Politics

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu listens during the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013. (AP Photo/Gali Tibbon, Pool)

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)

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John Isner holds his shirt in his teeth during his match against Dmitry Tursunov, from Russia, at the Citi Open tennis tournament, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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A man walks past the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013. The threat of a terrorist attack led to the weekend closure of 21 U.S. embassies and consulates in the Muslim world and a global travel warning to Americans, the first such alert since an announcement before the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 strikes. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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Mattel's Batusi TV features a dancing Batman. (Photograph by Joseph Szadkowski / The Washington Times)

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Asylum in the land of freedom and human rights? (Illustration by Dana Summers of the Tribune Media Services)

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This Feb. 11, 1964 image shows a photograph of John Lennon and Paul McCartney taken by photographer Mike Mitchell during the Beatles' first live U.S. concert at the Washington Coliseum. (AP Photo/David Anthony Fine Art, Mike Mitchell)

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Supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi attend Friday prayers at a camp near Cairo University in Giza, southwest of Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Aug. 2, 2013. An international human rights group has warned of a "bloodbath" if Egypt's new leadership uses force to end sit-ins by loyalists of the country's ousted president. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

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House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013. On Friday, the House voted for the 40th time to overturn President Barack Obama’s health care law. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)