White House assembles gun victims’ relatives for SOTU

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The audience attending President Obama’s State of the Union address on Tuesday night will include a crowd of guests affected by gun violence, who will lend a tragic face to the gun control proposals the president is expected to push in his speech.

The parents of a Chicago teenager killed shortly after performing at Obama’s inauguration will sit with first lady Michelle Obama during the speech, the Associated Press reports. Representatives from Newtown, Conn., will also be attending, AP notes.

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