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President Barack Obama waits to be announced before a joint news conference with Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev, Thursday, June 24, 2010, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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President Barack Obama and Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev arrive for their joint news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, June 24, 2010. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev take a question from a Russian journalist in the East Room of the White House following their meeting in Washington on June 24, 2010. UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg

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President Barack Obama and Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev take part in a joint news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, June 24, 2010. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev take part in a joint news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, June 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev depart after speaking to the media in the East Room of the White House following their meeting in Washington on June 24, 2010. UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg

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U.S. President Barack Obama (L) and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev walk through the North West Gate of the White House on their way to the U.S. Chamber of Congress to discuss trade issues after their meeting in Washington on June 24, 2010. UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg

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U.S. President Barack Obama makes remarks on the resignation of Army General Stanley McChrystal, the commander of U.S. troops in Afghanistan, while Army General David Petraeus listens at right, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, June 23, 2010. Obama said McChrystal will be replaced by Petraeus, commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East and Central Asia and the architect of the counterinsurgency strategy the U.S. is pursuing in Afghanistan. Photographer: Chris Kleponis/Bloomberg

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Gen. Stanley McChrystal arrives at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 23, 2010, for a meeting with President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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President Barack Obama, followed by, from second from left, Gen. David Petraeus, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Vice President Joe Biden, and Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen, walks to the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 23, 2010, to announce that Petraeus would replace Gen. Stanley McChrystal. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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President Barack Obama, followed by Gen. David Petraeus, right, and Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, arrives in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 23, 2010, to announce that Petraeus would replace Gen. Stanley McChrystal. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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**FILE** President Barack Obama, accompanied by Gen. David Petraeus (center) and Defense Secretary Robert Gates, announces in the Rose Garden of the White House on June 23, 2010, that Gen. Petraeus would replace Gen. Stanley McChrystal. (Associated Press)

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U.S. President Barack Obama returns to the Oval Office with Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (R) after announcing Gen. David Petraeus will replace Gen. Stanley McChrystal as the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on June 23, 2010. UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg

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British Prime Minister David Cameron confers by phone with President Obama. Mr. Cameron announced on Wednesday that British Lt. Gen. Nick Parker would temporarily assume Gen. McChrystal's role as commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan. (Bloomberg)

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President Barack Obama speaks about the resignation of Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the commander of U.S. troops in Afghanistan, at the White House as Gen. David H. Petraeus listens. Mr. Obama said Gen. Petraeus, previously the commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East and Central Asia, will replace Gen. McChrystal. (Bloomberg)

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President Barack Obama stands with (from second from left) Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen, Vice President Joe Biden, Gen. David Petraeus, and Defense Secretary Robert Gates, in the Rose Garden of the White House on Wednesday to announce that Petraeus would replace Gen. Stanley McChrystal. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** President Obama, followed by, from second from left, Gen. David Petraeus, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., and Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen, walks to the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal leaves the White House in Washington on Wednesday, June 23, 2010, after meeting with President Obama. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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U.S. District Judge Martin L. C. Feldman, who struck down the Obama administration's six-month ban on deepwater oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday, June 22, 2010, has reported extensive investments in the oil and gas industry. (AP Photo/Office of U.S. District Judge Martin L.C. Feldman)