Politics

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** FILE ** Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov (left), President Vladimir Putin (center) and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (bottom right) watch the Victory Day parade in Moscow on Wednesday, May 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

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In this detail of a courtroom sketch, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales (seated at front right) listens on Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, during a preliminary hearing in a military courtroom at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state. Sgt. Bales is accused of 16 counts of premeditated murder and six counts of attempted murder for a pre-dawn attack on two villages in Kandahar province in Afghanistan in March 2012. At upper right is Col. Lee Deneke, the investigating officer, and seated at front left is Sgt. Bales' civilian attorney, Emma Scanlan. (AP Photo/Lois Silver)

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** FILE ** Iraqis inspect the aftermath of Saturday's car bomb explosion, in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City, in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012. Iraqi insurgents unleashed a string of bombings and other attacks that killed and wounded scores of people, primarily targeting the country's Shiite community on Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012, in a challenge to government efforts to promote a sense of stability by preventing attacks during a major Muslim holiday. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

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Gov. Martin O’Malley speaks at a rally Monday at the University of Maryland in College Park in support of the same-sex marriage referendum. Many Prince George’s County voters are torn over whether to side with the county’s traditionally Democratic politics or honor religious beliefs that often conflict with the legislation. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Whether House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi will remain a party caucus leader after the election is one of the biggest mysteries on Capitol Hill. If the Democrats fail to win back the House, speculation of the party injecting new blood into its leadership only will increase. Mrs. Pelosi has remained tight-lipped on the matter. (Associated Press)

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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, the Republican presidential nominee, waves goodbye to backers at a rally at the Patriot Center at George Mason University in Fairfax on Monday as he tries to wrest a few more last-minute votes in the swing state. (Craig Bisacre/The Washington Times)

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President Obama and singer Bruce Springsteen show unity on the stump during a campaign event near the state Capitol building in Madison, Wis., on Monday. (Associated Press)

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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney gestures as he speaks at a Virginia campaign rally at Lynchburg Regional Airport, in Lynchburg, Va., Monday, Nov. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at a Florida campaign rally at Orlando Sanford International Airport, in Sanford, Fla., Monday, Nov. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney waves to supporters at a Virginia campaign rally at Lynchburg Regional Airport in Lynchburg, Va. on Monday Nov. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/The News & Advance, Jill Nance)

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Supporters cheer for Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks to supporters at a Virginia campaign rally at Lynchburg Regional Airport in Lynchburg, Va., on Monday, Nov. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/News & Daily Advance, Jill Nance)

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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks to supporters at a campaign rally at Lynchburg Regional Airport in Lynchburg, Va., on Monday Nov..5, 2012. (AP Photo/News & Daily Advance, Jill Nance)