Obama had good reason to cry, every single time: Watch 5 times the president was brought to tears

Tuesdays speech on gun control wasn't the first time the president got emotional in public

Published January 7, 2016 11:00AM (EST)

  (Reuters/Carlos Barria)
(Reuters/Carlos Barria)

President Obama is not afraid to shed a tear. Watch our recap of the five most dramatic times that Obama was overcome by emotion.

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