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In this Oct. 15, 2013, photo, Republican Gov. Bill Haslam speaks at an agricultural forum in Murfreesboro, Tenn. Haslam said that Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014 that he won't make a decision on whether to propose a school voucher bill until next week, when the Legislature returns into session. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig)

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In this April 27, 2012 photo, state Sen. Sally Fox, D-Chittenden, listens during debate on the Senate floor in Montpelier, Vt. Fox, a long-time Vermont lawmaker who served in both the House and Senate died Friday, Jan. 10, 2014 in Burlington. She was 62. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)

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In this April 27, 2012 photo, state Sen. Sally Fox, D-Chittenden, talks in the halls of the Statehouse in Montpelier, Vt. Fox, a long-time Vermont lawmaker who served in both the House and Senate died Friday, Jan. 10, 2014 in Burlington. She was 62. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)

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Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Terry Adams, a Knoxville attorney, introduces himself at a press conference in Nashville, Tenn., on Friday, Jan. 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig)

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Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Terry Adams, a Knoxville attorney, introduces himself at a press conference in Nashville, Tenn., on Friday, Jan. 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig)

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Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Terry Adams, a Knoxville attorney, introduces himself at a press conference in Nashville, Tenn., on Friday, Jan. 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig)

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** FILE ** In this June 15, 2013, file photo, Sarah Palin speaks during the Faith and Freedom Coalition Road to Majority 2013 conference in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

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Mourners carry coffins of the victims who were killed in Thursday's bombing on a recruiting center during their funeral in Imam Abbas in Karbala, 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 10, 2014. The recruiting center attack appeared to be in retaliation for the military's response to the insurgency and an effort to dissuade potential new recruits from bolstering the Iraqi army's ranks. (AP Photo/Ahmed al-Husseini)

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Mourners carry one of the coffins of the victims who were killed in Thursday's bombing on a recruiting center during their funeral in Imam Abbas in Karbala, 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 10, 2014. The recruiting center attack appeared to be in retaliation for the military's response to the insurgency and an effort to dissuade potential new recruits from bolstering the Iraqi army's ranks. (AP Photo/Ahmed al-Husseini)

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Gunmen remove police vehicles destroyed during clashes in Fallujah, 40 miles (65 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 10, 2014. With al-Qaida linked fighters and allied tribal gunmen camped on the outskirts, a tentative calm has taken hold over Fallujah and residents have started to return to the besieged city west of Baghdad. Government forces are stationed nearby as sporadic street fighting breaks out in other cities. The picture painted by residents, officials and international groups suggests that both the militants and government forces are preparing for a long standoff with civilians caught in the middle. (AP Photo)

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A gunmen clears debris after clashes in Fallujah, 40 miles (65 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 10, 2014. With al-Qaida linked fighters and allied tribal gunmen camped on the outskirts, a tentative calm has taken hold over Fallujah and residents have started to return to the besieged city west of Baghdad. Government forces are stationed nearby as sporadic street fighting breaks out in other cities. The picture painted by residents, officials and international groups suggests that both the militants and government forces are preparing for a long standoff with civilians caught in the middle. (AP Photo)

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A gunmen clears debris after clashes in Fallujah, 40 miles (65 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 10, 2014. With al-Qaida linked fighters and allied tribal gunmen camped on the outskirts, a tentative calm has taken hold over Fallujah and residents have started to return to the besieged city west of Baghdad. Government forces are stationed nearby as sporadic street fighting breaks out in other cities. The picture painted by residents, officials and international groups suggests that both the militants and government forces are preparing for a long standoff with civilians caught in the middle. (AP Photo)

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This undated image posted on a militant website on Jan. 4, 2014, which is consistent with other AP reporting, shows Shakir Waheib, a leader in the al-Qaida-linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), center, searching a government office in Ramadi, in Iraq's Anbar Province. With al-Qaida linked fighters and allied tribal gunmen camped on the outskirts, a tentative calm took hold over Fallujah on Friday, Jan. 10, 2014 and residents started to return to the besieged city west of Baghdad. Government forces were stationed nearby as sporadic street fighting breaks out in other cities. The picture painted by residents, officials and international groups suggests that both the militants and government forces are preparing for a long standoff with civilians caught in the middle.(AP Photo via militant website)

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This undated image posted on a militant website on Jan. 4, 2014, which is consistent with other AP reporting, shows Shakir Waheib, a senior member of the al-Qaida-linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), left, next to a burning police vehicle in Iraq's Anbar Province. With al-Qaida linked fighters and allied tribal gunmen camped on the outskirts, a tentative calm took hold over Fallujah on Friday, Jan. 10, 2014 and residents started to return to the besieged city west of Baghdad. Government forces were stationed nearby as sporadic street fighting breaks out in other cities. The picture painted by residents, officials and international groups suggests that both the militants and government forces are preparing for a long standoff with civilians caught in the middle.(AP Photo via militant website)

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This image posted on a militant website on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014, which is consistent with AP reporting, shows a convoy of vehicles and fighters from the al-Qaida linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) fighters in Iraq's Anbar Province. With al-Qaida linked fighters and allied tribal gunmen camped on the outskirts, a tentative calm took hold over Fallujah on Friday, Jan. 10, 2014 and residents started to return to the besieged city west of Baghdad. Government forces were stationed nearby as sporadic street fighting breaks out in other cities. The picture painted by residents, officials and international groups suggests that both the militants and government forces are preparing for a long standoff with civilians caught in the middle.(AP Photo via militant website)