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In this citizen journalism image provided by the United media office of Arbeen that has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, U.N. investigation team with blue helmets, walk with Syrian rebels in Damascus countryside of Zamalka, Syria, on Aug. 28, 2013. U.N. chemical weapons experts headed to a Damascus suburb on Wednesday for a new tour of areas struck by a purported poison gas attack, activists said, as Western powers laid the groundwork for a possible punitive strike and the U.N. chief pleaded for more time for diplomacy. (Associated Press/United media office of Arbeen)

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Tourists stand in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2013, as they are photographed. Preparations for the 50th anniversary of the March On Washington celebrations that will be held Wednesday, Aug, 28, 2013 are underway. Barack Obama was 2 years old and growing up in Hawaii when Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Fifty years later, the nation’s first black president will stand as the most high-profile example of the racial progress King espoused, delivering remarks at a nationwide commemoration of the 1963 demonstration for jobs, economic justice and racial equality. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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A Osprey military helicopter flies by the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2013. Barack Obama, who will speak, was 2 years old and growing up in Hawaii when Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Fifty years later, the nation’s first black president will stand as the most high-profile example of the racial progress King espoused, delivering remarks at a nationwide commemoration of the 1963 demonstration for jobs, economic justice and racial equality. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Plastic covers the podium on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013, as security personnel gather before the Let Freedom Ring ceremony to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Monitors are checked and final preparations made the morning of the Let Freedom Ring ceremony on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013, to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Plastic covers the podium on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial as final preparations are made the morning of the Let Freedom Ring ceremony to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Before the crowds arrive the Washington Monument is seen as media prepares for Let Freedom Ring ceremony on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Final preparations are made for Let Freedom Ring ceremony on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013, to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Martin Luther King Jr., addresses marchers during his "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington on Aug. 28, 1963. (AP Photo/File)

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From left to right: Stanley Samuels and Rita Samuels, from Atlanta, Ga.; Sammie Whiting-Ellis, from Washington, D.C.; and Henry H. Brown, from Houston, Texas; who attended the March on Washington 50 years ago where Martin Luther King, Jr., spoke, wait for the anniversary program to begin in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Audience members sit in rain for the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013, in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, where Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke. President Barack Obama is scheduled to speak later in the day. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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A U.S. Park Police officer stands watch before the start of the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington where Martin Luther King, Jr., spoke in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Stanley Samuels and Rita Samuels, from Atlanta, Ga., left, and Sammie Whiting-Ellis, from Washington, D.C., who attended the March on Washington 50 years ago where Martin Luther King, Jr., spoke, wait for the anniversary program to begin in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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A person walks in the rain past the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 213, during the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington. President Barack Obama will speak later Wednesday. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)