Politics

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A Palestinian family Tuesday look at mourners carrying Ahmad Queider, 20, a Palestinian killed Monday during an exchange of gunfire in Beirut, where fighting was touched off by the assassination of an anti-Syrian intelligence chief. (Associated Press)

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Sir, I think I found a foreign policy plank ... (Illustration by Dick Locher of the Tribune Media Services)

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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney (right) and his running mate, Paul Ryan, greet supporters Oct. 23, 2012, before a rally in Las Vegas. (Associated Press)

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A Free Syrian Army fighter runs after attacking a tank with a rocket-propelled grenade during fighting in the Izaa district in Aleppo, Syria, in early September. Syria’s rebels are slowly starting to expand their arsenal and get their hands on more advanced weapons in their fight against the regime of President Bashar Assad. (Associated Press)

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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks Oct. 23, 2012, with staff members aboard his plane en route to a campaign stop in Nevada after departing from West Palm Beach, Fla. (Associated Press)

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Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney answers a question and President Barack Obama listens during the third presidential debate at Lynn University, Monday, Oct. 22, 2012, in Boca Raton, Fla. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

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**FILE** President Obama (left) and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney walk past each other onstage Oct. 22, 2012, at the end of the final presidential debate at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Fla. (Associated Press)

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Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney gives a thumbs up towards the crowd after the third presidential debate at Lynn University, Monday, Oct. 22, 2012, in Boca Raton, Fla. (AP Photo/Pool, Win McNamee)

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Ann Romney, wife of Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, laughs as she pulls her husband away from the edge of the stage after the third presidential debate with President Barack Obama at Lynn University, Monday, Oct. 22, 2012, in Boca Raton, Fla. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)