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D.C. police Officer Ken Collins stands behind the left shoulder of Martin Luther King Jr. as King delivers his "I Have a Dream" speech Aug. 28, 1963. (associated press)

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Peer Steinbruck, leader of the center-left Social Democrats, presents the main challenge to German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Despite his gaffes, Mr. Steinbruck has put Mrs. Merkel on the defensive by using the German government's links to the National Security Agency eavesdropping scandal as a campaign issue. (Associated Press)

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been put on the defensive at times with her government's links to the National Security Agency eavesdropping scandal in the United States. (Associated Press)

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An American flag picturing President Obama in place of the 50 stars is held as a crowd gathers along the Reflecting Pool on Saturday to mark the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington. Visitors also went to the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial (below). Anniversary events continue through Wednesday when Mr. Obama will speak. Some who went to the original march are returning for the anniversary. (PHOTOGRAPHS BY andrew harnik/the washington times)

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Rep. Raul R. Labrador, Idaho Republican, believes the American Dream is alive and well. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** An Israeli border police officer argues with an Israeli left-wing activist as she holds a protest sign during a ceremony to mark the resumption of the construction of housing units in an east Jerusalem neighborhood on Sunday, Aug. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

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Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak (seated), 85, is escorted by medical and security personnel into an ambulance to be taken by helicopter ambulance from Maadi Military Hospital to the Cairo Police Academy for trial on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2013, in Cairo. Mr. Mubarak, under house arrest after being released from detention last week, is being retried on charges of complicity in the killings of protesters during the 2011 Egyptian uprising. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

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Several bodies are buried during a funeral in a suburb of Damascus, Syria, on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013. A senior Obama administration official said on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2013, there is “very little doubt” that a chemical weapon was used by the Syrian regime against civilians in an incident that killed at least a hundred people last week, but added that President Obama had not yet decided how to respond. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network)

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Thousands gather at the Reflecting Pool for a rally to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington and Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream" speech, Washington, D.C., Saturday, August 24, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Drue Williams [cq] of East Orange, N.J., left, Jenna Jackson, and her boyfriend Kyle Murdock of Baltimore, Md., join thousands who gather at the Reflecting Pool for a rally to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington and Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream" speech, Washington, D.C., Saturday, August 24, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Katina Bolden of Washington, D.C. joins hundreds who gather at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial during a march to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington and Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream" speech, Washington, D.C., Saturday, August 24, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)Fraternity brothers wear signs that read, "Justice for All?" at the Lincoln Memorial following a march to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington and Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream" speech, Washington, D.C., Saturday, August 24, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Civil rights leaders including Rev. Al Sharpton, center, and Martin Luther King, III, second from right, participate in a march to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington and Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream" speech, Washington, D.C., Saturday, August 24, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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People climb a pole to get a better view during a march to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington and Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream" speech, Washington, D.C., Saturday, August 24, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)