Politics

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Sen. John F. Kerry (second from right) arrives for his confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to be the next secretary of state, on Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. With him are outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (center), Sen. John McCain (right) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (left). (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Sen. John F. Kerry (second from left) arrives alongside outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (second from right), Sen. John McCain (right) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (left) for his confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to be the next secretary of state, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013. Mr. Kerry, the committee's chairman, is expected to receive overwhelming support from his colleagues. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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** FILE ** In this Oct. 8, 2002, file photo, Mary Jo White, former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, appears on Capitol Hill in Washington. A White House official says President Barack Obama on Thursday will nominate White as chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). (AP Photo/Dennis Cook, File)

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Striking metro workers stand under a banner that reads: "Strike 8th Day'' at the the central depot in Athens, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013. Greece’s conservative prime minister is holding emergency meeting after a deadline for striking public transport workers expired, leaving Athens’ subway system closed for an eighth day. Strikers protesting pay cuts refused to return to work Thursday despite a court decision declaring their protest illegal. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

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** FILE ** In this Jan. 22, 2013, photo released by the Philippine Coast Guard, coast guard divers approach the USS Guardian, a U.S. Navy minesweeper, to assess the situation after it ran aground last week off Tubbataha Reef, a World Heritage Site in the Sulu Sea, 640 kilometers (400 miles) southwest of Manila, Philippines. (AP Photo/Philippine Coast Guard)

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**FILE** North Korean rockets roll past flower-waving civilians and a soldier standing at attention April 15, 2012, during a mass military parade in Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Square to celebrate 100 years since the birth of the late North Korean founder Kim Il Sung. (Associated Press)