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April 17, 2013 Day 88 of the Fifth Year

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden meet with families of victims killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, before delivering remarks on the Senate's failure to pass a compromise plan expanding background checks on firearms sales, April 17, 2013. Former Rep. Gabby Giffords, not pictured, also attended.

10:00AM THE PRESIDENT receives the Presidential Daily Briefing
Oval Office

10:45AM THE PRESIDENT meets with senior advisors
Oval Office

12:00PM THE PRESIDENT and THE VICE PRESIDENT meet Secretary of the Treasury Lew
Oval Office

4:05PM THE PRESIDENT and THE VICE PRESIDENT welcome the Wounded Warrior Project’s Soldier Ride to the White House in celebration of the seventh annual Soldier Ride
South Lawn

5:30PM THE PRESIDENT delivers a statement on commonsense measures to reduce gun violence
Rose Garden

6:30PM THE PRESIDENT meets with Democratic Senators for dinner
The Jefferson Hotel, Washington, DC