Politics

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James Blake, from the United States, reacts during a match against Jerzy Janowicz, from Poland, at the Western & Southern Open tennis tournament on Monday, Aug. 12, 2013, in Mason, Ohio. (AP Photo/David Kohl)

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Syrians inspect the rubble of a building damaged by heavy shelling by Syrian government forces in Aleppo, Syria, on Monday, Aug. 26, 2013.This citizen journalism image was authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center)

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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Brandon Bamford, left, with 2nd Cavalry Regiment, and another Soldier participate in a 12-mile foot march during the U.S. Army Europe's Expert Infantryman Badge qualification at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Aug. 29, 2012. (DoD photo by Markus Rauchenberger, U.S. Army/Released)

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** FILE ** Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., left, poses for a photo during an event to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington at the Lincoln Memorial, Saturday, Aug. 24, 2013, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Rescue workers try to evacuate the injured after a cargo train known as "the Beast" derailed near Huimanguillo, Mexico, on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2013. The train, carrying at least 250 Central American hitchhiking migrants, derailed in a remote region, killing at least five people and injuring dozens, authorities said. (AP Photo/Tabasco State Government Press Office)

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Black columns of smoke rise from heavy shelling in the Jobar neighborhood, east of Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2013. Syria reached an agreement with the United Nations on Sunday to allow a U.N. team of experts to visit the site of alleged chemical weapons attacks last week outside Damascus, state media said. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

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** FILE ** In this Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013, file photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad delivers a speech at an Iftar dinner with political and religious figures in Damascus, Syria. (AP Photo/SANA, File)