Politics

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Former President George W. Bush gives opening remarks on Dec. 4, 2012, at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas for a conference titled "Immigration and 4% Growth: How Immigrants Grow the U.S. Economy." The George W. Bush Institute was hosting panel discussions highlighting the positive impact of immigration on U.S. economic growth. (Associated Press)

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton listens during a meeting of NATO foreign ministers at the alliance's headquarters in Brussels on Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Kevin Lamarque, Pool)

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An Egyptian walks past a stand displaying state-owned newspapers in Cairo on Dec. 4, 2012. Most independent Egyptian newspapers suspended publication of that day's edition in protest over the hurried drafting of the country's new constitution adopted by an Islamist-led panel. (Associated Press)

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Egyptian protesters chant slogans against the Muslim Brotherhood during a rally Dec. 4, 2012, in front of the presidential palace in Cairo. (Associated Press)

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Egyptian protesters chant slogans against the Muslim Brotherhood during a rally Dec. 4, 2012, in front of the presidential palace in Cairo. (Associated Press)

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An injured Syrian student lies at a hospital bed after he was wounded when a mortar hit the al-Batiha school in al-Wafideen camp, about 25 kilometers (15 miles) northeast of Damascus, Syria, on Dec. 4, 2012. The mortar slammed into a ninth-grade classroom, killing 29 students and a teacher, according to state media, as the civil war closed in on President Bashar Assad's seat of power. (Associated Press/SANA)