Politics

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Michael Kirby (left), chairman of the Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in North Korea, speaks with Ambassador Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe, U.S. representative to the Human Rights Council, before he delivers his report to the 24th session of the council at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Keystone, Salvatore Di Nolfi)

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai, speaking at a youth conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013, said he was in no rush to sign a security deal with the United States, once again dashing American hopes that a pact can be finalized quickly. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

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This Monday, Sept. 16, 2013, citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center AMC, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows damaged buildings due to heavy fighting between government forces and Free Syrian Army fighters in Aleppo. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center, AMC)

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District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray briefs reporters on the shooting at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, Monday, Sept. 16, 2013. A gunman opened fire inside a building at the Washington Navy Yard on Monday morning. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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This combination of Associated Press file photos shows, left, an Aug. 6, 2013, file photo, of New York Republican mayoral hopeful Joe Lhota, and right a Sept. 10, 2013, file photo of New York City Democratic mayoral hopeful Bill de Blasio. (AP Photo/File)

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"There is apparently not a whole lot of will by Republicans or Democrats to make the concept a reality," Sen. Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Republican, said about biometric technology at land and sea ports. (Associated Press)

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Family and friends wait to greet staff of the Naval Sea Systems Command headquarters as they are bused from the Washington Navy Yard to Nationals Park, in Washington, Monday, Sept. 16, 2013. At least one gunman launched an attack inside the Washington Navy Yard, spraying gunfire on office workers in the cafeteria and in the hallways at the heavily secured military installation in the heart of the nation's capital, authorities said. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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The U.S. Constitution "established a rock, some fixed principles, to which society is affixed to," Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said Monday at George Washington University. (Associated Press)