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| 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. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) |
| 8:00 AM | The Vice President hosts a breakfast meeting with Secretary of Defense Hagel Naval Observatory |
| 8:20 AM | The President and the First Lady depart the White House en route Joint Base Andrews South Lawn |
| 8:40 AM | The President and the First Lady depart Joint Base Andrews Joint Base Andrews |
| 9:55 AM | The President and the First Lady arrive Boston, Massachusetts Logan International Airport |
| 11:00 AM | The President delivers remarks at Healing Our City: An Interfaith Service dedicated to those who were gravely wounded or killed in Monday’s bombing near the finish line of the Boston Marathon; the First Lady also attends Cathedral of the Holy Cross |
| 2:55 PM | The President and the First Lady depart Boston, Massachusetts Logan International Airport |
| 4:15 PM | The President and the First Lady arrive Joint Base Andrews |
| 4:30 PM | The President and the First Lady arrive the White House South Lawn |
| 5:30 PM | The President hosts a reception for Greek Independence Day; the Vice President also attends East Room |
