Politics

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Iran's Parliament speaker Ali Larijani attends a polling station during presidential elections in Qom, 125 kilometers (78 miles) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi) ** FILE **

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Men wait in line at a polling station to vote during presidential elections in Qom, 125 kilometers (78 miles) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

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The Secret Ballot Protection Act offered by Rep. David P. Roe, Tennessee Republican, would require private voting on whether to form a union. "That's how I got elected," he said. (House of Representatives)

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"I'm sick and tired of waiting until the deadline. We're going to wait until the last day and dare each other not to do it," said Sen. Richard Burr, North Carolina Republican, on Thursday regarding student loan interest rates.

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Massachusetts Democrat, has taken the lead for her party in crafting a solution to the student loan interest rate dilemma. "Students, parents, families are asking for help. They don't have time for politics," she said. The issue is too serious to risk not doing something before the deadline before interest rates go up, she added. (Associated Press photographs)

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** FILE ** J. Russell George is the Treasury Department's inspector general for tax administration. (Associated Press)

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Associated Press CEO Gary Pruitt, a First Amendment lawyer, will "outline ways to protect newsgathering against government interference" when he speaks Wednesday at the National Press Club. (Associated Press)

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Vice President Joseph R. Biden pats President Obama on the chest Thursday while he speaks at a reception in the East Room of the White House to celebrate Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** U.S. President George H. Bush, left, stops to chat with evangelist Pat Robertson on the stops of the Old Executive Office Building in Washington, Thursday, July 23, 1992. Bush was at the Old Executive Office Building, located next to the White House, to tape an interview with Robertson. (AP Photo/Doug Mills)

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** FILE ** In this Feb. 22, 2013, file photo, President Barack Obama shakes hands with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

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**FILE** Presidential candidate Pat Robertson was in Houston on Feb. 27, 1988, as part of the Conservative Action Conference in which he participated in a debate. He was the only major candidate to show up. Bush and Dole sent representatives and Libertarian Ron Paul was present. (Associated Press)

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Former Republican presidential hopeful Pat Robertson gives a thumbs-up as he and his wife, Dee Dee, acknowledge applause at the Republican National Convention in New Orleans, Tuesday, August 17, 1988. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)