Politics

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“That’s a lot of money to produce a PSA. If y’all want to do some more, I’ll do ’em for free in my office for you,” Rep. Blake Farenthold, Texas Republican, told a representative of the Agriculture Department regarding expenditures for public service announcements, including one called “Save Our Citrus.” (Associated Press)

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HIT: A bus full of Israeli vacationers was the target of a suicide attack by terrorists in Bulgaria last July. The bus was transporting the group to a hotel. (Associated Press)

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An American flag waves at half staff in Hawthorne, Calif., not far from the Army depot where seven Marines were killed and others seriously injured late Monday when a 60 mm mortar exploded during a training exercise. The Pentagon suspended use of the mortars until a review is complete. (Associated Press)

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The 2010 census gave respondents 14 options for ethnicity, as well as a place to write in another ethnic group with which they identified. Under the two-question set-up, however, respondents only have seven options. (Associated Press)

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An Israeli protester holds a sign depicting President Barack Obama during a demonstration calling for the release of Jonathan Pollard, a Jewish American who was jailed for life in 1987 on charges of spying on the United States, in Jerusalem on March 19, 2013. Obama's trip to Jerusalem and the West Bank will take place March 20-22, and it is the U.S. leader's first trip to the region as president and his first overseas trip since being re-elected. Hebrew on signs reads, "Honorable president, save Pollard." (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Sen. Dianne Feinstein, California Democrat, speaks Feb. 25, 2013, with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Associated Press)

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President Obama meets with Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Tuesday, March 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)