for a memorial event, "Together We Thrive: Tucson and America," to honor the victim's of Saturday's mass shooting.
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An overflow crowd starts to fill Arizona Stadium during the visit of President and Mrs. Obama to Tucson, Ariz., on Jan. 12, 2011, for a memorial event, "Together We Thrive: Tucson and America," to honor the victim's of Saturday's mass shooting.
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Elizabeth Brew and her daughters Elsie, 6, and Katie, 15, kill time while waiting in line during the visit of President and Mrs. Obama to Tucson, Ariz., on Jan. 12, 2011, for a memorial event, "Together We Thrive: Tucson and America," to honor the victim's of Saturday's mass shooting. Brew, who volunteered for Giffords' campaign, knew she probably wouldn't make it into McKale Center, but wanted to be a part of the crowd. "Something like this is so shocking and scary," said Brew of the mass shooting. "It's showing that you're not scared to go out."
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People work their way toward the end of line as they pass people on the corner of North Cherry Ave and East Second Street as they hope to be one of the lucky few to get into the McKale Center during the visit of President and Mrs. Obama to Tucson, Ariz., on Jan. 12, 2011, for a memorial event, "Together We Thrive: Tucson and America," to honor the victim's of Saturday's mass shooting.
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Women from left, Rebecca Saul, 18, Rachel Saul, 22, and Nica Statman, 19 play backgammon while waiting in the line to get into the McKale Center during the visit of President and Mrs. Obama to Tucson, Ariz., on Jan. 12, 2011, for a memorial event, "Together We Thrive: Tucson and America," to honor the victim's of Saturday's mass shooting. The three have been in line since noon.
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Family members weep during a memorial service for the victims of Saturday's shootings at McKale Center on the University of Arizona campus Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011, in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
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People listen to speakers at a memorial service for the victims of Saturday's shootings at McKale Center on the University of Arizona campus Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011, in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
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President Barack Obama joins the audience in applauding Daniel Hernandez, an intern for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords who helped her after she was shot, during a memorial service in Tucson, Ariz., Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011, for the victims of a shooting rampage that that killed six people and left 14 injured. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Members of the Northwest Fire District pause during a moment of silence at a memorial service for the victims of Saturday's shootings at McKale Center on the University of Arizona campus Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011, in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
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The woman who wrestled a magazine from the shooter celebrates with those who tackled the suspect in the shooting of Rep. Gabriel Giffords, during the visit of President and Mrs. Obama to Tucson, Ariz., on Jan. 12, 2011, for a memorial event, "Together We Thrive: Tucson and America," to honor the victim's of Saturday's mass shooting at McKale Center, on the University of Arizona campus.
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Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' aide whom President Obama called a hero, Daniel Hernandez, hugs a shooting victim during the visit of President and Mrs. Obama to Tucson, Ariz., on Jan. 12, 2011, for a memorial event, "Together We Thrive: Tucson and America," to honor the victim's of Saturday's mass shooting at McKale Center, on the University of Arizona campus.
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A somber President Barack Obama collects his thoughts during his speech during, "Together We Thrive: Tucson and America," to honor the victim's of Saturday's mass shooting at McKale Center, on the University of Arizona campus. Photo by David Sanders, Arizona Daily Star
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Nicole Shows, right, talks to her daughter Abigail Shows, 7, at the memorial in the front lawn of University Medical Center after the visit of President and Mrs. Obama the hospital in Tucson, Ariz., on Jan. 12, 2011. The Obamas came for a memorial event, "Together We Thrive: Tucson and America," to honor the victim's of Saturday's mass shooting.
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President Barack Obama hugs Mark Kelly husband of U.S. Rep.Gabrielle Giffords during the visit of President and Mrs. Obama to Tucson, Ariz., on Jan. 12, 2011, for a memorial event, "Together We Thrive: Tucson and America," to honor the victim's of Saturday's mass shooting.
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Josiah Green, 8, hugs his mother Jennifer as they listen to the blessing at Arizona Stadium at the beginning of the memorial service with the rest of her children, Jacquelyn, 9, and JaJuan, 13, during the visit of President and Mrs. Obama to Tucson, Ariz., on Jan. 12, 2011, for a memorial event, "Together We Thrive: Tucson and America," to honor the victim's of Saturday's mass shooting.
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A shooting victim comforts her husband as she arrived on a wheel chair prior to the visit of President and Mrs. Obama to Tucson, Ariz., on Jan. 12, 2011, for a memorial event, "Together We Thrive: Tucson and America," to honor the victim's of Saturday's mass shooting at McKale Center, on the University of Arizona campus.
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Christopher Lynch holds his son Christopher Lynch, Jr. as the overflow crowd watches from the stands at Arizona Stadium during the visit of President and Mrs. Obama to Tucson, Ariz., on Jan. 12, 2011, for a memorial event, "Together We Thrive: Tucson and America," to honor the victim's of Saturday's mass shooting.
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President Obama is seen projected on the Arizona Stadium scoreboard during the visit of President and Mrs. Obama to Tucson, Ariz., on Jan. 12, 2011, for a memorial event, "Together We Thrive: Tucson and America," to honor the victim's of Saturday's mass shooting. Photo by XXXX XXXX, Arizona Daily Star
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Security blocks access to the field at Arizona Stadium during the visit of President and Mrs. Obama to Tucson, Ariz., on Jan. 12, 2011, for a memorial event, "Together We Thrive: Tucson and America," to honor the victim's of Saturday's mass shooting.
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Kelley Pederson sits in her wheelchair along with friend Angel Carrasco as they applaud President Obama at Arizona Stadium in Tucson, Ariz., on Jan. 12, 2011, for a memorial event, "Together We Thrive: Tucson and America," to honor the victims of Saturday's mass shooting.
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Daniel Hernandez Jr. gets a hug behind the ropes prior to a speech by President Barak Obama during the visit of President and Mrs. Obama to Tucson, Ariz., on Jan. 12, 2011, for a memorial event, "Together We Thrive: Tucson and America," to honor the victim's of Saturday's mass shooting.
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First Lady Michelle Obama hugs the husband of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Commander Mark Kelly during the visit of President and Mrs. Obama to Tucson, Ariz., on Jan. 12, 2011, for a memorial event, "Together We Thrive: Tucson and America," to honor the victim's of Saturday's mass shooting at McKale Center, on the University of Arizona campus.
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Bernadette Thomas, Willie Thomas and Cassandra Scheffman stand for the national anthem inside Arizona Stadium, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011.
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Kam Bueno inside of the football field cheering at the screen Wednesday January 12, 2011.
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Betty Selvy, and others inside of the football field watching Obama speak Wednesday January 12, 2011.
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Delia Zeballos holds up sign thanking President Obama for being here inside of the football field Wednesday January 12, 2011.
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The crowd cheer as they watch large screen tvs of victim arriving into McKale Center during the visit of President and Mrs. Obama to Tucson, Ariz., on Jan. 12, 2011, for a memorial event, "Together We Thrive: Tucson and America," to honor the victim's of Saturday's mass shooting at McKale Center, on the University of Arizona campus.
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Two women in a section of Gabe Zimmerman's friends hug during a speech by President Barack Obama during the visit of President and Mrs. Obama to Tucson, Ariz., on Jan. 12, 2011, for a memorial event, "Together We Thrive: Tucson and America," to honor the victim's of Saturday's mass shooting.
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Family member Jenny left, gets hugged while another family member Bill, right, during the visit of President and Mrs. Obama to Tucson, Ariz., on Jan. 12, 2011, for a memorial event, "Together We Thrive: Tucson and America," to honor the victim's of Saturday's mass shooting.
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Divina Ball hugs her daughter Edra, 8, high up in the stands as the overflow crowd watches from Arizona Stadium during the visit of President and Mrs. Obama to Tucson, Ariz., on Jan. 12, 2011, for a memorial event, "Together We Thrive: Tucson and America," to honor the victim's of Saturday's mass shooting.
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President Barack Obama heads offstage after giving his speech during the visit of President and Mrs. Obama to Tucson, Ariz., on Jan. 12, 2011, for a memorial event, "Together We Thrive: Tucson and America," to honor the victim's of Saturday's mass shooting.
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Mark Kelly, left, talks with President Barack Obama following the president's speech during the visit of President and Mrs. Obama to Tucson, Ariz., on Jan. 12, 2011, for a memorial event, "Together We Thrive: Tucson and America," to honor the victims of Saturday's mass shooting.
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