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President Obama crosses the tarmac to greet supporters as he arrives Oct. 8, 2012, on Air Force One at San Francisco International Airport. (Associated Press)

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President Obama and Helen F. Chavez, widow of Cesar Chavez, places a special red rose at the Chavez grave site in Keene, Calif., on Oct. 8, 2012. (Associated Press)

President Obama and Helen F. Chavez, widow of Cesar Chavez, places a special red rose at the Chavez grave site in Keene, Calif., on Oct. 8, 2012, as he tours the Cesar E. Chavez National Monument Memorial Garden. (Associated Press)

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President Obama holds a commemorative red rose as he walks with Cesar Chavez' widow, Helen F. Chavez (second from left); Chavez' son, Paul F. Chavez (left), president of the Cesar E. Chavez Foundation; Dolores Huerta (right), co-founder of the United Farm Workers; and Arturo S. Rodriguez, president of the United Farm Workers, as they tour the Cesar E. Chavez National Monument Memorial Garden in Keene, Calif., on Oct. 8, 2012. (Associated Press)

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A baby is held up in the crowd Oct. 8, 2012, before President Obama announces the establishment of the Cesar E. Chavez National Monument in Keene, Calif. (Associated Press)

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Actress Rosario Dawson (center) and Los Angeles Mayor Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (right) cheer Oct. 8, 2012, as President Obama speaks at the establishment of the Cesar E. Chavez National Monument in Keene, Calif. (Associated Press)

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An attendee holds a picture of Cesar Estrada Chavez on Oct. 8, 2012, as President Obama announces the establishment of the Cesar E. Chavez National Monument in Keene, Calif. (Associated Press)

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President Obama greets supporters Oct. 8, 2012, at the Cesar E. Chavez National Monument in Keene, Calif. (Associated Press)

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President Obama speaks Oct. 8, 2012, at the Cesar E. Chavez National Monument in Keene, Calif. (Associated Press)

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A supporter of President Obama holds a photo of Cesar Estrada Chavez on Oct. 8, 2012, while waiting for the president to announce the establishment of the Cesar E. Chavez National Monument in Keene, Calif. (Associated Press)

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Paul Chavez, son of civil rights icon Cesar Estrada Chavez, speaks Oct. 8, 2012, before President Obama announced the establishment of the Cesar E. Chavez National Monument in Keene, Calif. The property is recognized worldwide for its historic link to Chavez and the farm worker movement. (Associated Press)

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President Obama speaks Oct. 8, 2012, at the Cesar E. Chavez National Monument in Keene, Calif. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** President Obama speaks Oct. 7, 2012, at the "30 Days to Victory" fundraising concert in Los Angeles. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Rep. Mike Rogers (left), Michigan Republican, who is House Intelligence Committee chairman, and Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, Maryland Democrat, who is his party's ranking member on the panel, confer on Monday, Oct. 8, 2012, after releasing a report on an 11-month probe of China’s two leading technology firms, Huawei Technologies Ltd. and ZTE Corp. The report warns that the two telecommunications makers pose a major security threat to the U.S. (Associated Press)

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“People in high-up government positions, including in the Kremlin administration, were all young once and used to come to our concerts,. And when we meet up to get drunk, of course we discuss issues like, for example, how best to develop Russia.” Russian shock rocker Sergei Troitsky, known as “Spider” of the metal band Korroziya Metalla (Corrosion of Metal)