Politics

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Washington Nationals manager Davey Johnson stands in the dugout during a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers at Nationals Park Monday, Sept. 24, 2012, in Washington. The Nationals won 12-2. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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FILE - In these Sept. 2012, file photos Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, left, boards a plane in Denver, Colo, and President Barack Obama gets off a plane in Tampa, Fla., during an intense campaign in competitive states. Obama and Romney each have a specific mission for the string of three debates that starts Wednesday night, Oct. 3, 2012. Obama, no longer the fresh face of 2008, must convince skeptical Americans that he can accomplish in a second term what he couldn't in his first: restore the U.S. economy to full health. Romney, anxious to keep the race from slipping away, needs to instill confidence that he is a credible and trusted alternative to the president, with a better plan for strengthening the fragile economy. (AP Photos)

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**FILE** In these photos from Sept. 26, 2012, President Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney both campaign in the battleground state of Ohio. (Associated Press)

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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney laughs as he hands out beef jerky to the press on his campaign plane, Friday, Sept. 28, 2012, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

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**FILE** Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan addresses the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Aug. 29, 2012. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., Illinois Democrat, speaks March 20, 2012, in Chicago. With the November election only five weeks away, Jackson's absence from work and the campaign trail is testing patience in Chicago. (Associated Press)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, left, stroll at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Government Press Service)

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** FILE ** In this Jan. 25, 2011, file photo, Maryam Rajavi, president-elect of Iranian opposition party National Council of Resistance of Iran, smiles as she attends an international conference on Iran policy in Brussels. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe, File)