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Treasury Secretary-designate Steven Mnuchin arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017, to testify at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Finance Committee. Mnuchin built his reputation and his fortune as a savvy Wall Street investor but critics charge that he profited from thousands of home foreclosures as the chief of a sub-prime mortgage lender during the housing collapse. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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FILE - In this Nov. 13, 2016, file photo, Central American migrants newly released after processing by the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol are fitted for shoes at the Sacred Heart Community Center in the Rio Grande Valley border city of McAllen, Texas. Central Americans attempting to enter the United States illegally on the country's border with Mexico helped drive a 15 percent increase in immigration arrests during the 2016 fiscal year, according to U.S. Department of Homeland Security figures released Friday, Dec. 30. 2016. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
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China's Jack Ma, Founder and Executive Chairman of Alibaba Group speaks during a press conference at the 47th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP)
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International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach, right, from Germany and China's Jack Ma, left, Founder and Executive Chairman of Alibaba Group arrive for a press conference at the 47th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP)
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International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach, right, from Germany exchanges gifts with China's Jack Ma, left, Founder and Executive Chairman of Alibaba Group during a press conference at the 47th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP)
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China's Jack Ma, Alibaba Group founder and executive chairman, speaks during a panel session during the 47th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP) ** FILE **
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British Prime Minister Theresa May speaks on the third day of the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
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British Prime Minister Theresa May gestures as she speaks on the third day of the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
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The Denali State Bank sign along Chena Pump Road in Fairbanks, Alaska, reflects the frigid temperatures that have enveloped the interior of the state Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017. (Eric Engman/Fairbanks Daily News-Miner via AP)
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Classified Dossier Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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FILE- In this March 20, 2012, file photo, a customer takes a jar of Vegemite from next to an empty shelve in a supermarket in Auckland, New Zealand. Vegemite and other grocery products are being sold by Oreo-maker Mondelez to Australian dairy company Bega Cheese in a deal worth about $345.3 million (460 Australian dollars), Mondelez International Inc. said Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017. (Sarah Ivey/New Zealand Herald via AP, File)
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Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen speaks during a meeting of the Commonwealth Club, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, in San Francisco. Yellen talked about the Fed's goals and the best way to pursue them during her appearance. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen, right, is greeted by George Scalise, left, before speaking to a meeting of the Commonwealth Club, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, in San Francisco. Yellen talked about the Fed's goals and the best way to pursue them during her appearance. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen answers questions during a meeting of the Commonwealth Club Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, in San Francisco. Yellen talked about the Fed's goals and the best way to pursue them during her appearance. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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In this file photo taken Thursday, July 16, 2009, phosphate ore is dug up and transported from Monsanto Company's South Rasmussen Mine site near Soda Springs, Idaho. Two federal agencies have approved a 2.4-mile-long open pit phosphate mine proposed by a Canadian company in southeastern Idaho. (Bill Schaefer/Idaho State Journal via AP, file)
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In this photo provided by Harvard University, a pig’s heart encased in a robotic sleeve designed to gently squeeze a diseased heart so it better pumps blood. Researchers at Harvard and Boston Children’s Hospital developed the experimental device in hopes of improving treatment of heart failure, when the heart becomes too weak to pump. (Ellen Rouche/Harvard University via AP)
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Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam, center, announces his legislative agenda plan Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, in Nashville, Tenn. Haslam is proposing to raise Tennessee's tax on each gallon of gasoline by 7 cents while cutting the state's sales tax on groceries and income from earnings on stocks and bonds. (Andrew Nelles/The Tennessean via AP)
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FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 21, 2013, file photo, the JPMorgan Chase & Co. logo is displayed at their headquarters in New York. On Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, it was announced that JPMorgan Chase settled charges that independent brokers working for the bank discriminated against black and Hispanics customers seeking home mortgages. While the $55 million settlement is not a big financial dent to the giant bank, the cases emerged from the housing crisis, illustrating the depth of the quagmire that has trailed banks for a decade. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
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FILE - In this Sept. 2, 2015 file photo, Virginia Attorney Gen. Mark Herring announces that he will seek re-election to his current post in 2017, in Richmond, Va. The U.S. Department of Justice gave instructions on how to work around its own strict rules for spending money seized in investigations to Virginia's top prosecutor, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press, Wednesday, Jan 18, 2017. Law enforcement agencies participating in investigations with federal counterparts can share proceeds of seized assets under Equitable Sharing programs run by the Justice and Treasury departments. Both agencies have clear rules that generally prohibit the use of such money for salaries and pay raises.(Joe MahoneyThe Richmond Times-Dispatchbvia)
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Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, left, speaks next to Norwegian Foreign Minister Brende Borge, right, during the global statesman award ceremony at the 47th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017. (Gian Ehrenzeller/Keystone via AP)
