Politics

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U.S. Attorney David B. Barlow, of Utah, speaks during an interview at his office Thursday, May 16, 2013, in Salt Lake City. U.S. authorities in Idaho said they have arrested Fazliddin Kurbanov, a man from Uzbekistan accused of conspiring with a designated terrorist organization in his home country and helping scheme to use a weapon of mass destruction. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

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The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force patrols the Senkaku Islands, which China calls the Diaoyu Islands, in the East China Sea. China is trying to strengthen its claim on tiny, uninhabited, Japanese-controlled islands by raising questions about the much larger Okinawa chain that is home to more than 1 million Japanese along with major U.S. military installations. Tokyo has issued a "stern protest." (Associated Press)

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The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force patrols the Senkaku Islands, which China calls the Diaoyu Islands, in the East China Sea. China is trying to strengthen its claim on tiny, uninhabited, Japanese-controlled islands by raising questions about the much larger Okinawa chain that is home to more than 1 million Japanese along with major U.S. military installations. Tokyo has issued a "stern protest." (Associated Press)

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Virginia Attorney General Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II will accept the GOP nomination for governor Saturday. Mr. Cuccinelli has set his own political course, distancing himself from Gov. Bob McDonnell and Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Colorado Senate President John Morse (left) joins Speaker of the House Mark Ferrandino, Denver Democrat, in listening as Gov. John Hickenlooper delivers the annual State of the State speech before a joint session of the Colorado Legislature in the State Capitol in Denver on Jan. 10, 2013. (Associated Press)

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As a light rain falls, President Obama speaks May 16, 2013, during a news conference with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the Rose Garden of the White House. (Associated Press)

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An email from then-CIA Director David Petraeus is among the 99 pages of emails regarding Benghazi released by the White House on May 15, 2013. Petraeus objected to the final talking points that U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice used five days after the deadly assault on a U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya. The White House released 99 pages of emails and a single page of hand-written notes made by Petraeus' deputy, Mike Morell, after a meeting at the White House the day before Rice's appearance. (Associated Press)