Politics

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If an emergency hit the District, as it did Boston, "it would be almost impossible for many off-duty workers, who would be desperately needed, to respond in a timely manner," Mayor Vincent C. Gray wrote to D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson. (The Washington Times)

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President Obama introduces Anthony Foxx as his nominee to be transportation secretary. Some see Mr. Foxx, mayor of Charlotte, N.C., as a rising star in the Democratic Party. (Associated Press)

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Former President Bill Clinton, center, greets Riki Roussos, right, who slipped beyond the security barrier to meet Clinton after the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's 20th Anniversary Commemoration and National Tribute to Holocaust Survivors and World War II Veterans, Washington, D.C., Monday, April 29, 2013. Also pictured is U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum founding chairman Elie Wiesel, right. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Former President Bill Clinton and World War II veteran Scottie Ooton applaud as U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum staff member Rebecca Dupas gets a kiss from Elie Wiesel, the museum's founding chairman, in the District on Monday. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Sen. Orrin G. Hatch, Utah Republican, is "closely monitoring" proposed health insurance plan rates before the "Obamacare" exchanges kick in 2014.

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"There is no evidence at this point — the investigation continues — but there is no evidence at this point that these two were part of a larger organization"

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**FILE** A crowd prays at an anti-abortion rally at the state Capitol in Bismarck, N.D., on April 17, 2013. Organizers say the rally was held to thank North Dakota lawmakers and Gov. Jack Dalrymple for passing measures this session that give the state the strictest abortion laws in the U.S. (Associated Press)

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Former President Bill Clinton (right) presents Scottie Ooton (center), a member of the U.S. Army's 84th Infantry Division, which liberated the Hanover-Ahlem Concentration Camp during the Second World War, with a commemoration pin during the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's 20th-anniversary commemoration and national tribute to Holocaust survivors and World War II veterans in Washington on Monday, April 29, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Former President Bill Clinton takes the stage at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's 20th-anniversary commemoration and national tribute to Holocaust survivors and World War II veterans in Washington on Monday, April 29, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)