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A biopic about Hillary Rodham Clinton is in the works about her life before she became first lady of Arkansas (pictured), senator, presidential hopeful or secretary of state.
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"Instead of using the power of the state to silence and intimidate political opponents, the IRS should be focused on collecting taxes from people who are delinquent." — Sen. Tom Coburn, Oklahoma Republican.
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** FILE ** Sen. John McCain, meeting for several hours on Monday, May 27, 2013, with rebel leaders in Syria, was asked for U.S. help to establish a no-fly zone, obtain anti-aircraft weapons and launch airstrikes on targets associated with the regime of President Bashar Assad. (Syrian Emergency Task Force)
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On Monday May 27, 2013 Senator John McCain traveled into Syria for a period of several hours to discuss the current situation in Syria and U.S. Syria Policy with General Salim Idris, leader of the Supreme Military Council of the Free Syrian Army, and 18 commanders of FSA battalions from all of Syria. While meeting with Senator McCain, General Idris and FSA commanders asked that the United States increase its aid to the Free Syrian Army in the form of heavy weapons, a no-fly zone, and air strikes on Hezbollah. Syrian Emergency Task Force Field Director, Razan Shalab Al-Sham, Executive Director, Mouaz Moustafa, and Political Director Elizabeth O'Bagy organized and facilitated Senator McCain's trip into the country. Photo/Syrian Emergency Task Force
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President Barack Obama, center, participates in the wreathlaying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns with Maj. Gen. Michael S. Linnington, left, Commander of the U.S. Army Military District of Washington, at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day, May 27, 2013, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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President Barack Obama talks with Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, center, as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey, left, looks on as they wait to deliver their Memorial Day remarks at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Monday, May 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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Visitors to Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery gather around President Barack Obama, center, during his visit there Memorial Day Monday, May 27, 2013, in Arlington, Va. Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans are buried in Section 60. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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A soldier places roses on grave stones at Section 60 on Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, Monday, May 27, 2013. Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans are buried in Section 60. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)
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Visitors look over military gravestones on Memorial Day at Ft Rosecrans National Cemetary in San Diego on Monday, May 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Sandy Huffaker)
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Staff Sgt. Edgar A. Feagines,of Ferndale, who was in the Air Force from 1959-70 and served in Vietnam, salutes Michigan's Fallen Foot Float in the Ferndale Memorial Day parade in Ferndale, Mich., on Monday , May 27, 2013. In a special tribute to the men and women who gave their lives serving Michigan's military units in Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts, a local committee of volunteers is honoring Michigan's fallen heroes by participating in the Fallen Foot Float. (AP Photo//The Detroit News, David Coates)
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The White House has signed onto a measure that restores the $100,000 death benefit given to families of military members killed in action. During the course of the government shutdown, the payment was withheld from several families who lost loved ones in recent days. In this photo, Heidi Heming, 27 yrs-old, left, of Chattanooga, Tenn. is comforted by volunteer Marina Clifford, 12 yrs-old, while visiting a loved one's gravesite at Section 60 on Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, Monday, May 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)
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President Barack Obama, center, participates in the wreathlaying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns with Maj. Gen. Michael S. Linnington, left, Commander of the U.S. Army Military District of Washington, at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day, May 27, 2013, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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President Barack Obama talks with Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, center, as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey, left, looks on as they wait to deliver their Memorial Day remarks at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Monday, May 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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Visitors to Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery gather around President Barack Obama, center, during his visit there Memorial Day Monday, May 27, 2013, in Arlington, Va. Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans are buried in Section 60. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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A soldier places roses on grave stones at Section 60 on Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, Monday, May 27, 2013. Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans are buried in Section 60. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)
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Visitors look over military gravestones on Memorial Day at Ft Rosecrans National Cemetary in San Diego on Monday, May 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Sandy Huffaker)
