Politics

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Saying he is looking forward to a “quieter time,” Sen. Mike Johanns, Nebraska Republican, announced Monday that he won’t run for re-election in 2014. Mr. Johanns is in his first Senate term. He served as Nebraska’s governor for two terms and was secretary of agriculture for President George W. Bush. He is the fifth senator in recent weeks to announce plans to retire. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Councilman David Catania questions a witness during a hearing held by the D.C. Council Monday, March 28, 2011, in Washington, D.C., about the hiring processes in Mayor Vincent Gray’s administration. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Assembly workers for military contractors are at risk of job losses as a result of the uncertainty of sequestration. (Associated Press)

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Four years have passed since CNBC analyst Rick Santelli sparked the creation of the tea party movement with his “rant heard ’round the world” decrying the federal government. (CNBC)

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Tea Party Express chief strategist Sal Russo speaks at the National Press Club in Washington on May 11, 2011. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

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Army Capt. Zachariah L. Fike presents Hyla Merin with a plaque that contains (from left) the Bronze Star, the Purple Heart, the Army Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal and the World War II Victory Medal, along with a Silver Star that he pinned to her during a ceremony at her home in Thousand Oaks, Calif., on Feb. 17, 2013. The medals were presented posthumously to her father after they were recently discovered in an apartment where Merin's mother and aunts had once lived. (Associated Press)

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An Afghan military officer poses a question to President Hamid Karzai in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013. Mr. Karzai said he planned to issue a decree banning Afghan security forces from asking international troops to carry out airstrikes under "any circumstances.” The announcement came amid anger over a joint Afghan-NATO operation last week that Afghan officials said killed 10 civilians, including women and children, in northeast Kunar province. (AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid)

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**FILE** Incumbent Rep. Frank Guinta, New Hampshire Republican, and Democratic challenger Carol Shea-Porter debate during the 1st Congressional District forum on Sept. 17, 2012, at St. Anselm College in Manchester, N.H. (Associated Press/The Union Leader)