Politics

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Vice President Joe Biden poses for photos with supporters during a campaign event in Asheville, N.C., Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

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An Iraqi soldier stands guard next to posters of both Ayatollah Khamenei (left) and the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution. (Associated Press)

Georgian opposition leader Bidzina Ivanishvili, the nation's richest man, speaks to the media at press conference in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012, after his party won the right in parliamentary elections to form a government. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

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This image taken from video obtained from the Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows smoke rising from buildings after government shelling in Daraa, Syria, on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)

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Illustration Regulations by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

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Washington Nationals right fielder Jayson Werth (28) hugs his two sons after Washington Nationals clinching National League East, sending them into the playoffs at Nationals Ballpark, Washington, D.C., Monday, Oct. 1, 2012. (Craig Bisacre/The Washington Times)

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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney campaigns at Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum in Denver on Monday, Oct. 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Washington Nationals left fielder Michael Morse (38), right, dumps water on first baseman Adam LaRoche (25) after the Washington Nationals clinching National League East, sending them into the playoffs at Nationals Ballpark, Washington, D.C., Monday, Oct. 1, 2012. (Craig Bisacre/The Washington Times)

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Washington Nationals right fielder Jayson Werth (28) has beer sprayed on him after the Washington Nationals clinching National League East, sending them into the playoffs at Nationals Ballpark, Washington, D.C., Monday, Oct. 1, 2012. (Craig Bisacre/The Washington Times)