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**FILE** Republican Sens. Ted Cruz (left) of Texas and Mike Lee of Utah stand during a news conference with conservative congressional Republicans at the Capitol in Washington on Sept. 19, 2013. (Associated Press)

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President Obama talks about Syria as he meets with India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the Oval Office of the White House on Sept. 27, 2013. The president hosted Singh for talks on trade and security in a fragile region, offering a chance to inject new life into the partnership amid concerns that relations have stagnated. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Education Secretary Arne Duncan is interviewed by the Associated Press in Washington on Jan. 17, 2013. (Associated Press)

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Storm clouds hang over Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Sept. 27, 2013, as the Republican-controlled House and the Democrat-controlled Senate stand at an impasse with Congress continuing to struggle over how to fund the government and prevent a possible shutdown. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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**FILE** Senate Chaplain Barry Black poses for a portrait in his office on Capital Hill in Washington on July 9, 2010. (Associated Press)

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A young man walks in front of a row of abandoned houses in Detroit, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013. Four of President Barack Obama's top advisers will converge on Detroit Friday to meet privately with state and local leaders about ways the federal government can help the bankrupt city short of a bailout. The White House said Thursday that top economic adviser Gene Sperling will join U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan in the closed meeting. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)