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** FILE ** Wayne LaPierre, executive vice president and CEO of the National Rifle Association, speaks during a news conference in Washington on Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, in response to the Newtown, Conn., school shooting the week before. The NRA, the nation's largest gun-rights lobby, is calling for armed police officers to be posted in every American school to stop the next killer "waiting in the wings." (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** National Rifle Association Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre is interviewed by The Associated Press in Washington on Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2004. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
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National Rifle Association gun-safety mascot Eddie Eagle stands beside Wayne LaPierre, NRA executive vice president and CEO, during a news conference in Washington on Friday, Feb. 28, 1997, to mark the third anniversary of the Brady Act. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)
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The EPA is preparing a report on environment aspects of “fracking,” a method of drilling for natural gas and oil that has been a boon for many communities. (Associated Press)
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Speaker of the House John Boehner, Ohio Republican, joined by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, Virginia Republican, speaks to reporters about the fiscal cliff negotiations at the Capitol, Friday, Dec. 21, 2012. Hopes for avoiding the "fiscal cliff" that threatens the U.S. economy fell Friday after fighting among congressional Republicans cast doubt on whether any deal reached with President Obama could win approval ahead of automatic tax increases and deep spending cuts kick in Jan. 1. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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A brewer inspects a glass of beer at the Budejovicky Budvar brewery in Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic. The Czech brewer and the world’s biggest beer maker have been suing each other over the right to put the word Budweiser on their bottles in a long-running corporate battle. (Associated Press)
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Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III (10) throws in the fourth quarter as the Washington Redskins play the Philadelphia Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, Pa., Sunday, December 23, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III (10) throws in the third quarter as the Washington Redskins play the Philadelphia Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, Pa., Sunday, December 23, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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“If it’s crazy to call for armed officers in our schools to protect our children, then call me crazy. I think the American people think it’s crazy not to do it” Wayne LaPierre, executive vice president of the National Rifle Association, says in response to the shootings in Newtown, Conn., that killed 26 people in a school. (Associated Press)
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Gray skies cover the U.S. Capitol in Washington as Congress closes down for the holiday without a compromise on the "fiscal cliff" threatening the U.S. economy, in Washington, Friday, Dec. 21, 2012. Hopes for avoiding the "fiscal cliff" fell Friday after fighting among congressional Republicans cast doubt on whether any deal reached with President Obama could win approval ahead of automatic tax increases and deep spending cuts kick in Jan. 1. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
