Politics

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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney walks Oct. 17, 2012, with comedian Dennis Miller (left) and senior adviser Barbara Comstock before boarding his campaign plane in Ronkonkoma, N.Y. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Israeli soldiers conduct a military exercise in the Israeli-controlled part of the Golan Heights, captured from neighboring Syria in the 1967 war, on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. The exercise was Israel's largest snap drill in years as tensions with Iran over its nuclear program rise and civil war in neighboring Syria rages. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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Washington DC Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier offers remarks on the drop in homicides as she is joined by Washington DC Mayor Vincent C. Gray (not in photo) during their press conference to announce a drop in the number of homicides and a plan to improve police services, in Washington DC, Friday, December 30, 2011. As of December 30, 2011 there have been 108 murders in the District, putting the nation's capital on pace to have it's lowest number of homicides in nearly 50 years. (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)

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A metro police officer examine the gun shots at the crime scene at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., Thursday, June 11, 2009, where a security guard was killed during a shooting yesterday. (Astrid Riecken/The Washington Times)

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Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III (10) runs into the tunnel after winning 38 to 26 against the Minnesota Vikings, Landover, Md., Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012. (Craig Bisacre/The Washington Times)

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Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III (10) runs 76 yards for a touchdown to put the Washington Redskins up 38-26 in the fourth quarter as the Washington Redskins play the Minnesota Vikings at FedEx Field, Landover, Md., Sunday, October 14, 2012. (Preston Keres, Special to the Washington Times)

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Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III (10) runs 76 yards for a touchdown to put the Washington Redskins up 38-26 in the fourth quarter as the Washington Redskins play the Minnesota Vikings at FedEx Field, Landover, Md., Sunday, October 14, 2012. (Craig Bisacre/ The Washington Times)

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**FILE** A Free Syrian Army fighter sits Oct. 14, 2012, in a storage room in the Karmal Jabl district of Aleppo, Syria. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** A street damaged by shelling of forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar Assad is seen here Oct. 13, 2012, in Maarat al-Numan town, in the Idlib province of northern Syria. (Associated Press/Idlib News Network ENN)

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**FILE** Syrian refugees children flash victory signs Oct. 2, 2012, as they stand in front of their tents at a refugee camp in Arsal, a Sunni Muslim town eastern Lebanon near the Syrian border. This Lebanese border town has become a safe haven for war-weary Syrian rebels, a way station for wounded fighters and home to hundreds of frightened Syrian refugee families. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** A Syrian man turns on the oven Oct. 14, 2012, at his bakery shop on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria. The Aleppo rebellion started off in the rural areas of Aleppo province, not in the city as was the case in most other parts of Syria. Until this day, all of Aleppo's rebel-held areas are poor, while the city's affluent parts remain under government control with life there reportedly continuing much as it had before. Regime forces punish the city daily with artillery and airstrikes. Civilians are killed and wounded while standing on breadlines, walking the streets or watching television at home. (Associated Press)