Politics

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Vice President Joe Biden (second from right) speaks Jan. 10, 2013, during a meeting with Sportsmen and Women and Wildlife Interest Groups and member of his cabinet in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Fighters from the Islamist group Ansar Dine stand guard in Timbuktu, Mali, on Friday, Aug. 31, 2012, as they prepare to publicly lash a member of the Islamic Police found guilty of adultery. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Sen. Jay Rockefeller, West Virginia Democrat, speaks Nov. 2, 2010, in Charleston, W.Va., at a U.S. Senate election party for Gov. Joe Manchin. (Associated Press)

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Vice President Joseph R. Biden (right), accompanied by Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., speaks during a meeting with sportsmen and sportswomen and wildlife interest groups on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House complex in Washington. Mr. Biden is holding a series of meetings this week as part of the effort to develop policy proposals in response to the Newtown, Conn., school shootings. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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** FILE ** Retiring Rep. Barney Frank, Massachusetts Democrat, talks on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, before the start of the 113th Congress. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta (right) motions Afghan President Hamid Karzai to the viewing stand during a full-honors arrival ceremony Thursday on the River Parade Field at the Pentagon. (Associated Press)

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When Mitt Romney was running for president, a lot of time was focused on his wealth. That wasn’t the case when Al Gore ran for president in 2000. But with his sale of Current TV, Mr. Gore will have a net worth that exceeds Mr. Romney’s. associated press

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A man carries a child on his back to a car waiting for them along Highway 425 outside of Clayton, La., as waters rise in their yard near their house on Jan. 10, 2013 during a rainstorm. The National Weather Service says southwest Louisiana is emerging from downpours that has rivers and streams at or approaching flood stage. (Associated Press/The Natchez Democrat)