Politics

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** FILE ** Then-Florida Republican Party Chairman Jim Greer talks with reporters after receiving a vote of confidence from the executive committee of state GOP in Tallahassee, Fla., on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009. (AP Photo/Tallahassee Democrat, Bill Cotterell)

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** FILE ** Egyptian security police fire tear gas at protesters during clashes next to the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Feb. 8, 2013. Egypt has witnessed a fresh cycle of violence over the past two weeks since the second anniversary of the 2011 uprising that deposed longtime autocrat Hosni Mubarak, with clashes across the country having left scores dead and hundreds injured. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

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Former New York Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, seen here addressing a convention of 1,500 Iranian-Americans from 37 states on Saturday in Washington, called the weekend rocket attack that killed six and wounded 50 other unarmed Iranian dissidents in a camp near Baghdad’s airport “cold-blooded murder.” (FOCUSED IMAGES Visual Solutions)

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Last week, a $3.3 billion overhaul and refueling of the Lincoln was postponed, with the budget sequester being cited. (U.S. Navy via Associated Press)

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Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, on Tuesday will deliver the tea party’s response to President Obama’s State of the Union speech. “There’s a lot of energy that still comes from the tea party,” he said. (CBS via Associated Press)

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"We're in a different kind of war,” Sen. Richard J. Durbin, Illinois Democrat (left), said on NBC's "Meet the Press.” about the use of drones. “We've got to strike a new constitutional balance.” (Associated Press)

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A young girl watches as Washington, D.C. celebrates the Chinese New Year with a parade down H Street in Chinatown for the year of the snake, Washington, D.C., Sunday, February 10, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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A man watches from a porch as Washington, D.C. celebrates the Chinese New Year with a parade down H Street in Chinatown for the year of the snake, Washington, D.C., Sunday, February 10, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Ben, 5, and Rachel, 8, Chapin of Arlington, Va., wave flags as they watch a parade down H Street in Chinatown for the Chinese New Year which is the year of the snake, Washington, D.C., Sunday, February 10, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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A couple looks out the window of a restaurant and watches as Washington, D.C. celebrates the Chinese New Year with a parade down H Street in Chinatown for the year of the snake, Washington, D.C., Sunday, February 10, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)