Left to right: The Right Honorable Nicholas Soames, the grandson of Winston Churchill; U.S. Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio); Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.); Chairman of the Churchill Centre Laurence Geller; Secretary of State John Kerry; Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-K.Y.) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) pose for photographers during a dedication ceremony for a bust of former British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill in Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, October 30, 2013. The bust was authorized and passed by the House of Representatives shortly before the 70th anniversary of Churchill's wartime address to a joint meeting of Congress. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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