Politics

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President Barack Obama gestures during a news conference with Senegalese President Macky Sall (not shown), Thursday, June 27, 2013, at the Presidential Palace in Dakar, Senegal. Obama is visiting Senegal, South Africa, and Tanzania on a week long trip. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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U.S. President Barack Obama waves as he poses for a picture alongside U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama, second right, Senegalese President Macky Sall, right, and Senegalese First Lady Mariame Faye Sall at the presidential palace in Dakar, Senegal, Thursday, June 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

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U.S. President Barack Obama waves as he boards a car after arriving at the airport in Dakar, Senegal, Wednesday, June 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

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A U.N. committee in charge of monitoring arms sanctions on North Korea concludes that China provided off-road vehicles — "lumber transporters" — that were converted into long-range missile launchers by the North Korean military.

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** FILE ** U.S. Park Police arrest demonstrators wearing orange jumpsuits protesting the Guantanamo Bay military detention facility, Wednesday, June 26, 2013, at the north gate of the White House in Washington. President Obama was not at the White House at the time. (Associated Press)