United States President Barack Obama  and U.S. Vice President Joe Biden emerge from the Oval Office to deliver a statement after gun legislation failed in Congress, in the Rose Garden at the White House, in Washington, Wednesday, April 17, 2013. The president was accompanied by Vice President Joe Biden, former U.S. Representative Gabby Giffords (Democrat of Arizona) and family members from Newtown..Credit: Drew Angerer / Pool via CNP