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"We don't have to sit back and allow a minority in the Congress, known as the tea party, to dominate the discussion in our households," Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis recently said.

Former Transportation Secretary Elizabeth Dole and her husband, former Sen. Bob Dole, stand beside a bronze statue of Ronald Reagan at Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Va., on Nov. 1, 2011. The statue was unveiled as part of a dedication ceremony on the centennial of the former president's birth. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)

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Former Transportation Secretary Elizabeth Dole looks up at a bronze statue of Ronald Reagan at Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Va., on Nov. 1, 2011. The statue was unveiled as part of a dedication ceremony on the centennial of the former president's birth. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)

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Former Transportation Secretary Elizabeth Dole (left) and Charles Snelling, chairman of the board of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, speak at a dedication ceremony for a bronze statue of Ronald Reagan at Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Va., on Nov. 1, 2011. The statue was unveiled as part of a dedication ceremony on the centennial of the former president's birth. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)

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Charles Snelling, chairman of the board of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, speaks at a dedication ceremony for a bronze statue of Ronald Reagan at Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Va., on Nov. 1, 2011. The statue was unveiled as part of a dedication ceremony on the centennial of the former president's birth. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)

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Former Transportation Secretary Elizabeth Dole (left) and Charles Snelling, chairman of the board of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, speak at a dedication ceremony for a bronze statue of Ronald Reagan at Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Va., on Nov. 1, 2011. The statue was unveiled as part of a dedication ceremony on the centennial of the former president's birth. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)

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Frank Ramirez, a manager at Don Lobo's Mexican Grill, describes the scene where a young man was shot in the head from a passing car on Halloween night in front of the restaurant in the 2800 block of M St. NW in Georgetown, seen in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 1, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)

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Elizabeth Dole, who served as the Transportation Secretary under President Ronald Reagan, greets guests Nov. 1, 2011, at the unveiling of a statue of Reagan at Washington's Ronald Reagan National Airport. (Associated Press

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**FILE** Hillary Rodham Clinton (right) and her mother Dorothy Rodham are shown in their New York hotel room on July 14, 1992. (Associated Press)

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A Boeing 767 of LOT Polish Airlines makes an emergency landing at the Warsaw airport on Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2011, after experiencing landing-gear trouble. The plane was en route from Newark, N.J., with 231 people on board. (AP Photo)

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The Chesapeake Bay Bridge. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times) FILE

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A mass of runners crosses the 14th Street Bridge during the 36th Marine Corps Marathon in Arlington, Va. on Oct. 30, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)

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Stephanie Walker, of Fairfax, Va., at center, makes her way up a hill in to Rosslyn, Va. during the 36th Marine Corps Marathon on Oct. 30, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)

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Kayleigh Dolieslager, of Bristow, Va., from right, and Shelly Kagigebi, of Black River Falls, Wis. near the finish of the 10K race during the 36th Marine Corps Marathon in Arlington, Va. on Oct. 30, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)

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Spectators line a hill to watch the start of the 36th Marine Corps Marathon in Arlington, Va. on Oct. 30, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)

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Runners cross the 14th Street Bridge during the 36th Marine Corps Marathon in Arlington, Va. on Oct. 30, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)

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A pedestrian walks in a burst of moderate snow in front of the town hall in Vernon, Conn., on Oct. 27, 2011, during the first snowfall of the season. (Associated Press/Journal Inquirer, Jim Michaud)

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Artist Douwe Blumberg wears fire-retardant gear as he welds a "boonie cap" to the top of the horse soldier statue's head at a foundry in Norman, Okla. (DOUWE BLUMBERG/SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES)