Cleopatra Cowley-Pendleton, left, mother of shooting victim Hadiya Pendleton stands next to Michelle Obama, center in the joint congressional box of the U.S. House of Representatives before the State of the Union speech by President Barack Obama. Tuesday, February 12, 2013. | Courtesy ABC Network News

President Barack Obama walks with White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough down the West Wing Colonnade of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013, ahead of tonight's State of the Union speech on Capitol Hill. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

FILE – In this Jan. 24, 2012 file photo, President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address on Capitol Hill in Washington. As President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union speech Tuesday night, Feb. 12, 2013, he presides over an economy much healthier than the one he inherited four years ago. Yet growth remains slow and unemployment high. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

President Barack Obama waves as he walks down the West Wing Colonnade of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013, ahead of tonight's State of the Union speech on Capitol Hill. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

FILE - In this May 1, 2011 file photo, musician and gun rights activist Ted Nugent addresses a seminar at the National Rifle Association's convention in Pittsburgh. Rep. Steve Stockman , R-Texas, says he's invited Nugent, who has referred to President Barack Obama's administration as "evil, America-hating," to Tuesday's State of the Union address. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid of Nev gestures as he speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013, prior to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Cleopatra Cowley-Pendleton, center, mother of shooting victim Hadiya Pendleton sits next to Michelle Obama, right, in the joint congressional box of the U.S. House of Representatives during the State of the Union speech by President Barack Obama. Tuesday, February 12, 2013. | Courtesy ABC Network News

WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 12: U.S. first lady Michelle Obama (R) hugs Cleopatra Cowley-Pendleton (C) and Nathaniel A. Pendleton Sr. (L) of Chicago, Illinois before U.S. President Barack Obama's State of the Union speech at the U.S. Capitol February 13, 2013 in Washington, DC. The Pendleton's daughter, Hadiya Pendleton, was murdered on January 29, 2013, when she was shot and killed in Harsh Park on Chicago’s South Side. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

US President Barack Obama delivers the annual State of the Union address to a joint session of the US Congress in the House Chamber on Capitol Hill February 12, 2012 in Washington, DC. AFP PHOTO/Brendan SMIALOWSKIBRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images