Politics

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Maj. Gen. Mohammed Fares, an ex-Syrian astronaut who defected in August and joined the main umbrella group for opponents of the Assad regime, attends a meeting of the general assembly of the Syrian National Council in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Ahmed Khalil, Syrian National Council)

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Sarah Baker of Richmond, Va., right, laughs as her five month old daughter Wila begins to cry in the arms of democratic candidate for Senate Tim Kaine, as they chat together outside the polling entrance at Linwood Holton Elementary School on election day morning, Richmond, Va., Tuesday, November 6, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Michael and Laura Macario [cq] and their grandson Maxwell, 2, are greeted by Democratic candidate for Senate Tim Kaine, right, as they arrive to vote outside the polling entrance to G.W. Carver Elementary School on election day morning, Richmond, Va., Tuesday, November 6, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Democratic candidate for Senate Tim Kaine, center, points in the direction of his house as he chats with voter advocate Cecily Baskir of Chevy Chase, Md., second from right, outside the polling entrance at Linwood Holton Elementary School on election day morning, Richmond, Va., Tuesday, November 6, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Ina Moses of Richmond, Va., shows off her "I Voted" sticker as she finishes voting at Linwood Holton Elementary School on election day morning, Richmond, Va., Tuesday, November 6, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Evan Berry, 3, waits for his mother, Sarah Berry of Richmond, Va., center, as she votes at Linwood Holton Elementary on election day morning, Richmond, Va., Tuesday, November 6, 2012. Sarah Berry says she remembers being pregnant with Evan when she voted in the last presidential election, 4 years ago. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Workers raise and adjust the backdrop banner on stage as crews prepare the ballroom at Republican U.S. Senate candidate and former Virginia Governor George Allen's 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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**FILE** Moscow region governor Sergei Shoigu (right) and Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov arrive June 26, 2012, at the village of Petrovskopye, Moscow, for a meeting on the transferal of some of the military assets into civilian hands. (Associated Press/RIA Novosti, Yekaterina Shtukina, Government Press service)

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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and his vice presidential running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., make an unscheduled stop at a Wendy's restaurant in Richmond Heights, Ohio, on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and his vice presidential running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., greet campaign workers at a call center in Richmond Heights, Ohio, on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and his running mate Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., wave as they exit a campaign charter airplane at Cleveland Hopkins International airport, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012 in Cleveland, Ohio. Ryan arrived moments earlier on his own plane and met Romney on board. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

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House Speaker John A. Boehner (center), Ohio Republican, votes at the Ronald Reagan Lodge on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in West Chester, Ohio. After a grinding presidential campaign, Americans are heading into polling places across the country. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)

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A voter signs in to cast a ballot at the old Brown School on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in rural Wellsville, Kan. After a grinding presidential campaign President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, yield center stage to American voters Tuesday for an Election Day choice that will frame the contours of government and the nation for years to come. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

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The Gallegos residence is converted into a polling station on election day in Stockton, Calif., Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. After a grinding presidential campaign President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, yield center stage to American voters Tuesday for an Election Day choice that will frame the contours of government and the nation for years to come. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

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Indiana gubernatorial candidate Libertarian Rupert Boneham laughs as he's told by poling place volunteer Carol Mapier that he "has a great body" as he greeted voters outside a poling place in Indianapolis, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. Boneham faces Democrat John Gregg and Republican Mike Pence in the gubernatorial race. Boneham was a contestant on the reality show Survivor. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

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William Wright, left, and India Johnson, right, both freshman at ODU, wait on line to vote at Larchmont Elementary School in Norfolk, Va. on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. Wright and Johnson, both 18 and from Richmond, were excited to cast their first votes in the Presidential election. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Amanda Lucier)

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Voters wait in line tocast their ballots at a polling station, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Miami. After a grinding presidential campaign President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, yield center stage to American voters Tuesday for an Election Day choice that will frame the contours of government and the nation for years to come. (AP Photo/The Miami Herald, Tim Chapman) MAGS OUT