Politics

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D.C. Council member Jim Graham, Ward 1 Democrat, says the number of youths being committed to DYRS has been "dramatically reduced" in the past two years. (The Washington Times)

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An Alabama agency revoked Diane Derzis' abortion clinic license after problems were found at the Birmingham clinic, including improper administration of medicines and building accessibility to emergency responders. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** President Barack Obama speaks in the Brady Press Briefing room of the White House in Washington, Friday, July 19, 2013, about the verdict in the Trayvon Martin case. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Greg Dement takes daughter Elicia to watch a gun control rally in Seattle. He shows support for Starbucks, which quietly allows gun owners to carry visible weapons. (Associated Press)

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Sandy Early, with Free State Militia Firearms, sells T-shirts that modify the Starbucks logo at a gun show in Annapolis earlier this year. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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**FILE** Spanish language election campaign signs promoting President Obama hang on the windows at Lechonera El Barrio Restaurant in Orlando, Fla., on Oct. 26, 2012. The sign reads "We are united. Hispanics for Obama." (Associated Press)

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President Obama stands with former President George W. Bush at the dedication of the George W. Bush presidential library on the campus of Southern Methodist University in Dallas on April 25, 2013. (Associated Press) **FILE**

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** FILE ** In this Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013, 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)

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**FILE** Daniel Bangert, initiator of a protest against spying, holds a makeshift video camera outside U.S. Army's Dagger Complex near Griesheim, Germany, on July 20, 2013. The massively secured property is run by the U.S. military and supposed to be used by the U.S. intelligence agency NSA (National Security Agency). (Associated Press)

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Goats are released from a trailer at Congressional Cemetery in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2013. More than 100 goats will be taking over Washington's Historic Congressional Cemetery to help clean up brush in an area away from the graves. The goats will graze 24 hours a day for six days to eliminate vines, poison ivy and weeds, while also "fertilizing the ground." (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)