Politics

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The flag is lowered half staff above the White House in Washington, Tuesday, April 16, 2013, following the explosions at the Boston Marathon. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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** FILE ** President Obama finishes speaking in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington on April 16, 2013, about the Boston Marathon explosions. (Associated Press)

**FILE** Republican Sens. John McCain (right) and Jeff Flake (left), both of Arizona, listen as Sen. Chuck Schumer, New York Democrat, talks prior to a news conference after their tour of the Mexico border with the United States on March 27, 2013, in Nogales, Ariz. (Associated Press)

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The American flag is lowered at the White House in Washington on April 16, 2013, honoring the victims of the tragedy in Boston. President Obama ordered flags at the White House and all government buildings to be flown at half-staff in honor of the Boston Marathon explosion victims. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, arrives to speak with reporters following a Democratic strategy session at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, April 9, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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** FILE ** French Justice Minister Christiane Taubira (right) attends the debate in the French Senate on the legalization of same-sex marriage and adoption for same-sex couples, in Paris on Thursday, April 4, 2013. (AP Photo/ Jacques Brinon)

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U.S. Army Spc. William Colton Millay was sentenced to 16 years in jail and given a dishonorable discharge for selling military secrets to an FBI agent who Millay thought was a Russian agent. (AP Photo/U.S. Army)

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President Obama speaks in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington on Monday, April 15, 2013, following the explosions at the Boston Marathon. (Associated Press)