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Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, wife of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, said she and her husband disagree on the issue of gay marriage and adoption. She’s in favor of both. (Associated Press)

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Mexican President-elect Enrique Pena Nieto, who is set to take office on Saturday, will hit the ground running after a Tuesday meeting at the White House with President Obama. They have a chance to reshape U.S.-Mexico relations, observers say. (Associated Press)

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White House Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Alan Krueger, right, accompanied by White House Press Secretary Jay Carney, speaks to the media about middle class tax cuts and spending, Monday, Nov. 26, 2012, during the daily news briefing at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Detective Jackie Bell, a member of Washington Mayor Vincent C. Gray's security detail, attempts to block a photographer from photographing Mr. Gray as he departs after helping volunteers pack Thanksgiving holiday meals at Food & Friends, an organization that provides and delivers meals to people suffering from life-challenging illnesses, in Washington on Monday, Nov. 19, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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On Monday, Nov. 26, 2012, Palestinian schoolchildren walk in the rubble left days after an Israeli airstrike destroyed the Hamas Interior Ministry in Gaza City, Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

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M23 rebels patrol around Congo's Central Bank in Goma, Congo, on Monday Nov. 26, 2012. Regional leaders meeting in Uganda called for an end to the advance by M23 rebels toward Congo's capital, and also urged the Congolese government to sit down with rebel leaders as residents fled some towns in fear of more fighting between the rebels and army. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

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House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, center, followed by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., leaves the White House the White House in Washington, Friday, Nov. 16, 2012, to speak to the media after meeting with President Barack Obama to discuss the economy and the deficit. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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** FILE ** Then-Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, Texas Republican, speaks about financial reform on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, April 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (right), Kentucky Republican, accompanied by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (left), California Democrat, and House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, gestures as he speaks to reporters outside the White House in Washington on Friday, Nov. 16, 2012, following their meeting with President Obama to discuss the economy and the deficit. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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In this Dec. 16, 2011 file photo, Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill. speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio's push for a Republican version of immigration legislation could be the answer to GOP election-year prayers. The telegenic son of Cuban exiles and potential vice presidential pick is putting together a bill that would allow young illegal immigrants to study and work in the United States but still deny them citizenship. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., center, takes a question on the controversial Arizona immigration law that will be argued in the Supreme Court tomorrow, at a news conference following a Republican strategy session at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, April 24, 2012. Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Republican Policy Committee chair listens at left, with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., at right. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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** FILE ** Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke addresses a luncheon gathering of the Economic Club of New York on Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. Mr. Bernanke urged Congress and the Obama administration to strike a budget deal to avert tax increases and spending cuts that could trigger a recession next year. Without a deal, the measures known as the "fiscal cliff" will take effect in January. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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In this Nov. 16, 2012, photo, President Obama acknowledges House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, while speaking to reporters in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, as he hosted a meeting of the bipartisan, bicameral leadership of Congress to discuss the deficit and economy. A big coalition of business groups says there must be give-and-take in the negotiations to avoid the "fiscal cliff" of massive tax increases and spending cuts. But the coalition also says raising tax rates is out of the question. The group doesn't care that Mr. Obama campaigned to raise tax rates on the rich. The same song is sung by groups representing retirees, colleges and countless others. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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** FILE ** This Jan. 26, 2012, photo shows former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush speaking in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney (right) talks with former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush as they fly on Mr. Romney's campaign plane to Miami on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) ** FILE **