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**FILE** Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Republican, speaks Aug. 1, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Associated Press)

**FILE** Republican presidential hopeful Pat Buchanan shakes hands on May 8, 1999, with Nancy Ruth Mace as she became the first female graduate of The Citadel in Charleston, S.C. Neither Citadel officials nor Buchanan mentioned Mace or the school's controversial all-male admission's policy during the ceremony. Mace entered The Citadel in 1996 after the school dropped that policy. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Capitol Police officers try to clear a street on Capitol Hill in Washington on Aug. 1, 2013, that was blocked by immigration reform supporters during a rally protesting immigration policies and the House GOP’s inability to pass a bill that contains a pathway to citizenship. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** A French soldier patrols Nice airport in southern France on Jan. 13, 2013. (Associated Press)

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President Obama is already the commander in chief. The odds of this little guy becoming president, about 1 in 70 million.

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**FILE** Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican, goes to the floor for a vote on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 31, 2013. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** People fill up the room at the job fair on July 15, 2013, in South Burlington, Vt. (Associated Press)

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Gary McDowell, left, and Zachary Marcus, center, both of Providence, R.I., are presented with their signed marriage license by Providence Mayor Angel Taveras, right, at City Hall, in Providence, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013, moments after Taveras presided over the couples marriage ceremony. Gay marriage became legal in Rhode Island and Minnesota at 12:01 a.m. Thursday. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

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Sartaj Aziz, right, Pakistan's special adviser on national security and foreign affairs, interacts with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry after their press conference in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)