Politics

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Former United Nations Ambassador John R. Bolton says his major concerns include “the nuclear proliferation issue, as manifested both in Iran and North Korea ... relations with Russia, and the approach to the U.S. intelligence budget,” which is facing a $25 billion cut over the next 10 years. Mr. Bolton is critical of the White House for claiming that the killing of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden last year has diminished his terrorist network. (Associated Press)

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Notre Dame quarterback Everett Golson was 13 for 25 with 177 yards passing and 64 yards rushing Saturday in the Fighting Irish’s third win at a top-10 team since the 1996 season.

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Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o celebrates after recovering a fumble during the Fighting Irish’s 30-13 win over Oklahoma on Saturday. At 8-0, Notre Dame remains very much in contention for a spot in the national title game. (Associated Press)

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A Syrian civilian sobs as a relative lies on a hospital trolley after was he was wounded by a sniper shot to his back in Aleppo, Syria, on Saturday. A U.N.-backed truce declared for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha has failed to take hold. (Associated Press)

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Mayor Vincent Gray and local safety officials held a press conference Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012 at the headquarters of the D.C. Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency to announce preparations for Sandy, the so-called "Frankenstorm" that is due to affect the Washington, D.C. metro area, with hurricane-force winds as early as 8 a.m. Monday morning. The mayor announced that D.C. Public Schools would be closed on Monday. Fairfax and Prince George's counties have also closed schools in anticipation of the storm. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas leaves the podium after speaking during the 67th session of the U.N. General Assembly at the world body's headquarters on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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President Obama (left) attends a briefing with Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Craig Fugate at the National Response Coordination Center at FEMA headquarters in Washington on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Syrians cross a street as a pile of rubbish burns along the roadside in Aleppo, Syria, on Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)

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President Obama walks to St. John's Episcopal Church from the White House with daughters Sasha (left) and Malia on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Palestinian mourners carry the body of Hamas militant Suleiman al-Qarra during his funeral in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012. A deadly Israeli airstrike and rocket and mortar fire from Gaza on Sunday marred a fragile truce that took hold late last week. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

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Former boxing champion Vitali Klitschko (center right), chairman of the opposition Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform Party, and his wife, Natalia, cast their ballots at a polling station during parliamentary elections in Kiev on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)