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**FILE** U.S. Army Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf points Jan. 27, 1991, to a row of photos of Kuwait's Ahmadi Sea Island Terminal on fire after a U.S. attack on the facility. (Associated Press)

** FILE ** King Fahd, second left, rides with U.S. Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf as they review U.S. troops at an airbase in eastern Saudi Arabia on Jan. 7, 1991. Fahd, who moved his country closer to the United States but ruled the world's largest oil producing nation in name only since suffering a stroke in 1995, died early Monday, Aug. 1, 2005 the Saudi royal court said. He was said to be 84. (AP Photo/Bob Daugherty)

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**FILE** Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf (left), commander of U.S. forces in the Gulf, confers with Saudi Arabian Lt. Gen. Khalid Bin Sultan, commander of multinational forces in the area, in Riyadh on Dec. 19, 1990. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf (left) looks on as President George Bush speaks to reporters in the Rose Garden of the White House on April 23, 1991. Bush praised the general for leading a "fantastic" effort to fulfill U.S. obligations in the Gulf and for helping to build "unbelievable" morale on the home front. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** President George Bush congratulates Desert Storm commander Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf after presenting him with the Medal of Freedom at the White House in Washington on July 4, 1991. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** U.S. Army Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, commander of U.S. forces in Saudi Arabia, answers questions during an interview in Riyadh on Sept. 14, 1990. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf and President George Bush watch the National Victory Parade from the viewing stand in Washington on June 8, 1991. Schwarzkopf led his troops in the parade, and then joined Bush in the reviewing stand. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf waves to the crowd after a military band played a song in his honor during welcome-home ceremonies at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla., on April 22, 1991. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf stands at ease with his tank troops during Operation Desert Storm in Saudi Arabia on Jan. 12, 1991. (Associated Press)

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Rep. Edward J. Markey has hopes of joining fellow Massachusetts Democrat Elizabeth Warren in the Senate after declaring Thursday he will run to fill the seat of John F. Kerry, who is widely expected to be confirmed as President Obama’s next secretary of state. (Associated Press)

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This handout video frame grab image provided by C-SPAN2 shows Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., left leading Hawaii's newest Sen. Brian Schatz, center, and retiring Hawaii Sen. Daniel Akaka, walking on the Senate floor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 27, 2012, where Vice President Joe Biden administered the Senate oath to Schatz. Schatz replaces Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii who died last week. Akaka is retiring and will be succeeded by Rep. Mazie Hirono who was elected in November. (AP Photo/C-SPAN2)

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Brian Emanuel Schatz (D-Hawaii), kisses his wife, Linda, after re-enacting his swearing in ceremony with Vice President Joe Biden inside the old Senate Chamber at the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., Thursday, December 27, 2012. Schatz, who was the Lt. Gov. for Hawaii was selected by Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie to the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the late Daniel K. Inouye. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Sen. Saxby Chambliss, Georgia Republican, one of the so-called Gang of 6, outside of the Senate Chamber, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, July 20, 2011. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)

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“A right to private communications, free from the prying eyes and ears of the government, should be the rule, not the exception for American citizens on American soil, whom law enforcement has no reason to suspect of wrongdoing.” - Sen. Chris Coons, Delaware Democrat. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Sen. Pat Roberts, Kansas Republican, sings a song at "A Century of Service" honoring former U.S. Senate Majority Leaders Bob Dole and Howard Baker at Mellon Auditorium, Wednesday, March 21, 2012, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)