Politics

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Israeli women pray at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, Thursday, April 11, 2013. Israeli police have detained five women while praying at the Western Wall in Jerusalem for performing religious rituals that ultra-Orthodox Jews say are reserved for men. (AP Photo/Michal Fattal)

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North Koreans walk past three posters with the slogans (from left) "Forward to the ultimate victory under the leadership of the great party!," "Not with words but with arms" and "Higher, faster," on Tuesday, March 19, 2013, on a street in the Phyongchon District of Pyongyang, North Korea. The banner partially shown at right reads in its entirety: "Let’s strengthen and enhance our party as the party of Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il!" (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin)

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The exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington is seen here on March 22, 2013. (Associated Press) **FILE**

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** FILE ** Sen. Joe Manchin III (right), West Virginia Democrat, accompanied by Sen. Patrick J. Toomey, Pennsylvania Republican, announces on Wednesday, April 10, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington that they have reached a bipartisan deal on expanding background checks to more gun buyers. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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** FILE ** In this Dec. 18, 2012, file photo, Republican U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois speaks about his recovery from a major stroke a year ago at his home in Highland Park, Ill., In a post on his blog Tuesday, April 2, 2013, (AP Photo/Daily Herald, Bill Zars, File)

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In this June 28, 2011, file photo, then-Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in the West Bank city of Ramallah. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed, File)

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** FILE ** In this April 10, 2013, file photo, thousands of people from across the country turned out for the National Rally for Citizenship as a bipartisan group of lawmakers worked to finalize legislation that would reform the nation's immigration policy. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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About 200 people marched down 16th Street from Columbia Heights to join others for the National Rally for Citizenship. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)