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Republican presidential hopeful Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., speaks to members and guests of the Council on Foreign Relations, Wednesday, May 13, 2015, in New York. Rubio called for increasing military spending and for the U.S. to aggressively confront Russia, China and others that he says threaten the nation's economic interests. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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FILE - In this Nov. 8, 2011 file photo, a shopper leaves the Macy's department store in New York. Macy's Inc. reports quarterly financial results on Wednesday, May 13, 2015. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
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Oil can be seen in the Gulf of Mexico, more than 50 miles southeast of Venice on Louisiana's tip, as a large plume of smoke rises from fires on BP's Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig in this April 2010 file photo. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
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In this Dec. 16, 2014 photo Benny Funderburk waits to board the Amtrak train bound for Chicago out of Union Station in downtown Indianapolis. The Hoosier State is the least-traveled of Amtrak’s routes, with just under 34,000 passengers in fiscal year 2014. It is also the only short-haul Amtrak route still in search of a long-term funding deal after Congress shifted most of the costs of those lines from the federal government to the states. Riders who enjoy rail travel or rely on the train because they don’t drive say they don’t want to see the service end. But much will depend on whether the state can find a way to pay for it that doesn’t break the bank. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
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Illustration on Michael Silverstein's bid for the presidency by Alewxander Hunter/The Washington Times
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President Obama is pressing for fast-track powers now so that he can finalize an Asian trade deal, the Trans-Pacific Partnership, that he's negotiating with 11 other countries. A European trade deal could also be on the horizon. (Associated Press)
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FILE - This Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010, file photo, shows the exterior of AOL offices in Palo Alto, Calif. Verizon Communications Inc. is buying AOL Inc. for about $4.4 billion, advancing the telecom’s push in both mobile and advertising fields, the company announced, Tuesday, May 12, 2015. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)
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FILE - In this April 17, 2015 file photo, with the Olympic Mountains in the background, a small boat crosses in front of an oil drilling rig as it arrives in Port Angeles, Wash. aboard a transport ship after traveling across the Pacific. Royal Dutch Shell hopes to use the rig for exploratory drilling during the summer open-water season in the Chukchi Sea off Alaska's northwest coast, if it can get the permits. Royal Dutch Shell cleared a major hurdle Monday, May 11, 2015, when The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management approved Shell's exploration plan. However, this isn't the final step that Shell needs for Arctic drilling. (Daniella Beccaria/seattlepi.com via AP, File) MAGS OUT; NO SALES; SEATTLE TIMES OUT; TV OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT
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This undated product image provided by Darden Restaurants shows Olive Garden's new meatball breadstick sandwich. The addition of breadstick sandwiches are just the latest attempt to revamp Olive Garden's menu and marketing as sales have declined for the past three of its fiscal years. (AP Photo/Darden Restaurants)
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An interview between Bloomberg News managing editor and Sen. Ted Cruz has raised some questions. (Washington Times)
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In this April 14, 2015 photo, a Leap user holds up a smartphone with an app showing that a bus will be arriving in San Francisco. A company called Leap, a bus company that offers rides with spacious seating, free Wi-Fi and attendants who deliver snacks, launched the service last month with morning and evening commutes that follow public bus routes between the tony Marina district and the heart of downtown San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
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Kosovo, a country of 1.8 million, suffers from an unemployment rate of 40 percent, according to the World Bank. Stagnation has taken hold as the young nation experiences what some describe as the worst political and economic crisis since independence, prompting the largest mass exodus since the refugee crisis during the 1998-99 war. (Valerie Plesch/SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES)
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Now look into the camera and speak clearly. (Illustration by Dana Summers of the Tribune Media Services)
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Illustration on oil's practical superiority to so-called green energy sources by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Transfer pipes carry liquified natural gas to and from a holding tank, seen in background, at Dominion Energy's Cove Point LNG Terminal in Lusby, Md., Thursday, June 12, 2014. Federal regulators concluded that Dominion Energy's proposal to export liquefied natural gas from its Cove Point terminal on the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland would pose "no significant impact" on the environment. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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A station manager at the Duke Catawba Nuclear Power Station stands near a turbine at the nuclear plant near York, South Carolina. In 2004, construction for the site was estimated to cost $1.6 billion and was expected to be completed by 2007. However, more than $4 billion has been spent on construction, which is only 67 percent complete. Meanwhile, the site lost its contract with its only real customer, Duke Energy, in 2008 and hasn't found a replacement buyer for the fuel product. (Associated Press)
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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who is expected to announce a presidential bid, is focusing on New Hampshire rather than Iowa or South Carolina. (Associated Press)
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A drone flies at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Jan. 8, 2014. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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The Islamic State group now controls roughly 80 percent of the Baiji oil refinery in northern Iraq. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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Attorney General Loretta Lynch testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 7, 2015, before the Senate subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies hearing to examine the proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2016 for the Justice Department. Lynch said she’ll decide soon whether the Justice Department will undertake a civil rights investigation into the Baltimore police department. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
