Politics

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Gen. Salim Idris, who defected from the Syrian army in July, speaks during an interview in Antakya, Turkey, on Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)

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President Barack Obama walks to the Oval Office of the White House as he returns from greeting members of the staff, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, joined by the Republican leadership speaks to reporters about the fiscal cliff negotiations with President Obama following a closed-door strategy session, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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** FILE ** Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, joined by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, left, and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., right, as they finish a news conference about the fiscal cliff negotiations after a closed-door GOP strategy session, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada speaks to reporters following the Democratic policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., second from right, walks to a Republican strategy session with Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, walks away from the podium after speaking to reporters following the Republican policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012. McConnell is flanked by Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., left, and Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wy., right. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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President Barack Obama looks to the media as he walks to the Oval Office of the White House as he returns from greeting members of the staff, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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South Korean presidential candidate Park Geun-hye (center) of the ruling Saenuri Party speaks to the media after casting her ballot in the presidential election at a polling station in Seoul on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

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Moon Jae-in, the South Korean opposition Democratic United Party's presidential candidate, and his wife, Kim Jung-sook, cast their votes in the presidential election at a polling station in Busan, South Korea, south of Seoul, on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Kim Hyun-tai)

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** FILE ** U.S. envoy J. Christopher Stevens attends meetings on April 11, 2011, at the Tibesty Hotel in Benghazi, Libya, where an African Union delegation was meeting with Libyan opposition leaders. (Associated Press)