Politics

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Civilians inspect the aftermath of a car bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013. A wave of car bombs in the Iraqi capital on Wednesday killed 26 people and wounded dozens, the latest attacks in a months-long surge in violence. (Associated Press)

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Chairman of the Republican National Committee Reince Priebus (center) introduces a panel of RNC "Rising Stars," including Speaker of the House in Oklahoma T.W. Shannon (left) and New Hampshire state Rep. Marilinda Garcia during the Republican National Committee summer meeting in Boston on Aug. 15, 2013. The RNC formally renewed its minority outreach effort, introducing the first four members of the “Rising Stars” program designed to promote younger and more ethnically diverse Republicans leaders. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi chant slogans during a protest in Ramses Square in downtown Cairo on Friday, Aug. 16, 2013. (Associated Press)

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Pueblo Freedom and Rights, a grassroots committee in Pueblo, Colo., is leading a campaign to recall Democratic state Sen. Angela Giron after her gun-control votes. (Courtesy of the group's Facebook page)

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** FILE ** Rep. Ron Barber, Arizona Democrat, speaks to the media in Tucson, Ariz., on Aug. 7, 2012. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** A car moves along the Extraterrestrial Highway near Rachel, Nev., on April 10, 2002. The ET highway was established by the Nevada Legislature in 1996 and runs along the eastern border of Area 51, a military base on the Nevada Test Site that the U.S. government has only recently admitted exists. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley, Iowa Democrat, speaks in Dubuque, Iowa, on Oct. 29, 2010. (Associated Press)

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Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee, reacts to a speech during the committee summer meeting on Aug. 15, 2013, in Boston. The RNC formally renewed its minority outreach effort, introducing the first four members of a “Rising Stars” program designed to promote younger and more ethnically diverse Republicans leaders. (Associated Press)