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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), is congratulated by House congresswomen, as she announces that she will stay on as House minority leader at the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, November 14, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), center, surrounded by House congresswomen, announces that she will stay on as House minority leader at the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, November 14, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) arrives to a press conference to announces that she will stay on as House minority leader at the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, November 14, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), center, surrounded by House congresswomen, announces that she will stay on as House minority leader at the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, November 14, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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House congresswomen, including Rep. Tammy Duckworth (D-Illinois), right, who lost both her legs and part of one arm while serving in Iraq, stand together as House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announces that she will stay on as House minority leader at the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, November 14, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), surrounded by House congresswomen, announces that she will stay on as House minority leader at the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, November 14, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), left, surrounded by House congresswomen, announces that she will stay on as House minority leader at the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, November 14, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), left, surrounded by House congresswomen, announces that she will stay on as House minority leader at the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, November 14, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), is congratulated by House congresswomen, as she announces that she will stay on as House minority leader at the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, November 14, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), is congratulated by House congresswomen, as she announces that she will stay on as House minority leader at the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, November 14, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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House congresswomen surround House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), pictured, as she announces that she will stay on as House minority leader at the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, November 14, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Riot police apprehend a protestor during a general strike in Valencia, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's main trade unions stage a general strike, coinciding with similar work stoppages in Portugal and Greece, to protest government-imposed austerity measures and labor reforms. The strike is the second in Spain this year. (AP Photo/ Fernando Hernandez)
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A police officer fires tear gas as police face demonstrators during a protest against Italian Government austerity measures in Turin, Italy, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Workers across the European Union sought to present a united front against rampant unemployment and government spending cuts Wednesday with a string of strikes and demonstrations across the region. Protesters clashed with police in various demonstrations in Rome, Milan, Turin, Padua and Brescia. (AP Photo/Fabio Ferrari, Lapresse)
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A demonstrator blows a horn in front of Spanish riot police during a general strike against government austerity measures, in Pamplona, northern Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. A Spanish Interior Ministry official says 32 people have been arrested and 15 people treated for minor injuries in disturbances as a general strike in Spain against austerity measures and economic reforms began. The General Workers Union said the nationwide stoppage, the second this year, was being heeded by nearly 100 percent of workers Wednesday in the automobile, energy, shipbuilding and constructions industries. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)
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Protestors march during a general strike in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's main trade unions staged a general strike, coinciding with similar work stoppages in Portugal and Greece, to protest government-imposed austerity measures and labor reforms. The strike is the second in Spain this year. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
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Demonstrators clash with riot police during a protest against Italian Government austerity measures in Rome, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Workers across the European Union sought to present a united front against rampant unemployment and government spending cuts Wednesday with a string of strikes and demonstrations across the region. Protesters clashed with police in various demonstrations in Rome, Milan, Turin, Padua and Brescia. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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Riot police arrest a protestor during a general strike in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's main trade unions stage a general strike, coinciding with similar work stoppages in Portugal and Greece, to protest government-imposed austerity measures and labor reforms. The strike is the second in Spain this year. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
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Police clash with protestors during a general strike in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's main trade unions stage a general strike, coinciding with similar work stoppages in Portugal and Greece, to protest government-imposed austerity measures and labor reforms. The strike is the second in Spain this year. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)