Politics

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Pakistani truckers who carry supplies to NATO troops in Afghanistan chant slogans during a protest in Karachi, Pakistan, on Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013. The truckers have gone on strike in northwest Pakistan to protest lower pay, officials said. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)

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Vice President Joseph R. Biden, with Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. (left), speaks during a meeting with victims groups and gun-safety organizations in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington on Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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** FILE ** In this Nov. 16, 2012, file photo, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton poses for photographs before dinner at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Singapore. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

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People pass the AIG building, in New York, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013. American International Group Inc. said Tuesday its board of directors will weigh whether to take part in a shareholder lawsuit against the U.S. over the government's $182 billion bailout of the insurer. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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Classical music composer and presidential candidate Vladimir Franz smiles prior to a rehearsal of his opera "War with the Newts" at the State Opera in Prague, Czech Republic, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013. Franz is one of nine candidates running for President in the first round of the Czech Republic Presidential election on Jan. 11-12, 2013. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

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** FILE ** Scaffolding is seen on the Washington National Cathedral in this Nov. 12, 2011, file photo taken before the consecration service of the first female Bishop of Washington, Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde. The Washington National Cathedral, where the nation gathers to mourn tragedies and celebrate new presidents, will soon begin performing same-sex marriages. It will announce its new policy Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

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** FILE ** In this Oct. 2, 2010, file photo, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, holds up the hand of his Syrian counterpart Bashar Assad after he awarded Iran's highest national medal to Assad, in a ceremony in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)