Politics

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Matt Bevin speaks to the media after the 133rd annual Fancy Farm picnic in Kentucky on Saturday. Mr. Bevin is challenging Minority leader Sen. Mitch McConnell in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate. (Associated Press)

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President Bush is applauded by Vice President Dick Cheney (left) and House Speaker Dennis Hastert, of Ill. while delivering his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in 2004. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Former President George W. Bush throws out the ceremonial first pitch before Game 4 of baseball's World Series between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Texas Rangers Sunday, Oct. 23, 2011, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

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After President George W. Bush put the spotlight on performance-enhancing drugs in Major League Baseball, players (from left) Mark McGwire, Rafael Palmeiro and Curt Schilling were called to testify before lawmakers on Capitol Hill. (Associated Press)

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Chelsea Clinton, former first daughter, already is crafting a consistent message and talking points, a seeming indicator she's drawn to public life. She told CNN she has sought a "purposefully public life." (Associated Press)

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Washington Post buyer Jeff Bezos was described by Slate magazine as an "inscrutable libertarian Democrat." The Amazon CEO has thrust himself into politics in recent years, with views supporting both Democrats and Republicans. (Associated Press)

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A Yemeni soldier inspects a car at a checkpoint on a street leading to the U.S. embassy in Sanaa, Yemen, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013. Security forces close access roads, put up extra blast walls and beef up patrols near some of the 21 U.S. diplomatic missions in the Muslim world that Washington ordered closed for the weekend over a "significant threat'' of an al Qaeda attack. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)