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Illustration on U.S./Taiwan relations by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Kellyanne Conway
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FILE - In this Dec. 8, 2016, file photo, provided by the New Mexico Environment Department, a team of state regulators tour the federal government's only underground nuclear waste repository near Carlsbad, N.M., as part of an inspection necessary before the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant can resume operations. State regulators have approved restarting normal operations at the nuclear waste repository, according to two letters obtained Thursday, Dec. 22, 2016, by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/New Mexico Environment Department, File)
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In this Dec. 13, 2016 photo, a variety of Christmas poinsettias grow in a climate controlled greenhouse at the Forest Lake Greenhouses in Effingham, S.C. (Joshua Lloyd/The Morning News via AP)
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In this Dec. 13, 2016 photo, Tim King, an owner of Forest Lake Greenhouses, shows off some of their Christmas poinsettias in a climate controlled greenhouse in Effingham, S.C. (Joshua Lloyd/The Morning News via AP)
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George Washington (White House image)
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This Dec. 20, 2016 photo shows safety barriers called "bumping posts" at the end of the tracks at the Atlantic City, N.J., NJ Transit train station. The bumping posts at NJ Transit's Hoboken Terminal, site of a fatal crash in September, haven't been replaced in more than 100 years. NJ Transit tells The Associated Press it is in the process of hiring a consultant to help determine whether the barriers need to be replaced. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
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This Dec. 20, 2016 photo shows safety barriers called "bumping posts" at the end of the tracks at the Atlantic City, N.J., NJ Transit train station. The bumping posts at NJ Transit's Hoboken Terminal, site of a fatal crash in September, haven't been replaced in more than 100 years. NJ Transit tells The Associated Press it is in the process of hiring a consultant to help determine whether the barriers need to be replaced. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
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FILE - This Aug. 27, 2015, file photo shows a solar power array that is part of sustainability improvements at the Lamar Buffalo Ranch in Yellowstone National Park, Wyo. Renewable energy developers say they're hopeful about the future despite President-elect Donald Trump's promise to bring coal mining jobs back. In recent years, huge solar and wind farms have sprouted up on public desert land in the Western United States buoyed by generous federal tax credits. (Ryan Jones /Jackson Hole News & Guide via AP, File)
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FILE - In this May 6, 2013, file photo, a wind turbine farm stands near Glenrock, Wyo. Renewable energy developers say they are hopeful about the future despite President-elect Donald Trump's promise to bring coal mining jobs back. In recent years, huge solar and wind farms have sprouted up on public desert land in the Western United States buoyed by generous federal tax credits. (AP Photo/Matt Young, File)
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FILE--In this April 4, 2013, file photo, a dragline excavator moves rocks above a coal seam at the Spring Creek Mine in Decker, Mont. Renewable energy developers say they're hopeful about the future despite President-elect Donald Trump's promise to bring coal mining jobs back. In recent years, huge solar and wind farms have sprouted up on public desert land in the Western United States buoyed by generous federal tax credits. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)
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FILE - In this June 3, 2011, file photo, wind turbines stand along the Columbia River Gorge near Goldendale, Wash. Renewable energy developers say they are hopeful about the future despite President-elect Donald Trump's promise to bring coal mining jobs back. In recent years, huge solar and wind farms have sprouted up on public desert land in the Western United States buoyed by generous federal tax credits. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
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FILE - In this March 23, 2010, file photo, installers from California Green Design install solar electrical panels on the roof of a home in Glendale, Calif. Renewable energy developers say they're hopeful about the future despite President-elect Donald Trump's promise to bring coal mining jobs back. In recent years, huge solar and wind farms have sprouted up on public desert land in the Western United States buoyed by generous federal tax credits. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)
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FILE - In this April 4, 2013, file photo, a mining dumper truck hauls coal at Cloud Peak Energy's Spring Creek strip mine near Decker, Mont. Renewable energy developers say they're hopeful about the future despite President-elect Donald Trump's promise to bring coal mining jobs back. In recent years, huge solar and wind farms have sprouted up on public desert land in the Western United States buoyed by generous federal tax credits. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)
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FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2013 file photo, Canada's pop star Justin Bieber performs in concert during his Believe world tour in Buenos Aires, Argentina. A court in Argentina indicted Bieber on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016 for allegedly sending his bodyguards to beat up a photographer in Buenos Aires three years ago. (AP Photo/DyN, Pablo Molina, File)
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A view of a new shelter installed over the exploded reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear plant, Chernobyl, in Chernobyl, Ukraine, Thursday, Dec. 22, 2016. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)
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PSG's Edinson Cavani kicks the ball during their French League One soccer match between PSG and Lorient at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris, France, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
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PSG's Blaise Matuidi, left, challenges for the ball with Lorient's Arnold Makengo Mvuemba during their French League One soccer match between PSG and Lorient at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris, France, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
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The official 2017 Inauguration Celebration SmarTrip fare card is issued by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. Unlike designs from 2009 and 2013, the president-elect is not featured. (Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority)
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In this Dec. 7, 2016 photo, U.S. Forest Service District Ranger Dave Halemeier describes plans for part of the Malheur National Forest in John Day, Ore. The armed takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge headquarters caused a sensation and global headlines, but a quieter and perhaps more important struggle is being waged by those trying to use the levers of power, and not firearms.(AP Photo/Andrew Selsky)
