Politics

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National Edition News cover for February 11, 2014 - Cities hide red flags from feds in security clearance process: An armed officer who said he is with the Department of Defense, works near the gate at the Washington Navy Yard, closed to all but essential personnel, in Washington, on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013, the day after a gunman launched an attack inside the Washington Navy Yard on Monday, spraying gunfire on office workers in the cafeteria and in the hallways at the heavily secured military installation in the heart of the nation's capital. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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National Edition Opinion cover for February 11, 2014 - Lame duck deja vu (Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times)

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Then-Heritage Foundation President Jim DeMint, a former South Carolina senator, addresses a forum at the organization in 2014. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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Protesters pack the office of Sen. Jesse Stone, Monday, Feb. 10, 2014, in Atlanta. The protesters were calling for an end to Georgia's stand your ground law. Several were arrested after refusing to leave. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

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Capitol police clear protesters from the office of Sen. Jesse Stone, Monday, Feb. 10, 2014, in Atlanta. The protesters were calling for an end to Georgia's stand your ground law. Several people were arrested after refusing to leave. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

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Capitol police and Georgia State Patrol troopers clear protesters from the office of Sen. Jesse Stone, Monday, Feb. 10, 2014, in Atlanta. The protesters were calling for an end to Georgia's stand your ground law. Several people were arrested after they refused to leave. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

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Protesters yell outside the Legislative Office Building, Monday, Feb. 10, 2014, in Atlanta. The protesters were calling for an end to Georgia's stand your ground law. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

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U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio gets hugs from Judith Jolly, left, David Jolly's mom, while greeting she and Lawson Jolly, Jr., right, David Jolly's dad, while Rubio and Republican congressional candidate David Jolly meet with residents and the media as they visit the Lake Seminole Square retirement center in Seminole Monday, Feb. 10, 2014. (AP Photo/The Tampa Bay Times, Dirk Shadd )