Politics

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**FILE** Sen. Frank Lautenberg, New Jersey Democrat, smiles after the final votes before the Senate leaves for a five-week recess on Capitol Hill in Washington on Aug. 2, 2012. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 14, 2011. (Associated Press)

**FILE** This citizen journalism image provided by Qusair Lens which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Fadi Kerkoz mourning next to a body of his brother Shadi Kerkoz, who was killed in a battle against Syrian forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad, in the town of Qusair, near the Lebanon border, Homs province, Syria, on June 2, 2013. (Associated Press)

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President Obama, accompanied by (from left) Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki. speaks during the White House mental health conference on June 3, 2013, in the East Room of the White House. The conference was organized as part of President Obama's response to last year's shooting massacre at a Connecticut elementary school. (Associated Press)

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A man cleans graffiti reading ''Resign'' from a storefront on Istiklal Street, Istanbul's main shopping strip, Monday, June 3, 2013. The demonstrations that grew out of anger over excessive police force have spiraled into Turkey's biggest anti-government demonstrations in years, challenging Prime Minister's Recep Tayyip Erdogan power. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

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New York City mayoral candidate and former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner waves an Israeli flag as he marches up New York's Fifth Avenue in the Israel Day Parade Sunday, June 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Cassandra Giraldo)

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DIGGING IT: D.C. Water is spending $1.6 billion to build a tunnel following the course of the Anacostia River to divert sewage system overflows to the Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant. It is expected to be completed by 2017. (Andrew Harnik, The Washington Times)

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In this photo taken on May 24, 2013, Democratic State Senate President John Morse works at the Democratic Party offices in Colorado Springs, Colo., where Morse and his staff are planning their weekend strategy to encourage voters not to sign petitions for his recall. Gun-rights activists with support of the National Rifle Association are seeking Morse's ouster because of his support for new gun laws that restrict ammunition magazines and expand background checks to private gun sales. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)