
Vice President Joe Biden (second from right) speaks Jan. 10, 2013, during a meeting with Sportsmen and Women and Wildlife Interest Groups and member of his cabinet in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. (Associated Press)

Vice President Joe Biden (second from right) speaks Jan. 10, 2013, during a meeting with Sportsmen and Women and Wildlife Interest Groups and member of his cabinet in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. (Associated Press)

Vice President Joseph R. Biden (right), accompanied by Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., speaks during a meeting with sportsmen and sportswomen and wildlife interest groups on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House complex in Washington. Mr. Biden is holding a series of meetings this week as part of the effort to develop policy proposals in response to the Newtown, Conn., school shootings. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Vice President Joseph R. Biden (right), accompanied by Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., speaks during a meeting with sportsmen and sportswomen and wildlife interest groups on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House complex in Washington. Mr. Biden is holding a series of meetings this week as part of the effort to develop policy proposals in response to the Newtown, Conn., school shootings. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Family and friends of the crew of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower await pierside at Naval Station Norfolk on Dec. 12, 2012, as the ship approaches after a six-month deployment. (U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Julie Matyascik)

Family and friends of the crew of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower await pierside at Naval Station Norfolk as the ship approaches after a six-month deployment. (U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Julie Matyascik)

Family and friends of the crew of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower await pierside at Naval Station Norfolk on Dec. 12, 2012, as the ship approaches after a six-month deployment. (U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Julie Matyascik)

President Joe Biden, second from right, gestures as he speaks during a meeting with Sportsmen and Women and Wildlife Interest Groups and member of his cabinet, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

President Joe Biden, second from right, gestures as he speaks during a meeting with Sportsmen and Women and Wildlife Interest Groups and member of his cabinet, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)