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Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Florida), 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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Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Florida) 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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In Winslow Homer’s “Home, Sweet Home,” one of the most popular paintings of the Civil War, soldiers who live in tents listen to the regimental band play the nostalgic song of the title. (Smithsonian American Art Museum)
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Thomas Moran’s “Slave Hunt, Dismal Swamp, Virginia, 1862,” is one of several paintings in the exhibition of Civil War art that looks at the realities of slave life as well as the day-to-day existence of soldiers.
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Beaujolais & Beyond Friday at the Embassy of France, 4101 Reservoir Road NW. 202/640-1806. Web: www.faccwdc.org.
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In this Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012, photo, smoke rises after a Syrian mortar shell landed in a neighborhood in Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras).
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Seth "Mayhem" Mitchell was on his way to becoming a football player when an MCL tear and seven surgeries made him decide to hang up his cleats for good. (Mike DeFabo/Special to The Washington Times)
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**FILE** Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks Nov. 5, 2012, at a campaign event at the Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester, N.H. (Associated Press)
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Seth "Mayhem" Mitchell has a chance to bring the heavyweight title back to the United States for the first time since 2006. (Mike DeFabo/Special to The Washington Times)
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This film image released by Summit Entertainment shows Kristen Stewart, left, and Robert Pattinson in a scene from "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2." (AP Photo/Summit Entertainment, Andrew Cooper)
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This film image released by Summit Entertainment shows Mackenzie Foy, left, and Kristen Stewart in a scene from "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2." (AP Photo/Summit Entertainment, Andrew Cooper)
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This film image released by Summit Entertainment shows Mackenzie Foy, foreground, and Kristen Stewart in a scene from "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2." (AP Photo/Summit Entertainment, Andrew Cooper)
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A rocket launched by Palestinians militants toward Israel makes its way from the northern Gaza Strip, seen from the Israel Gaza Border, southern Israel, on Nov. 15, 2012. (Associated Press)
