Politics

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Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati announces his resignation at the government palace in Beirut on Friday, March 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

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Mississippi state Rep. Jessica Upshaw, a Republican, is pictured at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss., in 2008. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

** FILE ** In this Jan. 14, 2013, file photo, Sen. Tim Sheldon, D-Potlatch, sits at his desk on the Senate floor at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. Sheldon and fellow Democrat Rodney Tom currently side with Republicans in the Senate leading to questions as to whether the Reproductive Parity Act, as it is known to supporters, has enough votes to pass. The measure would require most insurers in Washington state to cover abortions. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

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In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, mourners carry the body of Sheik Mohammad Said Ramadan al-Buti, an 84-year-old pro-government cleric during his funeral in the eighth century Omayyad Mosque, in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, March 23, 2013. (AP Photo/SANA)

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In this photo combo, Wayne LaPierre, left, CEO of the National Rifle Association, makes remarks at CPAC 2013, at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Md., Friday, March 15, 2013; and at right, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks to the Economic Club of Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012, in Washington. LaPierre and Bloomberg claim their views on guns have the support of the overwhelming number of Americans. (AP Photo, Ron Sachs, Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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** FILE ** This Sept. 27, 2010, file photo reviewed by the U.S. military, shows a U.S. military guard walking a corridor between detainee cells at the Parwan detention facility near Bagram, north of Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder, File)