Politics

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The Rev. Jeremiah Wright poses with President Obama in Chicago in 2005, three years before the pastor’s comments shook the Obama campaign. (Trinity United Church of Christ via Associated Press)

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Visitors to a Minnesota State Fair booth staffed by supporters of a state constitutional amendment banning gay marriage chat with a volunteer in late August in Falcon Heights, Minn. Gay-marriage backers, who are seeking to defeat the initiative, are likely to far outspend proponents, though the most recent polls show the referendum narrowly ahead. (Associated Press)

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President Obama greets supporters on the tarmac upon his arrival at McCarran International airport, Sunday, Sept. 30, 2012 in Las Vegas. Obama traveled to Las Vegas for a campaign rally then will be staying in Henderson, Nev., to prepare for the first Presidential debate. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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A demonstrator holds signs with images of former Haitian President Jean Bertrand Aristide during a protest against President Michel Martelly's government in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Sunday, Sept. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

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Cardinal Donald Wuerl (left), archbishop of Washington, and Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. walk out of the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle after the annual Red Mass on Sunday, Sept. 30, 2012, in Washington. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)