Politics

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** FILE ** In this image released by the U.S. Air Force, a Malmstrom Air Force Base missile maintenance team removes the upper section of an ICBM at a Montana missile site. (AP Photo/U.S. Air Force, John Parie)

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** FILE ** Afghan men prepare the graves of 14 civilians, killed a bomb explosion in Nangarhar province’s Ghany Khel district, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

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Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at the State Department in Washington, Monday, Aug. 26, 2013, about the situation in Syria. Kerry said chemical weapons were used in Syria and accused Assad of destroying evidence. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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In this image taken from amateur video posted online, a presumed U.N. staff member measuring and photographing a canister in the suburb of Moadamiyeh in Damascus, Syria on Monday. the suburb is where the Syrian regime allegedly used chemical weapons. (Associated Press)

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Border Buster: Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez, Illinois Democrat, took his immigration reform message to the districts of two Virginia Republicans: Rep. Frank R. Wolf and Rep. Bob Goodlatte. (Associated Press)

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Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin, Maryland Democrat, and his allies in Congress say they are determined to make the Affordable Care Act work no matter what stands in their way. The GOP, however, is not relenting. (Associated Press) **FILE**

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With a debt-ceiling deadline looming, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew reminds Congress of its responsibility to protect "the full faith and credit" of the U.S. (Associated Press)

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President Obama awards Army Staff Sgt. Ty Carter the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry in a White House ceremony Monday. Sgt. Carter received the medal for his courageous actions Oct. 3, 2009, while serving as a cavalry scout with the 4th Infantry Division in Afghanistan. (Associated Press)