Politics

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Newsmaker interview with Texas Comptroller Susan Combs, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Newsmaker interview with Texas Comptroller Susan Combs, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, November 6, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Newsmaker interview with Texas Comptroller Susan Combs, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, November 6, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Damascus, Syria, the nation's capital and second-largest city (after Aleppo), is pictured on Saturday, June 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)

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** FILE ** Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013, before the Senate Finance Committee hearing on the difficulties plaguing the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)