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A U.S. military honor guard folds the flag over the coffin of U.S. Senator Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, during a memorial service at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012 in Honolulu. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)

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During a memorial service for the late Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, President Barack Obama, left, sits next to Irene Hirano Inouye, the widow of the late Sen. Daniel Inouye, at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012, in Honolulu. Inouye was the first Japanese-American elected to both houses of Congress and the second-longest serving senator in U.S. history. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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President Barack Obama looks to the sky during a fly over at the memorial service for the late Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012, in Honolulu. Inouye was the first Japanese-American elected to both houses of Congress and the second-longest serving senator in U.S. history. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Military jets perform a flyover during the Memorial Service for Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, attended by President Barack Obama, at the Punchbowl National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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Lt. Lance Leone survived a July 2010 helicopter crash near LaPush, Wash., but his Coast Guard promotion and career may not. (U.S. Coast Guard via Associated Press)

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Gray skies cover the U.S. Capitol in Washington as Congress closes down for the holiday without a compromise on the "fiscal cliff" threatening the U.S. economy, in Washington, Friday, Dec. 21, 2012. Hopes for avoiding the "fiscal cliff" fell Friday after fighting among congressional Republicans cast doubt on whether any deal reached with President Obama could win approval ahead of automatic tax increases and deep spending cuts kick in Jan. 1. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Coach Mike MacIntyre had turned San Jose State into a Top 25 program before leaving to undertake the rebuilding project at Colorado. Defensive coordinator Kent Baer will guide the Spartans in the Military Bowl. (Associated Press)

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Illinois state Rep. Greg Harris, Chicago Democrat, works at his desk as the lone lawmaker in the House chambers before the beginning of the day's legislative session at the state Capitol in Springfield, Ill., on Wednesday, May 30, 2012. Mr. Harris is one of two lawmakers who have said they will call for a vote on gay-marriage legislation in early January. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

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**FILE** Syrian Orthodox Christians attend Easter Mass in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday, April 15, 2012. Christians, who make up about 10 percent of Syria's population of more than 22 million, say they are particularly vulnerable to the violence that has been sweeping the country since March 2011. They are fearful that the country will become another Iraq, with Christians caught in the crossfire between rival Islamic groups. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)

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** FILE ** Sen. John F. Kerry, Massachusetts Democrat, shakes hands with actor Ben Affleck during a meeting with lawmakers on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012, to discuss the crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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Syrian protesters carry a large revolution flag and chant slogans during a demonstration in Aleppo, Syria, where young people and children sang songs against President Bashar Assad and his regime on Friday, Dec. 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Virginie Nguyen Hoang)

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House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, speaks to reporters about the "fiscal cliff" negotiations at the Capitol in Washington on Friday, Dec. 21, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)