Politics

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U.S. Air Force Airman First Class, Lee Simpson from Sportanburg, S.C., mans a machine gun atop a humvee, with South Korean soldiers during a joint military drill between South Korea and the United States near the Osan U.S. Air Base in Pyeongtaek, south of Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, March 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

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Former Chinese President Hu Jintao, left, and newly named President Xi Jinping clap during a plenary session of the National People's Congress held in Beijing's Great Hall of the People, in China, Thursday, March 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in his Jerusalem office, Sunday, March 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, Pool)

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Then-Prince George’s State’s Attorney Angela D. Alsobrooks testifies in favor of stronger penalties for threatening mass violence. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times) ** FILE **

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Al Cardenas (above), chairman of the American Conservative Union, said that former President George W. Bush (top) “inherited a country that quickly faced the wrath of international terrorism and an attack on our own soil and the billions of dollars it cost to wage a fight against that.” (Associated Press)