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**FILE** A traffic police officer stands in a marked area in the middle of the principle intersection in Kaesong, North Korea, on Sept. 11, 2012. (Associated Press)
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai (foreground) inspects the guard of honor during Independence Day celebrations at the Defense Ministry in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday, Aug 19, 2013. Mr. Karzai and Cabinet members attended a parade on Monday to mark the event, which commemorates the day Afghanistan signed a treaty with Britain in 1919 making it independent. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
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An Egyptian soldier takes his position on top of an armored vehicle as he guards the Supreme Constitutional Court in Cairo on Monday, Aug. 19, 2013. Egypt’s military leader vowed that the army will not tolerate further political violence after nationwide clashes have left hundreds dead. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
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President Obama waves from the door of Air Force One at the Cape Cod Coast Guard Station in Bourne, Mass., on Sunday, Aug. 18, 2013, after ending his vacation on Martha's Vineyard. (AP Photo/Stew Milne)
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Texas state troopers remove pro-abortion demonstrators from the Texas Senate gallery during debate on a pro-life bill July 12.
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Sen. Mary L. Landrieu in an ad that riffs off the classic Nintendo game "Duck Hunt." (Courtesy of the National Republican Senatorial Committee)
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"I think that the president fundamentally misunderstands the constitutional powers," Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, said Sunday." "The checks and balances come from independent branches of government." (Associated Press)
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"That was just a grab bag of misinformation and distortion coming from him," Rep. Peter King, New York Republican, says about comments made by Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, on "Fox News Sunday."
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Here comes the book Reince Preibus can do nothing about: a memoir from Hillary Rodham Clinton, due in 2014. The book is yet to be named.