Politics

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**FILE** Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chairman Sen. Saxby Chambliss, Georgia Republican, waits to speak with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington on Nov. 16, 2012. (Associated Press)

Police detain a gay rights activist during a protest near the State Duma, Russia's lower parliament chamber, in Moscow on Jan. 25, 2013. A controversial bill banning "homosexual propaganda" was submitted to Russia's lower house of parliament for the first of three hearings. Twenty people were detained, according to a police report. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** This photo from March 6, 2011, shows then-Deputy National Security Adviser Denis McDonough speaking in Sterling, Va. He is now the White House Chief of Staff. (Associated Press)

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President Obama looks to Mary Jo White in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington on Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013, as he announces he will nominate her to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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President Obama announces in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington on Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013, that he will nominate Mary Joe White (right) to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and will renominate Richard Cordray (left) to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a position he has held for the past year under a recess appointment. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley’s proposal to allow residents to register to vote and cast ballots on the same day follows the lead of other Democratic-leaning states expanding voter access as a counterpoint to voter-ID laws in conservative states. (The Washington Times)

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Egyptian protesters try to tear down a cement wall built to prevent them from reaching parliament and the Cabinet building near Tahrir Square in Cairo on Jan. 24, 2013. (Associated Press)

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President Dwight D. Eisenhower "stuck to a few broadly conservative themes that resonated across the country," says New Hampshire columnist D.J. Bettencourt. "Together they framed the Republican Party as effective, inclusive, and forward." (Associated Press)

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Washington Capitals center Marcus Johansson (90) is helped off the ice after colliding with Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin (8) during a scrimmage between the Washington Capitals and the Reading Royals at Kettler Capitals Iceplex, Arlington,Va., Tuesday, January 8, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)