Politics

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Virginia Delegate G. Manoli Loupassi (left), Richmond Republican, stands with Richmond General District Court Judge Tracy Thorne-Beglan during the latter's testimony before a judicial review meeting of joint House and Senate Courts of Justice committee members at the General Assembly Building in Richmond on Monday, Jan. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Richmond Times-Dispatch, Bob Brown)

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Legionnaires of France's 1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment, based in Orange, France, deploy at the airport in Bamako, Mali. An official at France's Defense Ministry says the country will "gradually deploy" a total of 2,500 troops to Mali, and the French president says the military operation will last until security has been restored and African forces are ready to take charge. (AP Photo/Arnaud Roine, French Army Communications Audiovisual Office [ECPAD])

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President Obama listens to reporters' questions in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Monday, Jan. 14, 2013. (Associated Press)

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President Barack Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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** FILE ** In this Friday, June 22, 2012, file photo, Pakistan's Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf waves in Islamabad, Pakistan. Pakistan's Supreme Court has ordered the arrest of the country's prime minister as part of a corruption case involving private power stations, officials said Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash, File)

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A French airman, center, talks to British military personnel prior to the take off a British C17 transport plane enroute to Mali at the French army base in Evreux, 90 kms (56 mls )north of Paris, Monday, Jan. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (center) speaks during a news conference announcing an agreement with legislative leaders on New York's Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act in the Red Room at the Capitol on Monday, Jan. 14, 2013, in Albany, N.Y. Also pictured are Secretary to the Governor Larry Schwartz (left) and Lt. Gov. Robert Duffy. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)