Politics

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** FILE ** President Obama speaks on the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups for extra tax scrutiny in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Wednesday, May 15, 2013. Mr. Obama announced the resignation of Acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Marines hold umbrellas as President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan participate in a joint news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Thursday, May 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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U.S. Marines use umbrellas to keep President Obama and the Turkish prime minister dry during a news conference in the Rose Garden. (Twitter/Major Garrett)

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Maryland State Senate President Thomas "Mike" Miller Jr., left, and Speaker of the House Michael Busch, right, flank Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, center, as he signs the Firearm Safety Act of 2013 into law at the Maryland Statehouse, Annapolis, Md., Thursday, May 16, 2013. The bill gives Maryland stricter gun-control laws. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., chairwoman of the Tea Party Caucus, listens at left as while Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., speaks during a news conference with Tea Party leaders about the IRS targeting Tea Party groups, Thursday, May 16, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** This citizen journalism image from May 14, 2013, provided by Aleppo Media Center and authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows the mother of a Syrian rebel cleaning a rifle in Aleppo, Syria. (Associated Press/Aleppo Media Center AMC)

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** FILE ** A customer leaves a supermarket with her purchases, including toilet paper, which is in short supply, in Caracas, Venezuela, on Wednesday, May 15, 2013. Blaming political opponents for the shortfall, as it does for other shortages, the embattled socialist government said it would import 50 million rolls of toilet paper to boost supplies. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)