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Attorney General Eric Holder testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 7, 2012, before the House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on the Justice Department. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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In this Wednesday, June 6, 2012, photo, a Pakistani man cleans the roof of an oil tanker that was used to transport NATO fuel supplies to Afghanistan, and parked with other tankers in a compound in Karachi, Pakistan. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

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Jessica Santana, a staffer since February for Rep. Donald A. Manzullo, Illinois Republican, helps seat people arriving for a House subcommittee hearing Wednesday. Ms. Santana will need a new employer next year, as Mr. Manzullo will be leaving Congress in January. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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D.C Council member Mary Cheh (right), Ward 3 Democrat, will take over as council chairman with the resignation Wednesday evening of Kwame R. Brown. The council will meet next Wednesday to appoint one of the four at-large members as interim chairman. Mr. Brown was charged earlier in the day in federal court with one count of felony bank fraud involving a home-equity loan. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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D.C. Council Chairman Kwame R. Brown leaves his office at the John A. Wilson Building after being charged Wednesday in federal court with one felony count of bank fraud. He resigned hours later. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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D.C. Council Chairman Kwame Brown's staff members carry food into the chairman's offices at the Wilson Building after being charged with one felony count of bank fraud, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, June 6, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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D.C Councilmember and chairman pro tempore Mary Cheh (D-Ward 3), goes into D.C. Council Chairman Kwame Brown's offices as he is charged with one felony count of bank fraud, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, June 6, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Attorney Fred Cooke walks into D.C. Council Chairman Kwame Brown's offices as he is charged with one felony count of bank fraud, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, June 6, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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D.C. Council Chairman Kwame Brown leaves his office at the Wilson Building after being charged with one felony count of bank fraud and later resigned. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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D.C. Council Chairman Kwame Brown leaves his office at the Wilson Building after being charged with one felony count of bank fraud. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Members of the media are asked to leave a meeting of the D.C. Councilmembers after they vote to close the meeting to the public at the Wilson Building as D.C. Council Chairman Kwame Brown is charged with one felony count of bank fraud. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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D.C. Council Chairman Kwame Brown leaves his office at the Wilson Building after being charged with one felony count of bank fraud and later resigned from the council, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, June 6, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Washington Capitals' Mike Knuble during an NHL hockey game against the Philadelphia Flyers, Thursday, March 22, 2012, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)