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Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner (left) enters the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, to meet with House and Senate leaders to discuss the looming "fiscal cliff." (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and Homeland Security Committee, left, joins Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., right, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, to tell reporters they will push for a vote in Congress to kick the Palestinian Liberation Organization out of its Washington offices and withhold U.S. financial aid if the Palestinians seek to use an enhanced U.N. status against Israel. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, second from left, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, second from right, prepare to start a meeting on Palestine, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. Palestinians are expected to win U.N. recognition as a state, even as the U.S., Israel's closest ally, mounts an aggressive campaign to head off the General Assembly vote. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

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** FILE ** Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement to the press about the Palestinian bid to the U.N. during a visit to an exhibition marking 35 years since Egyptian president Anwar Sadat's visit to Israel at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Gali Tibbon, Pool)

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People march in support of the Palestinian UN bid for observer state status, in the West Bank town of Jenin, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. The Palestinians are certain to win U.N. recognition as a state on Thursday but success could exact a high price: delaying an independent state of Palestine because of Israel's vehement opposition. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, right, listens as U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a meeting on Palestine, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. Palestinians are expected to win U.N. recognition as a state, even as the U.S., Israel's closest ally, mounts an aggressive campaign to head off the General Assembly vote. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

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Israeli right wing activists demonstrate against the Palestinian U.N. bid for observer state status, in front of the U.N. headquarters in Jerusalem, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. The Palestinians are certain to win U.N. recognition as a state on Thursday but success could exact a high price: delaying an independent state of Palestine because of Israel's vehement opposition. Hebrew on sign reads: "Abu Mazen's workers." (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

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A Palestinian girl waves a flag during a rally supporting the Palestinian U.N. bid for observer state status, in the West bank city of Ramallah, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. The Palestinians are certain to win U.N. recognition as a state on Thursday but success could exact a high price: delaying an independent state of Palestine because of Israel's vehement opposition. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

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People hold a giant Palestinian flag during a rally in support of the Palestinian UN bid for observer state status, in the West Bank town of Jenin, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. The Palestinians are certain to win U.N. recognition as a state on Thursday but success could exact a high price: delaying an independent state of Palestine because of Israel's vehement opposition. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)

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CORRECTS NAME TO WATERS IN LAST SENTENCE - Roger Waters, center, founding member of Pink Floyd, meets U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, while Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, second from right, sits waiting for the start of a meeting on Palestine, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012 in New York. Palestinians are expected to win U.N. recognition as a state, even as the U.S., Israel's closest ally, mounts an aggressive campaign to head off the General Assembly vote. Waaters was on a list of speakers at the meeting observing the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

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A girl with the Palestinian flag painted on her face attends a rally supporting the Palestinian UN bid for observer state status, in the West bank city of Ramallah, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. The Palestinians are certain to win U.N. recognition as a state on Thursday but success could exact a high price: delaying an independent state of Palestine because of Israel's vehement opposition. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

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A Hassidic Jew holds a Palestinian flag and a sign during a rally supporting the Palestinian UN bid for observer state status, in the West bank city of Ramallah, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. The Palestinians are certain to win U.N. recognition as a state on Thursday but success could exact a high price: delaying an independent state of Palestine because of Israel's vehement opposition. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

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** FILE ** President Barack Obama makes an opening statement during his news conference, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Sen. Susan Collins, ranking member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, talks to the media following a closed-door briefing about the Benghazi attack on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012 at the U.S. Capitol. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Sen. John McCain, a member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, leaves a meeting room in the Capitol Visitors Center Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012 following a closed-door briefing on the Benghazi attack. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Sen. Rob Portman (center), Ohio Republican, center, talks with a reporter about the closed-door briefing he and other members of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee received about the Benghazi attack on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, at the U.S. Capitol. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)