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Vehicles make their way westbound on Interstate 80 across the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge as a new series of rain storms bear down on the Bay Area Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015, as seen from Treasure Island in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
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National Edition Opinion cover for December 11, 2015 - Why we must lift the oil export ban (Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times)
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Illustration on lifting the oil export ban by Linas Garsya/The Washington Times
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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernard Sanders of Vermont has made climate change one of the top issues of his campaign, as have the other Democratic candidates. (Associated Press)
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A Columbia County Sheriff drives through a low point on the road while others line up to go through, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015, in Portland, Or. Torrential rains pummeled parts of the Pacific Northwest for another night, causing mudslides and flooding roads, leaving an Oregon woman dead after a tree fell onto her house and sweeping seven people into a Washington river, where they were rescued. (Kristyna Wentz-Graff/The Oregonian via AP)
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Johnson Creek swells near flood stage in Portland, Ore., as the Pacific Northwest was soaked by another night of heavy rain, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015. The Oregon Department of Transportation says landslides and high water have closed parts of many state highways. (AP Photo/Steve Dipaola)
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An activist waves a placard calling for the ban of fracking during a Feb. 24, 2015, news conference outside the Colorado Convention Center in Denver as the Oil and Gas Task Force meets inside the facility to put the final touches on recommendations for Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper to consider in the settlement of disputes over oil and gas well development. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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Illustration on the dangers pose by having women in combat roles by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley) ** FILE **
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Illustration on the shortcomings of climate change ideology by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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"The message could not be more clear that Republicans and Democrats in both the U.S. Senate and U.S. House do not support the president's climate agenda, and the international community should take note," said Sen. James M. Inhofe, chairman of the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (Associated Press)
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Timothy McVeigh
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Terry Nichols
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A customers prepares to pump gas on Monday, Dec. 7, 2015, at a gas station in Pembroke, Mass. The price of a barrel of oil fell Monday to a nearly seven-year low. With OPEC's decision to keep pumping at current levels, analysts expect oil to remain relatively cheap well into 2016 and maybe longer. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
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Kim Tinnes, wildlife service technician, right, takes measurements of a 658.5 pound black bear at the Whittingham Wildlife Management Area bear check-in station during the first day of the annual black bear hunt in Fredon Township, N,J., Monday, Dec. 7, 2015. (Daniel Freel/The New Jersey Herald via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT
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US Secretary of State John Kerry, right, gestures as he speaks, flanked by Mashable science editor Andrew Freedman, at the Mashable/UN Foundation "Earth to Paris" summit at Le Petit Palais in Paris, France, on the sidelines of the COP21, the UN climate change conference, Monday, Dec. 7, 2015. (Mandel Ngan/Pool Photo via AP)
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Adm. Harry B. Harris Jr., commander of U.S. Pacific Command, shows a photograph of an island that China is building on the Fiery Cross Reef in the South China Sea. (Associated Press/File)
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US Secretary of State John Kerry gestures upon his arrival at Le Bourget airport in the outskirts of Paris, Monday, Dec. 7, 2015. Kerry is due to attend the last phase of the COP21 climate change conference. (Mandel Ngan/Pool Photo via AP)
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Venezuelan opposition leaders celebrated in Caracas early Monday after winning control of the National Assembly by a landslide, delivering a major setback to the ruling party and altering the balance of power after 17 years of socialist rule. (Associated Press)
