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** FILE ** In this Jan. 7, 2014, file photo, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie sits with students during a gathering at Colin Powell elementary school in heavily Hispanic Union City, N.J. after he ceremonially signed a bill that lowers tuition costs at public colleges for New Jersey students who lack lawful immigration status. A day after revelations that Christie's administration may have closed highway lanes to exact political retribution, the prospective Republican presidential candidate is faced with what may be the biggest test in his political career. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)

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FILE - In this Dec. 19, 2013 file photo, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks in Trenton, N.J. A day after revelations that Christie's administration may have closed highway lanes to exact political retribution, the prospective Republican presidential candidate is faced with what may be the biggest test in his political career. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)

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National Edition Opinion cover for January 9, 2014 - Allowing more Kermit Gosnells (Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times)

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National Edition News cover for January 9, 2014 - Obama loyalist heads criminal case of IRS harm to tea party: From left, Tom Cranmer, of Great Falls, Va., James Renwick Manship, second from left, of Mt. Vernon, Va., and Jaroslaw Martyniuk of the District of Columbia, join Tea Party supporters as they gather outside the IRS headquarter in Washington, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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** FILE ** In this Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, file photo, Oklahoma Congressman-elect Jim Bridenstine, R-Oklahoma, gestures as he speaks in Tulsa, Okla. While Oklahoma's four House and Senate veterans, who have a combined 60 years of legislative experience, typically follow their leaders, two freshmen House members, Bridenstine and Markwayne Mullin, have emerged as a new breed. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)

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Speaking out: Lukman Faily, Iraqi ambassador to the United States, says the Obama administration is not as engaged in his country's future as was the Bush administration, but adds that sectarian divisions are not about to erupt into civil war. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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In a letter to the Homeland Security chief Jeh Johnson, Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican, said that not only is the border insecure but that it is patrolled ineffectively. (Associated Press)