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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge walk down the gangway from HMCS Montreal as they arrive in Quebec City on Sunday, July 3, 2011. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Adrian Wyld)

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** FILE ** In this May 27, 2011, file photo former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney heads to his car after speaking at the Mediacom 2012 Presidential Candidate Series in Des Moines, Iowa. The accelerating GOP presidential campaigns in Iowa probably will define front-runner Romney’s chief challengers over the next six weeks and could oblige him to reconsider his decision to mount only modest efforts in this early voting state. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

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NASA Administrator Charles Bolden (left), accompanied by astronaut Capt. Mark Kelly, husband of wounded Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, speaks at the National Press Club in Washington on July 1, 2011. (Associated Press)

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Incoming Naval Academy Plebes raise their hand as they take Oath of Office, in Tecumseh Court, the courtyard of Bancroft Hall, on Induction Day at the U.S. Naval Academy, in Annapolis, Md., Thursday, June 30, 2011. Induction Day marks the day the young men and women begin their transformation from civilians to midshipmen and begin their Plebe Summer training program. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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Incoming Naval Academy Plebes wait to make their pledge during the Oath of Office Ceremony, in Tecumseh Court, the courtyard of Bancroft Hall, on Induction Day at the U.S. Naval Academy, in Annapolis, Md., Thursday, June 30, 2011. Induction Day marks the day the young men and women begin their transformation from civilians to midshipmen and begin their Plebe Summer training program. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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Incoming Naval Academy Plebes wait to make their pledge during the Oath of Office Ceremony, in Tecumseh Court, the courtyard of Bancroft Hall, on Induction Day at the U.S. Naval Academy, in Annapolis, Md., Thursday, June 30, 2011. Induction Day marks the day the young men and women begin their transformation from civilians to midshipmen and begin their Plebe Summer training program. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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Incoming Naval Academy Plebes walk to their seats for the Oath of Office Ceremony, in Tecumseh Court, the courtyard of Bancroft Hall, on Induction Day at the U.S. Naval Academy, in Annapolis, Md., Thursday, June 30, 2011. Induction Day marks the day the young men and women begin their transformation from civilians to midshipmen and begin their Plebe Summer training program. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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Naval Academy Plebe Brandon Hudson gets a hug from his father Brad Hudson after during the Oath of Office Ceremony, on Induction Day at the U.S. Naval Academy, in Annapolis, Md., Thursday, June 30, 2011. Induction Day marks the day the young men and women begin their transformation from civilians to midshipmen and begin their Plebe Summer training program. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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Naval Academy Plebe Brandon Hudson is embraced by his mother Tracy Hudson after during the Oath of Office Ceremony, on Induction Day at the U.S. Naval Academy, in Annapolis, Md., Thursday, June 30, 2011. Induction Day marks the day the young men and women begin their transformation from civilians to midshipmen and begin their Plebe Summer training program. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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** FILE ** In this June 9, 2011, file photo, Defense Secretary nominee Leon Panetta testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

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associated press Right wing Boyd Gordon (left) has been a key contributor to the Capitals' penalty-killing unit. He's shown against goalie Dwayne Roloson, who agreed to a new one-year deal with Southeast Division rival Tampa Bay.

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Union chief Billy Hunter speaks to reporters after a meeting with the NBA, Thursday, June 30, 2011 in New York. Hunter says "it's obvious the lockout will happen tonight" after players and owners failed to reach a new collective bargaining agreement, potentially putting the 2011-12 season in jeopardy. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

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Blake Nixon, a plebe from Austin, Tex., makes his way down the stairs in Alumni Hall after registering and picking up his Navy-issued clothes and gear during Induction Day at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis on Thursday, June 30, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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Midshipman 1/C Matthews Adams (right), a fourth-year student at the U.S. Naval Academy, instructs Ian Eversman, a plebe from Kingsland, Ga., to "walk fast and with purpose" as he makes his way from getting his hair cut to picking up his gear during Induction Day at the academy in Annapolis on Thursday, June 30, 2011. It is tradition for plebes to be yelled on their walk. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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Midshipman 1/C Ken Bunnell (foreground) gives instructions to plebes (from left) Anna Funkhouser and Michael Johnson during Induction Day at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis on Thursday, June 30, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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Anna Funkhouser, a U.S. Naval Academy plebe from Littleton, Colo., learns how to salute properly during Induction Day in Alumni Hall at the academy in Annapolis on Thursday, June 30, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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Prince George's County Councilwoman Leslie Johnson, 59, wife of former Prince George's County Executive Jack Johnson, stops to make a brief statement to reporters as she makes her exit after entering her plea of guilty to the charge of conspiring to obstruct a federal corruption investigation, at the U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Md., Thursday, June 30, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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Prince George's County Councilwoman Leslie Johnson, 59, wife of former Prince George's County Executive Jack Johnson, stops to make a brief statement to reporters as she makes her exit after entering her plea of guilty to the charge of conspiring to obstruct a federal corruption investigation, at the U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Md., Thursday, June 30, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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In a June 29, 2011, photo, interpreter Joseph Privott tells visitors about the life of a soldier in a barracks at Fort Ticonderoga in Ticonderoga, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

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The home at 13506 Fendall Court in the Upper Marlboro community of Weston Plat is on the market for $1,200,000. The four-bedroom home, built in 2006, sits on nearly 2 1/2 acres.