Politics

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Israeli army tanks participate in a drill near Revivim southern Israel, Thursday, March 7, 2013. On a dusty field in Israel’s southern desert, the military is gearing up for the next battle against a familiar foe: Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

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A rare, hand-copied draft of Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address goes on public view March 22 for six weeks at the Library of Congress. (Library of Congress)

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Photographs by Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times Simon Idsoe, chef at the Royal Embassy of Norway, has a variety of ingredients at hand to prepare his culinary delights. He learned to cook in his Norwegian grandmother’s kitchen and went on to elegant restaurants in France before ending up in a gleaming kitchen on Washington’s Embassy Row.

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Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky challenged the Republican Party establishment to win his seat in 2010. He started a nearly 13-hour filibuster Wednesday, demanding assurances that the Obama administration would not use drones in the U.S. to kill terrorist suspects. (Associated Press)

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Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican, had dinner with President Obama during Sen. Rand Paul's filibuster. (Associated Press)

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North Koreans rally in Pyongyang on Thursday in support of a statement by their army’s leadership vowing to cancel the 1953 cease-fire that ended the Korean War as well as boasting of the country’s ability to execute “surgical strikes” meant to unify the Korean Peninsula. North Korea is facing stiffer U.N. sanctions over its Feb. 12 missile test. (Associated Press)