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National Edition News cover for January 16, 2014 - Benghazi was preventable: President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton walk back to their seats after speaking during the Transfer of Remains Ceremony, Friday, Sept. 14, 2012, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., marking the return to the United States of the remains of the four Americans killed this week in Benghazi, Libya. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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In this Jan. 6, 2014, photo provided by the Washington State Dept. of Transportation, a 57-foot section of steel pipe lies in the Highway 99 tunnel construction yard after being pulled from the ground after it was struck by tunneling machine Bertha a month earlier, in Seattle. The next step in the process to resume drilling the highway tunnel under downtown, which stopped Dec. 6 after Bertha ran into the pipe, is to get a better look at what's blocking her path. (AP Photo/Washington Dept. of Transportation)
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In this Nov. 21, 2013, photo provided by the Washington State Dept. of Transportation, daylight from the launch pit shines down the Highway 99 tunnel project in Seattle. The yellow tube, upper left, provides air ventilation for workers in the drilling machine known as Bertha, while the black belt above carries soil out of the machine and onto barges waiting at Terminal 46. Along the wall are various utilities needed to power and operate Bertha. The next step in the process to resume drilling the highway tunnel under downtown, which stopped Dec. 6 after Bertha ran into a pipe, is to get a better look at what's blocking her path. (AP Photo/Washington Dept. of Transportation)