Politics

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Demonstrators in support of fast food workers protest outside a McDonald's as they demand higher wages and the right to form a union without retaliation Monday, July 29, 2013, in New York's Union Square. Activists say hundreds of workers have walked off their jobs. They are demanding a minimum wage increase and calling for better benefits. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

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** FILE ** Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican, speaks to local residents during a fundraising picnic for the Iowa Republican Party in Des Moines, Iowa, on Friday, July 19, 2013. (Associated Press)

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Secretary of State John Kerry stands between Israel's Justice Minister and chief negotiator Tzipi Livni (right) and Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat as they shake hands after the resumption of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks on July 30, 2013, at the State Department in Washington. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Army Pfc. Bradley Manning is escorted to a security vehicle outside of a courthouse in Fort Meade, Md., on July 29, 2013, after the third day of deliberations in his court martial. Manning faces charges including aiding the enemy, espionage, computer fraud and theft for admittedly sending hundreds of thousands of classified documents and some battlefield video to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks while working as an intelligence analyst in Iraq. (Associated Press)

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Sybrina Fulton, mother of slain teenager Trayvon Martin, leaves a news conference held by the National Bar Association where they addressed what they say are inequalities in the U.S. justice system related to gun violence and African-Americans, Monday, July 29, 2013, in Miami Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

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Fresno cherry farmer and cattle rancher Andy Vidak, who is fluent in Spanish, said he captured the state Senate seat in last week's closely watched runoff vote by connecting with Hispanic voters with a "common-sense" approach that focused on job creation, affordable energy and opposition to big government. (Screen grab from VidakforSenate.com)

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“There is money from your government. Make use of it,” Tanzanian Ambassador Liberata Mulamula says about American economic opportunity. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)