Politics

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** FILE ** In this April, 20, 2007 file photo, Pakistani militant commander Maulvi Nazir meets his associates in South Waziristan, Pakistan, near the Afghani border. Five Pakistani security officials said the commander, Nazir, was reportedly among nine people killed in a missile strike on a house in the village of Angoor Adda in the South Waziristan tribal region early Thursday. (AP Photo/Ishtiaq Mahsud)

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A statue of President George Washington is seen in the foreground at the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

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House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (left) and Speaker John A. Boehner enter a GOP meeting Wednesday, showing solidarity. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton listens as a reporter asks a question Nov. 28, 2012, during a news conference with African Union Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma after their meeting in Washington. (Associated Press)

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Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt will travel to North Korea as early as this month on a humanitarian trip led by former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson. (Associated Press)

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President Obama and Vice President Biden make a statement regarding the passage of the fiscal cliff bill in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington on Jan. 2, 2013. (Associated Press)

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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (center) is transported on the New York Presbyterian Hospital complex in New York on Jan. 2, 2013. Officials say Clinton, who was admitted to the New York hospital three days prior, continues to be treated with blood thinners to dissolve a clot in the vein behind the right ear. Doctors found the clot during a follow-up exam stemming from a concussion she suffered in early December. (Associated Press)

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Rep. Peter King, New York Republican, heads into a meeting with Speaker of the House John Boehner in his office at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 2, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)