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Obama consoles tornado-ravaged Joplin
Posted: 05.30.2011 at 7:30 AM
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President Barack Obama reaches out to residents while viewing damage from the tornado that devastated Joplin, Mo., Sunday.  / AP photo
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President Obama came face to face Sunday with the legions of homeless, consoling the community as it remembered the more than 130 people killed in the storm.

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