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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, right, talks with Virginia Republican Senate candidate George Allen, left, and Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, center, after a campaign event at Meadow Event Park, in Richmond, Va., Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Supporters wave American flags and Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney waves as he arrives in his campaign bus for a campaign event at Meadow Event Park Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012, in Doswell, Va. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, chief strategist Stuart Stevens, center, and and aide Garrett Jackson are pictured on the campaign bus as they leave a campaign event at Meadow Event Park, in Dowell, Va., for another rally in Virginia Beach, Va., Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney gets ready to film a video message for Get Out the Vote (GOTV) after he campaigned at Meadow Event Park in Richmond, Va., Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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** FILE ** In this Oct. 31, 2012 photo, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg talks to traders at the New York Stock Exchange in New York. Bloomberg backed President Obama over Republican Mitt Romney on Thursday, saying the president will bring leadership critically needed to fight climate change in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. (Associated Press)

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Fans and volunteers await the arrival of Ann Romney, wife of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, at the Romney for Ohio Headquarters in Grandview Heights, Ohio on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Columbus Dispatch, Brooke LaValley)

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** FILE ** Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (left) and his deputy, Abu Jihad, whose nom de guerre was Abu Jihad, are shown in an undated image. (AP Photo/Palestinian Authority)

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In this picture taken on Wednesday Oct. 31, 2012, a citizen journalism image provided by Lens Young Homsi, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows buildings which were destroyed from the shelling by Syrian forces loyal to Syrian president Bashar Assad, at al-Qossour neighborhood in Homs province, central Syria. Syrian warplanes fired missiles at opposition strongholds around Damascus and in the north on Wednesday as Turkey, a key backer of the anti-regime rebels, appeared to distance itself from an earlier call to impose a no-fly zone. (AP Photo/Lens Yong Homsi)

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In this picture taken on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, a citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, the bodies of two young Syrian girls, who were killed by the shelling by Syrian forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad, lie on a hospital bed at Kfar Batikh village, in Idlib province, northern Syria. Syrian warplanes fired missiles at opposition strongholds around Damascus and in the north on Wednesday as Turkey, a key backer of the anti-regime rebels, appeared to distance itself from an earlier call to impose a no-fly zone. (AP Photo/Idlib News Network ENN)

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In this picture taken on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, a citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, a Syrian man mourns as he holds the body of a young girl, who was killed in shelling of the Syrian forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad, at Kfar Batikh village, in Idlib province, northern Syria. Syrian warplanes fired missiles at opposition strongholds around Damascus and in the north on Wednesday as Turkey, a key backer of the anti-regime rebels, appeared to distance itself from an earlier call to impose a no-fly zone. (AP Photo/Idlib News Network ENN)

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In this Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 photo, a rebel fighter belonging to the Liwa Al-Fatah takes cover as he aims at an enemy position from a school building during skirmishes with the Syrian army in the nearby Bustan Al-Pasha front line in Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)

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This image taken from video obtained from Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows smoke rising from the city following heavy bombing from military warplanes, in a suburb of Damascus, Syria, on wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012. Syrian warplanes pounded opposition strongholds around Damascus and in the north Wednesday, as President Bashar Assad's forces intensified airstrikes against rebels seeking to topple him, activists said. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)

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In this Thursday February 25, 2010 file photo, released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Hezbollah leader sheik Hassan Nasrallah, right, speaks with Syrian President Bashar Assad, left, upon their arrival for a dinner, in Damascus, Syria. The powerful alliance of Iran, Syria and militant groups Hezbollah and Hamas, once dubbed the "Axis of Resistance," is fraying. Iran's economy shows signs of distress from nuclear sanctions, Syria's president is fighting for his survival, Hezbollah is under fire by Lebanese who blame it for the assassination of an anti-Syrian intelligence official and Hamas – the Palestinian arm– has bolted. (AP Photo/SANA, File)

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In this Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 photo, destroyed buildings are seen along a desolated street in the Bustan Al-Pasha district after several weeks of intense battles between rebel fighters and the Syrian army in Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)