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STAYING?: Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates (left) and Afghan President Hamid Karzai discussed a pullout date for U.S. troops on Monday. Mr. Gates said some forces could stay after the 2014 pullout goal. (Associated Press)

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In this photo taken on Jan. 6, 2011, and released by the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) researcher Brian Hermann of the university's Magee-Womens Research Institute processes a testicular tissue sample as part of a fertility preservation study in Pittsburgh. Researchers are preserving stem cells from the testicular tissue of boys diagnosed with cancer in the hopes that these cells will be used to restore fertility later. (AP Photo/UPMC, Ronald A. Fontana) NO SALES.

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Frank Buckles, who was the last-known surviving U.S. veteran of World War I, shakes hands with Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV on Capitol Hill on Dec. 3, 2009. Mr. Buckles was 108 years old at the time. (Associated Press)

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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney works the tables like a presidential candidate Saturday in Bartlett, N.H, where he was keynote speaker at Carroll County Republican Committee's Lincoln Day Dinner. He called for repeal of President Obama's health care law. (Associated Press)

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The Colorado model's main level features a center-island kitchen with a breakfast area and a walk-in pantry. Upstairs are four bedrooms, each with at least one walk-in closet.

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RESOLUTE: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke recommends against deep spending cuts this year. (Associated Press)

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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates listens as Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen speaks Tuesday at the Pentagon about the Libya turmoil. (Associated Press)

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President Obama speaks during a bipartisan meeting of governors in the State Dining Room of the White House on Monday. The president told members of the National Governors Association about "innovation waivers" that would allow states to opt out of parts of the health care law. (Associated Press)

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WIGGLE ROOM: President Obama is willing to give states the opportunity to opt out of parts of the health care law. (Bloomberg)

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Michael G. Vickers, assistant secretary of defense for special operations, said the Pentagon was not the appropriate agency to assess economic warfare and financial terrorism risks. (Associated Press)

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks to the Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday. The 27-nation bloc agreed on sanctions against Libya. (Associated Press)

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Jay Johnson, who works for an AIDS advocacy and service organization in Philadelphia, took part in one of the studies testing gene therapy as a possible new way to treat and perhaps someday to cure HIV infections. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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In a Feb. 25, 2011 photo, Dr. Pablo Tebas, left, and Jay Johnson pose for a photograph at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Tebas is leading a study testing gene therapy as a possible new way to treat and perhaps someday to cure infection with the AIDS virus. Johnson, who works for an AIDS advocacy and service organization in Philadelphia, took part in one of the studies. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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Missouri state Rep. Eric Burlison says his compact proposal isn't health care reform, but rather "governance reform."

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Abortion doctor-turned-pro-life activist Dr. Bernard Nathanson, seen here in February 2000, died last week at 84. (The Washington Times)

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President Obama prepares to salute as he steps off the Marine One helicopter at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. On Capitol Hill, lawmakers are waiting for him to engage in the spending-cuts debate. (Associated Press)

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“We don't know the cost of the health care bill or how many people they're going to hire,” says Rep. Dave Camp, Michigan Republican. (Associated Press)

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The lobby of the headquarters of pharmaceutical company Wyeth in Madison, N.J. The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011, that a federal law bars lawsuits against drug makers over serious side effects from childhood vaccines. The vaccine was made by Wyeth, now owned by Pfizer, Inc. (AP Photo/Mike Derer, file)

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