Politics

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The Michigan House is expected to approve Gov. Rick Snyder's plan for expanding Medicare that requires beneficiaries to cover co-payments, among other conditions. He is one of several GOP leaders to buck near-blanket opposition to within their party. (Associated Press)

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The Obama administration resisted designating as "terrorism" the 2009 shootings by Nidal Malik Hasan, above, at Fort Hood that killed 13 and wounded over 30. (Bell County Sheriff's Department via Associated Press)

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Victoria Espinel, the federal government's first intellectual property enforcement coordinator, will take over as president of the Software Alliance, formerly known as the Business Software Alliance, on September 3. (associated press)

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Although Syrian refugees are calling for the ouster of President Bashar Assad, a growing number of jihadist organizations are fighting to take his place. (Associated Press)

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Gen. Herbert J. Carlisle, commander of the Pacific Air Forces, has made remarks about U.S. military deployments that China sees as having a "strong Cold War flavor," Beijing's euphemism for anti-communism. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** House Speaker John Boehner, Ohio Republican, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Aug. 1, 2013. (Associated Press)

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President Obama speaks on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington on Aug. 28, 2013, during a ceremony to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. (Associated Press)

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The Rev. Bernice King, a daughter of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., speaks during a "I Have a Dream" gospel brunch at the Willard InterContinental in Washington on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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Melanie Campbell, president and CEO of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, speaks at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013, the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, at which the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech. The bell behind her rang at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., the bombing of which 18 days after the 1963 march killed four young girls. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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A young woman holds a sign that reads "Dr. King is Our Hero!" during a march down Pennsylvania Avenue to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington and Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream" speech in D.C. on Aug. 28, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)