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**FILE** Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, commander of U.S. troops in the Gulf, gazes from the window of a small jet on his way out to visit U.S. troops in the desert in Saudi Arabia on Jan. 13, 1991. (Associated Press)

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Maimouna Awuor, 44, an impoverished mother of four who gave birth to her fifth child in October 2010, couldn't pay the $60 hospital bill, and was held along with many other women and their infants. "They stay there until they pay," said the hospital’s administrator. "If you don't pay, the hospital will collapse." (Associated Press)

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Nurses, who are also midwives, gather at a village health room for a briefing given by a UNICEF child-nutrition specialist in Zee Phyu Kwin, in the Irrawaddy Delta of Myanmar. Myanmar spent less than $1 per person on health in 2008, minus donor money, and ranks among the lowest countries in nearly every category of health care funding. Now, with the dramatic change that has given Myanmar an elected government, there are hopes for improvement. (Associated Press)

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Former President Bush, right, and former President Bill Clinton emerge from meetings at the State Department Tuesday, March 8, 2005 in Washington. Former President Bill Clinton will undergo a medical procedure this week to remove fluid and scar tissue from his left chest, six months after he underwent quadruple bypass surgery, his office said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Hawaii Lt. Gov. Brian Schatz speaks the state Capitol in Honolulu on Wednesday, Dec. 26. 2012 after Gov. Neil Abercrombie, right, announced he was appointing Schatz to fill the seat vacated by the late U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye. (Associated Press)

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Results of the vote for a bill banning U.S. adoptions of Russian children are displayed on a screen in the Russian parliament's upper chamber in Moscow on Dec. 26, 2012. (Associated Press)

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Rachel Acol, of Hyattsville, Md., prays before the Solemn Mass of Christmas Day at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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World War II veterans of the Army’s 422nd Regimental Combat Team for Japanese-Americans, of which Mr. Inouye was a member, were among the estimated 1,000 people at Sunday’s memorial. (Associated Press)

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World War II veterans of the U.S. Army 422nd Regimental Combat Team attend a memorial for the late Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012, in Honolulu. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Veterans of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team Battalion attend the memorial service for U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012 in Honolulu. Inouye was part of the 442nd which fought in Europe during World War II. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)

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Coach Mike MacIntyre had turned San Jose State into a Top 25 program before leaving to undertake the rebuilding project at Colorado. Defensive coordinator Kent Baer will guide the Spartans in the Military Bowl. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** This March 20, 2012 photo taken in Homewood, Ill., shows former U.S. Rep. Debbie Halvorson, Illinois Democrat. as she speaks to supporters in Homewood, Ill. Halvorson is one of many candidates in a crowded field of candidates hoping to fill former Illinois U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.'s congressional seat. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)