Politics

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Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (foreground), a California Republican who is leading a U.S. congressional delegation to the Russian Federation; actor Steven Seagal (right); and Rep. Steve King (left), Iowa Republican, speak to the media after a news conference at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow on Sunday, June 2, 2013. Mr. Rohrabacher said there was “nothing specific” that could have helped to prevent April’s Boston Marathon bombings, but that the U.S. and Russia needed to work more closely on joint security threats. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

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U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel delivers his keynote address on "The U.S. Approach to Regional Security" at the International Institute for Strategic Studies Shangri-la Dialogue, or IISS Asia Security Summit, on Saturday, June 1, 2013, in Singapore. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

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U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel prepares to deliver his keynote address on "The U.S. Approach to Regional Security" at the International Institute for Strategic Studies Shangri-la Dialogue, or IISS Asia Security Summit, in Singapore on Saturday, June 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

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A demonstrator waves a Turkish flag as protesters clash with riot police late on Saturday, June 1, 2013, in Istanbul near the Dolmabahce Palace, where Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan maintains an office. (AP Photo)

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Hamdy El-Fakharany (center), an opposition leader and former member of the now-dissolved Parliament, and other activists flash victory signs in front of the Supreme Constitutional Court in Cairo on Sunday, June 2, 2013. The high court ruled that the nation's Islamist-dominated legislature and constitutional panel were illegally elected and that the legislature's upper house, the only one currently sitting, must be dissolved when parliament's lower chamber is elected later this year or early in 2014. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

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Homes destroyed by government airstrikes and shelling in the Barzeh district of Damascus, Syria, on Saturday, June 1, 2013, are pictured in a citizen journalist image provided by the Local Council of Barzeh and authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting. (AP Photo/Local Council of Barzeh)