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A U.S. Capitol Police officer comes out of the room where Gen. David Petraeus is set to testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee about the Benghazi attack at the U.S. Capitol on Friday, Nov. 16, 2012. The general was expected to say that he knew the attack was terror-based from the beginning. Security was tight in the Capitol complex, and the media were not allowed in the hearing rooms. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), center, heads to a closed door meeting with former CIA Director David Petraeus inside the Capitol Visitors Center on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., Friday, November 16, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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The motorcade with Gen. David Petraeus leaves the U.S. Capitol on Friday, Nov. 16, 2012 following the general's closed-door testimony about the Benghazi attacks. The general was expected to say that he knew the attack was terror-based from the beginning. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Two U.S. Capitol Police officers walk down a closed hallway in the Senate side of the Capitol Visitors Center while Gen. David Petraeus testifies about the Benghazi attack behind closed doors on Friday, Nov. 16, 2012. The general was expected to say that he knew the attack was terror-based from the beginning. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Government Accountability Office International Affairs and Trade Acting Director Michael Courts testifies on the Sept. 11, 2012, attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi during a House Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing in the Rayburn Office Building, Washington, D.C., Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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United States Marine Captain Wesley S. Jagoe [cq] salutes during the playing of the National Anthem above a row of wheel chairs used to assist a group of World War II veterans as they arrive for the Veterans Day at the National World War II Memorial event in Washington, D.C., Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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CIA Deputy Director Michael Morell, center, arrives for a closed door Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing to discuss the September 11, 2012 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, and the intelligence and security situation in other Arab Spring countries at the Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., Thursday, November 15, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Retired Army Spc. Sean Burke of Lincoln, Neb. who lost his leg from an I.E.D explosion in Afghanistan in 2009, right, watches as off duty men with the Navy Ceremonial Guard, who perform funeral services for service members at Arlington Cemetery, unfold an american flag as veterans and veteran supporters block protesters with the Westboro Baptist Church outside the main entrance to Arlington National Cemetery on Veterans Day, Arlington, Va., Monday, November 12, 2012. Approximately a hundred veterans and veteran supporters came out to block the protest by the Westboro Baptist Church, based in Topeka, Kan., which is known for extreme views and have caused an uproar over the past few years for their protests. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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President Barack Obama responds to questions from reporters during a press conference in the East Room at The White House in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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A man walks past the World War II Memorial following the Veterans Day at the National World War II Memorial event in Washington, D.C., Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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A red hat worn by Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.) can be seen as Government Accountability Office International Affairs and Trade Acting Director Michael Courts testifies at a House Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing in the Rayburn Office Building on the September 11, 2012 attack on the american consulate in Benghazi, Washington, D.C., Thursday, November 15, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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World War II veterans arrive as the sun rises during the Veterans Day at the National World War II Memorial event in Washington, D.C., Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Rep. Ted Poe (R-Texas), left, and Chairman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, right, greets Government Accountability Office International Affairs and Trade Acting Director Michael Courts, center, before he testifies at a House Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing in the Rayburn Office Building on the September 11, 2012 attack on the american consulate in Benghazi, Washington, D.C., Thursday, November 15, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Cameron Coady, 7, of Philadelphia, Pa., right, helps veterans and veteran supporters use an american flag to block protesters with the Westboro Baptist Church, left, outside the main entrance to Arlington National Cemetery on Veterans Day, Arlington, Va., Monday, November 12, 2012. The Westboro Baptist Church, based in Topeka, Kan., is known for extreme views and have caused an uproar over the past few years for their protests. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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A pair of combat boots lat the the foot of one of the wall panels of names at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial during Veteran's Day weekend in Washington, D.C., Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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President Barack Obama, flanked by House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, left, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., speaks to reporters in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Nov. 16, 2012, as he hosted meeting of the bipartisan, bicameral leadership of Congress to discuss the deficit and economy. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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President Barack Obama, accompanied by House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, speaks to reporters in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Nov. 16, 2012, as he hosted a meeting of the bipartisan, bicameral leadership of Congress to discuss the deficit and economy in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
