Politics

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U.S. President Barack Obama, left, stands next to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, in front of Brandenburg Gate at Pariser Platz in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday June 19, 2013. On the second day of his visit to Germany, Obama met with German President Joachim Gauck and Ms. Merkel before delivering a speech at Brandenburg Gate. (AP Photo/dpa,Michael Kappeler, Pool)

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U.S. President Barack Obama waves as he arrives for a speech at Brandenburg Gate where he is to deliver a speech in Berlin Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Obama is on a two-day official visit to the German capital. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

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In this photo taken late Tuesday, June 18, 2013, a traffic jam forms on a highway blocked because of a fire at a military depot near Chapaevsk in the Samara region of southern Russia. (AP Photo/Anatoly Bazhukov)

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a ceremony at military academy on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday, June 18, 2013. Mr. Karzai announced at the event that his country's armed forces are taking over the lead for security nationwide from the U.S.-led NATO coalition. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

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U.S. President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel meet during their joint news conference at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Obama will renew his call to reduce the world's nuclear stockpiles, including a proposed one-third reduction in U.S. and Russian arsenals, a senior administration official said. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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** FILE ** In this Wednesday May 22, 2013, file photo Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, left, shakes hands with Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai after he signed the new constitution into law at State house in Harare. Zimbabwe's highest court on Friday, May 31, 2013, ordered Mugabe to hold elections by the end of July, chiding the longtime leader for what it said was a ''violation of his duties'' for not proclaiming the date earlier. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi, File)

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Iranians attend a street celebration, in Tehran, after their national soccer team qualified for the Brazil 2014 World Cup, after defeating South Korea, as one of them holds a poster of President-elect Hasan Rowhani, on Tuesday, June 18, 2013. The win set off wild celebrations across Iran, where the government had given a rare approval for supporters to spill into the streets. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

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** FILE ** Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks at a press conference during a ceremony at a military academy on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

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Freshman Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican, will be among the congressional Republicans gathering Wednesday at the Capitol for the "Audit the IRS" rally organized by the Tea Party Patriots, who want to keep reminding everyone of the agency's excruciatingly close attention to conservative groups. (Associated Press)