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President Obama passes Vice President Joseph R. Biden after speaking on the economy and the deficit on Friday, Nov. 9, 2012, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (Associated Press)

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President Obama, followed by Vice President Joe Biden, walks off stage Nov. 9, 2012, after speaking in the East Room of the White House in Washington about the economy and deficit. (Associated Press)

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President Obama speaks Nov. 9, 2012, in the East Room of the White House in Washington about the economy and the deficit. (Associated Press)

Sadio Balde (left), vice president of the Moroccan Council for Sub-Saharan migrants, joins dozens of Moroccan and foreign activists in a protest Nov. 9, 2012, outside a court in Rabat, Morocco, where Council president Laye Camara is being tried for illegally selling alcohol and cigarettes. Colleagues of Camara say the charges are trumped-up and are part of a widespread crackdown on legal and illegal black African migrants to this North African kingdom that lies just across the narrow Straits of Gibraltar from Europe. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** German Chancellor Angela Merkel (center) speaks June 29, 2012, with European Central Bank President Mario Draghi (left) and Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti during a round-table meeting at a EU Summit in Brussels. (Associated Press)

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House Speaker John Boehner, Ohio Republican, calls on a reporter Nov. 9, 2012, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Associated Press)

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Tim Kaine (D) arrives to a cheering audience at his election night party at the Richmond Marriott after winning the Virginia election for U.S. Senate, Richmond, Va., Tuesday, November 6, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney shakes hands during a campaign rally at The Patriot Center, George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. Monday, Nov. 5, 2012 (Craig Bisacre/The Washington Times)

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John Wallmeyer, of Ashland, Va., listens as Republican U.S. Senate candidate and former Virginia Governor George Allen concedes the senate race to former Virginia Governor Tim Kaine during his election night party event at the Omni Richmond Hotel in Richmond, Va., Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Congressman Roscoe Bartlett gets his "Bartlett for Congress" sticker put on him by his chief of staff outside of Grantsville Elementary School in Grantsville, Md. on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. Bartlett, who is in a tight race against Democrat John Delaney, is visiting every county in his district on Election Day. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Supporters of Question 6, which would grant same-sex marriage rights to residents of Maryland, grab a drink and wait for results at a watch party at Baltimore Soundstage, in Baltimore, MD., Tuesday, November 6, 2012. The bill which grants same-sex couples the right to marry has a good chance of passing, which would make Maryland the first state to approve same-sex marriage. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

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Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III (10) is sacked by Carolina Panthers defensive end Charles Johnson (95) in the fourth quarter at FedEx Field, Landover, Md., Nov. 4, 2012. (Preston Keres/Special to The Washington Times)at FedEx Field, Landover, Md., Nov. 4, 2012. (Preston Keres/Special to The Washington Times)