Politics

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**FILE** Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks in Washington on July 16, 2013. (Associated Press)

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Peace activists opposed to American intervention in Syria, gather on a street corner at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Sept. 9, 2013. As Congress returns to work from August recess, President Obama is seeking authorization from Congress for a military strike against Syria in response to the use of chemical weapons in the civil war there. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, heads to the Senate floor on Sept. 6, 2013, to introduce a resolution for the authorization of military action in support of President Obama's request for a strike against Syria. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, a Syrian military solider fires a heavy machine gun during clashes with rebels in Maaloula village, northeast of the capital Damascus, Syria, on Sept. 7, 2013. (Associated Press)

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President Obama's Deputy National Security Adviser Tony Blinken leaves the Capitol on Sept. 6, 2013, after helping to brief lawmakers on the situation in Syria. (Associated Press)

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A crowd gathers in front of the White House to protest any military action against Syria, Monday, Sept. 9, 2013. (The Washington Times/Dave Boyer)

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**FILE** Japanese Coast Guard members sail alongside activists' fishing boat on Aug. 18, 2013, warning the activists away from a group of disputed islands called Diaoyu by China and Senkaku by Japan. Nearly two dozen Japanese nationalist activists and fishermen have sailed to a small group of islands at the center of a territorial dispute with China. They were closely monitored by Japan’s Coast Guard, but there were no Chinese patrols in the area and no incidents were reported. (Associated Press)

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Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (center), North Dakota Democrat, arrives to join other lawmakers and national security officials on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013, for a closed-door briefing on the situation in Syria. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)