Politics

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** FILE ** This Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2009, file photo shows Syrian President Bashar Assad, seen, during a meeting with his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, unseen, at the presidency in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

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**FILE** In this photo released by the Iranian Students News Agency, men move the Epic drone, painted with the Iranian flag colors, during a ceremony in Tehran on May 9, 2013. Iran's defense minister says Iran has built a new, radar-evading drone that can do surveillance and fire on enemy targets. (Associated Press/ISNA)

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A mock Scud-B missile of North Korea, right, and other South Korean missiles are displayed at Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, May 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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** FILE ** Election Day bought out hordes of voters in Washington, D.C., but dozens of ballots were cast using the names of people who had moved to Prince George's County years ago. (The Washington Times)

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Election Day bought out hordes of voters in Washington, D.C., but dozens of ballots were cast using the names of people who had moved to Prince George's County years ago. (The Washington Times) ** FILE **

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Kenneth Starr now heads Baylor University after a career in law that included a stint as special prosecutor in the Monica Lewinsky matter. Some Republicans, including Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio, want a special prosecutor to investigate the current IRS scandal.

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Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, is giving the presidential nomination course a test run with appearances in Iowa and New Hampshire. (Associated Press)

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Sen. Chuck Grassley, Iowa Republican, introduced an amendment to the immigration bill that would prevent changes to the asylum or refugee systems until after an audit of what went wrong in Boston. (Associated Press)

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Ken Starr, a former independent special counsel of the Clinton era, is now president of Baylor University. (Baylor University)

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** FILE ** U.S. District Judge Shira A. Scheindlin is interviewed in her chambers in New York on Friday, May 17, 2013. Judge Scheindlin is presiding over civil rights challenges to the stop-and-frisk practices of the New York Police Department. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)