Politics

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**FILE** In this courtroom sketch, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales (center) is shown Nov. 5, 2012, during a preliminary hearing in a military courtroom at Joint Base Lewis McChord in Washington state. An Afghan National Army guard who reported seeing a U.S. soldier outside a remote base the night 16 civilians were massacred in March said the man did not stop even after being asked three times to do so. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** President George W. Bush (right) stands with Gen. David Petraeus as he arrives Sept. 3, 2007, for a surprise visit at Al-Asad Airbase in Anbar province, Iraq. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Maj. Gen. David Petraeus (center), commanding general of the 101st Airborne Division, kisses his wife, Holly as his son, Stephen (left), and daughter, Anne, look on upon his return home from Iraq to Fort Campbell, Ky. Gen. Petraeus, the retired four-star general who led the U.S. military campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan, resigned Friday, Nov. 9, 2012 as director of the CIA after admitting he had an extramarital affair. (Associated Press)

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U.S. Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, then-commander of the International Security Assistance Force and U.S. Forces-Afghanistan, shakes hands with Paula Broadwell, co-author of "All In: The Education of General David Petraeus," in a July 13, 2011, photo from the ISAF's Flickr website. (Associated Press/International Security Assistance Force) ** FILE **

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Extreme far-right Golden Dawn party lawmaker Ilias Panagiotaros speaks Oct. 26, 2012, at his shop in central Athens, explaining his party's policies and rejects accusations that it has been involved in racist attacks in Greece. (Associated Press)

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“If I come out on the short end of the stick, guess what? I salute the flag, I wish you good luck and I continue on, and hopefully my replacement will be able to go up and contend with these monumental issues.” - Rep. Allen B. West, Florida Republican (Associated Press)

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U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota Democrat, addresses supporters Tuesday night. With a Democratic governor and Democrats in control of the Legislature, Minnesota is heavily blue. (Associated Press)

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Former President Bush watches golf in Irving, Texas, with his nephew, George P. Bush, 26, who has made a campaign filing in Texas that is required of anyone planning to run for state office, though he did not have to specify what office. The son of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is a graduate of the University of Texas law school who now runs a real estate investment firm and a consulting firm in Texas. (Associated Press)

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U.S. Rep. Ben Chandler, Kentucky Democrat, speaks to supporters Tuesday night as he concedes his race to Republican Andy Barr. By the time the race was over, President Obama had been vilified in the mining industry, and Mr. Chandler had been portrayed as his surrogate. He and Mr. Obama lost Kentucky. (Associated Press)

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World War II veterans salute for a group photo 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 World War II veteran wipes his eyes during speeches at 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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Valencia Adams, of Bowie, Md., wipes tears from her eyes after getting a pencil rubbing of the name of her father Army Pvt. Phillip C. Adams who was killed in Vietnam on May 5, 1970 after being in country for 6 months, as she visits the wall at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial during Veteran's Day weekend in Washington, D.C. Her son is retiring soon from the military after tours in Afghanistan and Iraq. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)