He's been addressing a multi-faith memorial service for victims, two days after Adam Lanza gunned down 20 children and six adults at the elementary school in Newtown.
His remarks, appeared to set a new mission for his presidency of curtailing rampant gun violence, however he did not propose specific solutions.
In a poignant ceremony President Obama slowly read the names of the 26 people shot dead on Friday.
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He said these tragedies must end, and to end them we must change.
The President says the whole country needs to do some soul-searching:
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