Politics

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Rep. Michele Bachmann, Minnesota Republican, will not run for re-election in 2014. A proud social conservative, she made an immediate splash in the GOP presidential race in 2011, but voters turned on her, and she dropped out six months later. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** James Comey will be nominated by President Obama to replace FBI Director Robert Mueller. (Associated Press)

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Credit: Marines watch proudly as their Afghan National Army students graduate from a class on using 60mm mortars at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan on May 9th, 2013. Credit: Kristina Wong/The Washington Times

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An Afghan National Army soldier graduates from a course on 60mm mortar systems, taught by coalition instructors at the Regional Corps Battle School on May 9, 2013 at Camp Shorabak in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. (Credit: Kristina Wong/The Washington Times)

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Attorney General Eric Holder acknowledges award recipients as he speaks during the Office of Inspector Generals annual awards ceremony on May 29, 2013, at the Justice Department in Washington. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Rep. Chris Van Hollen, Maryland Democrat and ranking member on the House Budget Committee, speaks about the budget at the 2013 Fiscal Summit in Washington on May 7, 2013. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Saudi women attend the Gulf youth conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, April 2012. (Associated Press)

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Vincent Autin (center right) and Bruno Boileau (center left) exchange a kiss during their civil wedding at City Hall in Montpellier, France, on Wednesday, May 29, 2013. Mr. Boileau, 30, of Paris and Mr. Autin, 40, are the first same-sex couple to marry in France since the government legalized same-sex marriage. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)