Subject: Why I'm not giving the Weekly Address
From: "President Barack Obama" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2013 09:39:18 -0500

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Hello, everybody --

Each week, like many presidents before me, I sit down to record a short address to the nation. It's something I take very seriously because it offers a chance to bring focus to an issue that needs to be part of the national dialogue.

But today, I've asked someone to take my place.

Francine Wheeler is a mother. She and her family live in Newtown, Connecticut. Four months ago, her six year-old son Ben was murdered in his elementary school, along with 19 other children and six brave educators.

Joined by her husband David, Francine shares her perspective about the steps we can take to reduce gun violence and prevent the kind of tragedy she understands all too well.

*It's a message that every American should hear:*

*Watch Francine, then join her in speaking out to make our country safer. [ http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/04/12/weekly-address-sandy-hook-victim-s-mother-calls-commonsense-gun-responsibility-refor?utm_source=email207&utm_medium=text1&utm_campaign=nowisthetime ]*

This week, because people like Francine and like you got involved, the U.S. Senate took a step forward on commonsense reforms to reduce gun violence.

And that's good. Because this shouldn't be about politics. This is about doing the right thing for families that have been torn apart by gun violence, and for all our families going forward.

But we've got a lot of work to do before Congress finishes the job.

So if you believe that we can take sensible steps to protect more of our kids from gun violence and protect our Second Amendment rights, stand up and join us.

*Just visit WhiteHouse.gov to get started:*

*http://www.whitehouse.gov/newtown-address [ http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/04/12/weekly-address-sandy-hook-victim-s-mother-calls-commonsense-gun-responsibility-refor?utm_source=email207&utm_medium=text2&utm_campaign=nowisthetime ]*

Thanks,

President Obama

   

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