Politics

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Afghan security and intelligence officers stand guard near the entrance gate of the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, June 25, 2013. Suicide attackers blew up a car bomb and battled security forces outside Afghanistan's presidential palace Tuesday after infiltrating one of the most secure areas of the capital. The army said the attackers were killed but knew of no other deaths. (AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid)

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“I don’t know how any Republican who supports border security can vote against this,” said Sen. Bob Corker, the Tennessee Republican who helped write the border security amendment. (Associated Press)

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Stanley A. Straughter, left, leaves the United States District Court for the District of Columbia with his attorney Steven McCool, right, after pleading guilty to making straw donations as an investigation into a D.C. campaign finance scheme continues, Washington, D.C., Monday, June 24, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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**FILE** Paradise Firearms owner Paul Paradis holds a flyer depicting Colorado's State Senate President, Democrat John Morse, together with a petition to recall him at his gun shop in Colorado Springs, Colo., on May 24, 2013. Paradis and other gun-rights activists are seeking the ouster of Morse for his support of new laws that restrict ammunition magazines and expand background checks to include private gun sales. (Associated Press)

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White House press secretary Jay Carney said on Monday, June 24, 2013, at the White House in Washington that the U.S. assumes Edward Snowden is now in Russia and that the White House expects Russian authorities to look at all the options available to them to expel Mr. Snowden to face charges in the U.S. for releasing secret surveillance information. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Egyptians pray at the shrine of Sayyeda Zeinab, sister of Imam Hussein, who was the grandson of Islam's Prophet Muhammad and one of the most believed Shiite saints, in Cairo on Tuesday, June 4, 2013. Hatreds between Shiites and Sunnis are now more virulent than ever in the Arab world because of Syria's brutal civil war. Hard-line clerics and politicians on both sides have added fuel, depicting the fight as essentially a war of survival for their sect. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

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**FILE** First lady Michelle Obama raises her glass for a toast during a dinner at the Charlottenburg palace in Berlin on June 19, 2013. (Associated Press)