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Army Gen. Carter Ham, head of U.S. Africa Command, lacked what is called a commander in-extremis force, which other combatant forces have set up to respond to crises such as Benghazi. (Associated Press)
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Two days before Election Day, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Tim Kaine was in Falls Church for a Sunday rally. Republican George Allen was in Newport News with Mitt Romney. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Fala, the pet Scottie of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, obliges news photographers as he poses outside the White House on April 7, 1942 for his second birthday. (AP Photo/grs)
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This Nov. 11, 2000 file photo shows then Republican presidential candidate Texas Gov. George W. Bush and running mate Dick Cheney walk down a dirt road to meet with reporters, followed by Bush's dog Spot, near Crawford, Texas. For the new book "Pets at the White House," Dallas author Jennifer Boswell Pickens interviewed everyone from first family members to White House staffers to give readers a glimpse at what life is like at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. for pets and what those pets have meant to their famous owners. (AP Photo/Eric Draper, file)
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This Aug. 4, 2010 file photo shows presidential pet Bo climbing the stairs of Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. for a flight to Chicago with President Barack Obama. Dallas author Jennifer Boswell Pickens interviewed everyone from first family members to White House staffers to give readers a glimpse at what life is like at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. for pets and what those pets have meant to their famous owners. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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President Barack Obama pets the family dog Bo, a Portuguese water dog, outside the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Thursday, March, 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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This video image provided by the White House shows first lady Laura Bush with Barney and Miss Beazley appearing in the "Barney Cam" holiday doggie video. (AP Photo/White House)
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First lady Laura Bush, holds her pet dog Barney during a visit to the Children's National Medical Center, Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2004, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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President Clinton holds Socks the cat as he and Mrs. Clinton hosted Washington area elementary school children at the White House Friday Dec. 20, 1996 where the president read "Twas the Night Before Christmas." (AP Photo/Ruth Fremson)
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In this Aug. 26, 1994 file photo, first cat Socks rests in the grass outside the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Marcy Nighswander, File)
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President George H. Bush is greeted by his dog Ranger at the White House on Sunday night, Jan. 4, 1993, in Washington after returning from a 19,000-mile journey abroad. (AP Photo/ Wilfredo Lee)
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President Clinton stops for a visit with first family cat, Socks as he arrived back to the White House in Washington on Thursday, Oct. 21, 1993 after speaking to a business group on his health care package. (AP Photo/Greg Gibson)
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Macaroni, standing, and Tex, Caroline Kennedy's ponies take life ease on the South Lawn grounds of the White House in Washington on May 17, 1962. Caroline and her friends frequently ride in the area. (AP Photo)
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President Clinton attempts to introduce his dog Buddy to his cat Socks during an impromptu meeting after returning from a visit to the Department of Education, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 1998. The meeting, outside the Oval Office, apparently didn't go well. Socks, hair raised high, stood his ground until Clinton and Buddy made their exit to the Oval Office. (AP Photo/Greg Gibson)
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In this March 15, 2012, file photo, President Barack Obama pets the family dog Bo, a Portuguese water dog, outside the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
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President George H.W. Bush with his dog Ranger as he starts out jogging on Thursday, Feb. 15, 1991 afternoon in Washington when the temperatures reached the mid-fifties. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)
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Empress Farah of Iran and Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy pause on a tour of the White House south grounds, Washington, today, April 12, 1962, to visit with John F. Kennedy, Jr., year and a half old son of the President and Mrs. Kennedy. Macaroni, Caroline Kennedy's pony, has the freedom of the grounds and chimes in. (AP-PHOTO/pl)
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In this March 19, 1994 file photo, Socks the cat peers over the podium in the White House briefing room in Washington. (AP Photo/Marcy Nighswander, File)
