Politics

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President Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin met in June in Northern Ireland. Mr. Obama has put off a scheduled meeting in Moscow following Mr. Putin's granting of asylum to NSA leaker Edward Snowden. (Associated Press)

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New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner. ** FILE **

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President Obama speaks to with U.S. troops and their families at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., on Aug. 7, 2013. The visit to the Marine Corps base is Obama's final stop on a two-day West Coast trip that included the roll-out of his principles for overhauling the nation's mortgage finance industry. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** President Obama, standing with families who benefited from the health care law provision that provides consumers with a refund if their insurance company doesn’t spend the majority of premium dollars on medical care, speaks about health care reform and the Affordable Care Act in the East Room at the White House in Washington on July 18, 2013. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** President Obama speaks on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on April 17, 2013. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Michael Froman, President Obama's choice to become U.S. Trade Representative, listens as the president speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on May 2, 2013. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Richard Taylor, manager of at Firing-Line gun store in Aurora, Colo., displays June 27, 2013, some of the pistols that he won't be able to sell after June 30 because their magazines hold more than 15 rounds. Limits on ammunition magazines and universal background checks, signature pieces of Colorado Democrats’ gun-control legislation in response to mass shootings, take effect July 1, even as county sheriffs fight to overturn the new laws. (Associated Press)