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** FILE ** Nevada Sen. Harry Reid speaks during a news conference at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas Tuesday, July 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Review-Journal, John Locher)
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Pilot Lee Gang-guk reportedly tried to abort the landing of Asiana Flight 214 at San Francisco International after realizing too late that the 777 was flying too slow and too low. (Associated Press)
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In this image provided by the NTSB, investigators examine the wreckage at the scene of the Asiana Airline crash Sunday July 7, 2013. The Asiana flight crashed upon landing Saturday, July 6, at San Francisco International Airport, and two of the 307 passengers aboard were killed. (AP Photo/NTSB)
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Police and emergency personnel stand near the remains of a fixed-wing aircraft that was engulfed in flames Sunday July 7, 2013, at the Soldotna Airport in Soldotna, Alaska. There were no survivors. (AP Photo/Peninsula Clarion, Rashah McChesney)
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The Washington Monument was previously encased in scaffolding in 1999 during a restoration that helped prevent further damage when an earthquake hit the region in August 2011, necessitating the current repairs. (Associated Press)
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The Washington Monument was previously encased in scaffolding in 1999 during a restoration that helped prevent further damage when an earthquake hit the region in August 2011, necessitating the current repairs. (Associated Press)
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Cynthia Achtzehn walks in the street before a procession of hearses for the 19 firefighters killed in a wildfire a week ago drives through Phoenix on Sunday, July 7, 2013 The elite firefighters were overtaken by an out-of-control blaze as they tried to protect themselves from the flames under fire-resistant shields. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
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Smoke rises from burning railroad cars carrying crude oil after they derailed in downtown Lac Megantic, Quebec, on Saturday, July 6, 2013. A large swath of the town was destroyed, and up to 1,000 people were forced to evacuate. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Paul Chiasson)
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Geum Jae-kook (center), a relative of a passenger injured when an Asiana Airlines plane crashed Saturday in San Francisco, checks in at the Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea, on Sunday, July 7, 2013, before boarding his flight for the United States to meet his family member. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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The wreckage of an Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 is pictured after it crashed while landing at the San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco on Saturday, July 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
