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** FILE ** This Jan. 21, 2013, file photo, shows Jim Messina (left), the 2012 campaign manager for President Obama, who will lead the advocacy group Organizing for Action. Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri questioned Mr. Obama’s decision to turn his campaign group into a nonprofit. The creation of the organization, designed to leverage the assets of the president’s re-election campaign, was announced that Friday. (Associated Press)
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As a CBS News contributor, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice “will use her insight and vast experience to explore issues facing America at home and abroad.” (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** “We must act today in order to preserve tomorrow,” President Reagan said during his first inaugural address, Jan. 20, 1981. (Associated Press)
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The big brick Remington factory looms over the blue-collar town of Ilion in upstate New York. Residents are defending the weapons manufacturer after New York lawmakers banned the sale of semi-automatic assault-style rifles, including the Bushmaster weapon that was linked to a pair of tragic shootings. “Remington is Ilion. Ilion is Remington,” said Mayor John Stephens. (Associated Press)
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Zakki Scott of Washington, D.C., left, and Charles Jordan of Laurel, Md., right, with Stage Hands Union Local 22, load up supplies to be sorted into service packages for members of the armed services abroad by volunteers during the National Day of Service at the D.C. Armory, Washington, D.C., Saturday, January 19, 2013. Non-profit groups are running hundreds of service projects for the Martin Luther King Jr. weekend. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Volunteers wait in line to sign in before putting together service packages for members of the armed services abroad during the National Day of Service at the D.C. Armory, Washington, D.C., Saturday, January 19, 2013. Non-profit groups are running hundreds of service projects for the Martin Luther King Jr. weekend. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii), center, volunteers her time to help put together service packages for members of the armed services abroad during the National Day of Service at the D.C. Armory, Washington, D.C., Saturday, January 19, 2013. Non-profit groups are running hundreds of service projects for the Martin Luther King Jr. weekend. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Hundreds of volunteers line up to put together service packages for members of the armed services abroad during the National Day of Service at the D.C. Armory, Washington, D.C., Saturday, January 19, 2013. Non-profit groups are running hundreds of service projects for the Martin Luther King Jr. weekend. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Vice President Joseph Biden participates in putting together service packages for members of the armed services abroad during the National Day of Service at the D.C. Armory, Washington, D.C., Saturday, January 19, 2013. Non-profit groups are running hundreds of service projects for the Martin Luther King Jr. weekend. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Volunteer Shannon Stinson of Fairfax, Va., writes a handwritten letter to a service member to go along with service packages for members of the armed services abroad during the National Day of Service at the D.C. Armory, Washington, D.C., Saturday, January 19, 2013. Non-profit groups are running hundreds of service projects for the Martin Luther King Jr. weekend. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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George Washington University Student Priscilla Nei, right, and dozens of other volunteers write handwritten letters to service members to go along with service packages for members of the armed services abroad during the National Day of Service at the D.C. Armory, Washington, D.C., Saturday, January 19, 2013. Non-profit groups are running hundreds of service projects for the Martin Luther King Jr. weekend. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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George Washington University student Rebecca Prather, right, and dozens of other volunteers write handwritten letters to service members to go along with service packages for members of the armed services abroad during the National Day of Service at the D.C. Armory, Washington, D.C., Saturday, January 19, 2013. Non-profit groups are running hundreds of service projects for the Martin Luther King Jr. weekend. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Vice President Joseph Biden, his wife Jill Biden, left, and their family take the stage to speak to volunteers who put together service packages for members of the armed services abroad during the National Day of Service at the D.C. Armory, Washington, D.C., Saturday, January 19, 2013. Non-profit groups are running hundreds of service projects for the Martin Luther King Jr. weekend. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Vice President Joseph Biden and his wife Jill Biden take the stage to speak to volunteers who put together service packages for members of the armed services abroad during the National Day of Service at the D.C. Armory, Washington, D.C., Saturday, January 19, 2013. Non-profit groups are running hundreds of service projects for the Martin Luther King Jr. weekend. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Vice President Joseph Biden, his wife Jill Biden, left, and their family take the stage to speak to volunteers who put together service packages for members of the armed services abroad during the National Day of Service at the D.C. Armory, Washington, D.C., Saturday, January 19, 2013. Non-profit groups are running hundreds of service projects for the Martin Luther King Jr. weekend. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Volunteers Andre Livingston and his daughter Rayna, 10, center, of Ellicott City, Md., listen with other volunteers as Vice President Joseph Biden takes the stage to speak to the volunteers putting together service packages for members of the armed services abroad during the National Day of Service at the D.C. Armory, Washington, D.C., Saturday, January 19, 2013. Non-profit groups are running hundreds of service projects for the Martin Luther King Jr. weekend. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
