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            Emotional Students, Parents Appeal to President Trump


                                                                                                                                By CATHERINE LUCEY
                                                                                                                                WASHINGTON       (AP)   —
                                                                                                                                Spilling out wrenching tales
                                                                                                                                of lost lives and stolen safety,
                                                                                                                                students  with  quavering
                                                                                                                                voices and parents shaking
                                                                                                                                with  anger  appealed  to
                                                                                                                                President  Donald  Trump
                                                                                                                                on  Wednesday  to  set
                                                                                                                                politics  aside  and  protect
                                                                                                                                American  school  children
                                                                                                                                from  the  scourge  of  gun
                                                                                                                                violence.  Trump  listened
                                                                                                                                intently  as  raw  emotions
                                                                                                                                reverberated at the White
                                                                                                                                House.Faced     with   the
                                                                                                                                personal  anguish  wrought
                                                                                                                                by  the  school  shooting  in
                                                                                                                                Parkland,  Florida  that  left
                                                                                                                                17  dead,  Trump  pledged
                                                                                                                                action,  saying:  "We  don't
                                                                                                                                want others to go through
                                                                                                                                the  kind  of  pain  you've
                                                                                                                                been  through."  He  was
                                                                                                                                faced with grieving families
                                                                                                                                looking  for  answers.  Few
                                                                                                                                had concrete suggestions,
                                                                                                                                but a few spoke in favor of
            Julia Cordover, the student body president at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., speaks as President Donald   raising age limits for buying
            Trump hosts a listening session with high school students and teachers in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington,   assault weapons.
            Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018.                                                                                                   Continued on Page 3
                                                                                                      (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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