Politics

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A "step-by-step approach is the way to do it with enforcement coming first," said Rep. Bob Goodlatte, Virginia Republican, regarding immigration reform. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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**FILE** Logo of the United States Marine Corps pictured at the embassy of the USA in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Aug. 10, 2007. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

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**FILE** Bo Xilai, then Chongqing party secretary, attends the closing session of the annual National People's Congress in the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing on March 14, 2012. Xilai, a rising Communist Party star who fell from power last year, will go on trial Thursday on corruption charges, a court announced on Aug. 18, 2013, putting China's new leaders on course to wrap up a festering scandal as they try to cement their authority. (Associated Press)

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South Korean Chung Hack-soon (center), 76, talks with Red Cross officials at the headquarters of the Korea Red Cross in Seoul on Aug. 16, 2013, to fill out an application form to reunite with her family members who live in North Korea. South Korean President Park Geun-hye proposed the previous day that the two Koreas hold a reunion next month of families still separated 60 years after the Korean War, another sign of easing tensions after a spring that saw the neighbors threatening war. (Associated Press)

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In this image made from video, U.N. vehicles leave the entry area of a hotel after U.N. weapon inspectors get off their vehicles upon their arrival in Damascus, Syria, on Aug. 18, 2013. A team of U.N. weapons inspectors arrived in Damascus on Sunday for a long-delayed mission to investigate the alleged use of chemical arms in Syria's civil war. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who is running for mayor, speaks during an event in New York on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. She was there to announce Built/NYC, a pilot program to encourage local designers to work with the city. (Associated Press)

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Egyptians living in Japan shout slogans during a demonstration in front of Egypt Embassy in Tokyo on Aug. 18, 2013. About 150 Egyptians living in Japan gathered for the protest against the military-backed interim government led crackdowns on supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi. (Associated Press)

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Egyptians security forces escort an Islamist supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood out of the al-Fatah mosque and through angry crowds, after hundreds of Islamist protesters barricaded themselves inside the mosque overnight, following a day of fierce street battles that left scores of people dead, near Ramses Square in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Hussein Tallal)

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Supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi chant slogans against Egyptian Defense Minister Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi before clashes broke out with Egyptian security forces in Ramses Square, downtown Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Aug. 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)