Politics

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Air Force analysts in the operations center of the 497th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group at Langley Air Force Base in Hampton, Va., monitor combat operations in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/U.S. Air Force)

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** FILE ** Chief of Staff of the Free Syrian Army Gen. Salim Idris addresses the media after he discussed the situation in Syria with the leader of the Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Guy Verhofstadt, right, at the European Parliament in Brussels, Wednesday March 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

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South Korean Army soldiers set up barbed wire fence during an exercise against possible attacks by North Korea near the border village of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea, Monday, March 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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After wining and dining some Senate Republicans, President Obama is heading to Capitol Hill this week to try to make more friends in the GOP. (Associated Press)

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Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell is likely to sign some form of a transportation plan but decisions on other bills are less clear. “[H]e’s going to be confronted with criticism no matter which direction he’s gone,” political analyst Bob Holsworth says. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, raised his standing among Republicans hungry for a presidential winner with his nearly 13-hour filibuster last week. What Rand Paul did on the floor this week was fantastic,” said House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy of California Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union.” (Associated Press)

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“When we’re parading to the box all the time, we don’t have a hope,” Capitals right wing Troy Brouwer said. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Washington Capitals left wing Aaron Volpatti (24) gets slammed into the wall by New York Rangers defenseman Steve Eminger (44) in the first period as the Washington Capitals play the New York Rangers at the Verizon Center, Washington, D.C., Sunday, March 10, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)