Politics

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This video frame grab image provided by C-SPAN2 shows William "Mo" Cowan, center, accompanied by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., left, and Secretary of State John Kerry, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013, to officially be sworn into the Senate by Vice President Joseph R. Biden. Cowan was chosen by Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick to replace Kerry. (AP Photo/C-SPAN2)

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President Obama closes his eyes as he listens to offerings of prayers at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013. While speaking, the president said he hopes to maintain the morning's bipartisan spirit a little longer. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta (left) and U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrive to testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013, to answer questions on the Defense Department's response to the attack on U.S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya, in September. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta (center) arrives to testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013, to answer questions on the Defense Department's response to the attack on U.S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya, in September. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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An Australian fighter jet is readied for a training mission at the Cope North military exercises at Andersen Air Force Base on the U.S. island of Guam, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013. Fighter jets from the U.S. and two key allies roared into Western Pacific skies Thursday in the combat phase of exercises that have gained importance as the region responds to the rise of China and other potential threats. (AP Photo/Eric Talmadge)

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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers his speech during a national rally marking the Northern Territories Day in Tokyo Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013. Japan reiterated its demand to Russia the return of the four-island chain, known as the Northern Territories in Japan and the Kuril Islands in Russia. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

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This undated image taken from video broadcast on Iranian state television purports to show a U.S. drone landing in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Iran's state TV has broadcast footage on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013, allegedly extracted from the advanced CIA spy drone captured in 2011, the latest in a flurry of moves from Iranian authorities meant to underline the nation's purported military and technological advances. (AP Photo/Iranian state TV via AP video)