Politics

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A man reads a newspaper headlining "Terrorist attack and kidnapping in In Amenas," at a newsstand in Algiers, Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013. Algerian forces raided a remote Sahara gas plant on Thursday in an attempt to free dozens of foreign hostages held by militants with ties to Mali’s rebel Islamists, diplomats and an Algerian security official said. (AP Photo/Ouahab Hebbat)

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Josephine County Sheriff Gil Gilbertson, pictured in his office in Grants Pass, Ore., is one of a growing number of rural sheriffs vowing to ignore any new federal gun-control legislation and lawmakers wanting to make it a crime for federal officials to enforce federal gun policy in their states. (AP Photo/Mail Tribune, Bob Pennell)

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James Cunningham, U.S. ambassador in Afghanistan, says during a news event at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013, that the United States wants serious peace negotiations with the Taliban but that it has not yet been possible to get the process under way. (AP Photo/Patrick Quinn)

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A Free Syrian Army fighter steps on a paper with the photo of Syrian President Bashar Assad in Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Andoni Lubaki)

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"I think at the federal level and at the state level, get rid of these mandatory minimum sentences. Let judges act as judges and make up their own mind what should be done. The idea that we protect society by one size fits all, or the idea that we can do this kind of symbolism to make us safer — it just does not work in the real world," said Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick J. Leahy of Vermont, the senior Democrat in the Senate. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, walks on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013, to the chamber at the Capitol in Washington for the final vote as the House of Representatives passed a $50.7 billion emergency aid bill for states hit by Superstorm Sandy. (Associated Press)

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"This is our first task as a society, keeping our children safe," President Obama said Wednesday as he and Vice President Joseph R. Biden announced their legislative and executive agenda to curb gun violence in America. (Associated Press)

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Former Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich, Ohio Democrat, has found a comfortable post-Congress sinecure as a guest commentator on Fox News Channel. (Associated Press)

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D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (left) and D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray unveiled the glass-enclosed, carpeted pavilion with a banner outside proclaiming, "A more perfect union must include full Democracy in D.C." (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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The Answer Coalition case stems from ongoing litigation that has challenged the appropriation of demonstration space for protesters during presidential inaugurations since 2005. (The Washington Times/File)