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"We recognize that it's a painstaking, complicated investigation and they’ll get to a conclusion when they get to it," Mayor Vincent C. Gray said of the probe at his press briefing on Wednesday. The federal investigation into Mr. Gray’s mayoral run resulted in guilty pleas from three aides to the campaign. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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President Obama gestures as he answers a question during a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, speaks to reporters after the House Republicans voted for their leadership for the next session of Congress, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. He is flanked by Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., left, and Rep. Lynn Jenkins, R-Kan., right. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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President Obama answers a question during a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Republicans on a House panel that probed the collapse of MF Global are pinning the blame on Jon Corzine, a former Democratic senator. (Associated Press)
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Sens. John McCain (left) and Lindsey Graham said that they are against Mrs. Rice as secretary of state because she didn’t comport herself well after the Benghazi attack. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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At his first news conference in eight months, President Obama said he did not appreciate the criticism from Republicans of his of U.N. ambassador, Susan E. Rice. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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President Obama gestures as he answers a question during a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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President Obama on Wednesday held his first news conference since winning re-election, warning that the U.S. could experience another recession if his tax proposal doesn’t receive GOP support. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Miners dig for diamonds in Marange, Zimbabwe, in November of 2006, the year that field opened. At least $2 billion worth of diamonds have been stolen from Zimbabwe’s eastern diamond fields and have enriched President Robert Mugabe’s ruling circle, international gem dealers and criminals, according to an organization leading the campaign against conflict diamonds. That money was lost to the state treasury. (Associated Press)
