Politics

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** FILE ** Vice President Joe Biden, flanked by the president of the National Association of Police Organizations and Boston police officer, Thomas Nee, left, and president of the Police Executive Research Forum and Major Cities Chiefs Association and Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey, right, speaks during a meeting at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in the White House complex, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012, in Washington. Biden is leading a task force that will look at ways of reducing gun violence. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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** FILE ** Vice President Joseph R. Biden (right) administers the Senate oath to Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican, accompanied by his wife, Heidi Nelson, and daughters Caroline and Catherine (second from right) during a mock swearing-in ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, as the 113th Congress officially began. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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A Senate investigation is looking into the sources used by Oscar-winning writer Mark Boal for the script to the film “Zero Dark Thirty,” which details the killing of Osama bin Laden. (Sony Pictures)

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**FILE** Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell gestures as he talks Jan. 8, 2012, about eliminating the state gasoline tax in return for an increase in the state sales tax to fund transportation needs. At left is Virginia Secretary of Transportation Sean T. Connaughton. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, former astronaut Mark Kelly, announced Tuesday they are launching the Americans for Responsible Solutions PAC, an advocacy group to fight gun violence. (Associated Press)

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Jamie Foxx and Leonardo DiCaprio star in the film "Django Unchained," which is drawing protests for its action figures. (Weinstein Co. via Associated Press)

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**FILE** An Iraqi army soldier closes the door of a cell in Abu Ghraib prison on the outskirts of Baghdad on Sept. 2, 2006, after the Iraqi government took over control from U.S. forces. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Democratic candidate Ron Barber (right), who won an election to fill former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' congressional seat, celebrates the victory on June 12, 2012, with Giffords and supporters at a post-election event, in Tucson, Ariz. (Associated Press)

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A supporter of the Southern Weekly protests in Guangzhou with a banner that translates as "1.3 billion Chinese have rights to their own voice and do not want to be represented." (Associated Press)