Politics

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Syrian regime opponent George Sabra , center, during the vote count of the election of the Executive Office of the Syrian National Council in Doha, Qatar, Friday, Nov. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Osama Faisal)

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Warren Edward Nalls Sr. 80, visits the National World War II Memorial on the Mall on Veterans Day 2005. Mr. Nalls, of Alexandria, was in the Coast Guard and fought in the Atlantic and Pacific in World War II. Veterans from other wars also were at the memorial during his visit. (The Washington Times)

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**FILE** Holly Knowlton Petraeus holds the family bible as her husband, David Petraeus, is sworn in by Vice President Joe Biden as CIA Director on Sept. 6, 2011, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** President Obama listens as CIA Director David Petraeus makes a point during a national security meeting in the Situation Room of the White House. (Rex Features via Associated Press)

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President Obama, accompanied by his national security team, speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington on April 28, 2011. From left are, National Security Adviser Tom Donilon, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Vice President Joe Biden; outgoing Defense Secretary Robert Gates; the president, Defense Secretary-nominee Leon Panetta; CIA Director-nominee Gen. David Petraeus; and top commander-designate for U.S. forces in Afghanistan, Marine Corps Lt. Gen. John Allen, and U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan-designate Ryan Crocker. (Associated Press)

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Vice President Joe Biden (center) talks Sept., 6, 2011, with John Brennan (left), President Obama's chief counterterrorism adviser, and CIA director David Petraeus following a swearing-in ceremony in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Davis Petraeus, former Commander of International Security Assistance Force and U.S. Forces-Afghanistan general, stands with his wife, Holly, as he participates in an Armed Forces farewell tribute and retirement ceremony on Aug. 31, 2011, at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall in Arlington, Va. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** CIA Director-nominee Gen. David Petraeus (second from left) looks on as President Obama speaks on April 27, 2011, during a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Far right is U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan-designate Ray Crocker. (Associated Press)