Politics

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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks at a campaign fundraiser in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney gets into his vehicle after his arrival at Love Field in Dallas on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Syrian refugees chant slogans to protest against the visit of Lakhdar Brahimi, the U.N.-Arab League envoy to Syria, not pictured, to the Zaatari Refugees Camp in Jordan for Syrians who fled the civil war in their country in Mafraq, Jordan, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)

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Mary Edmonds, a member of the Chicago Teachers Union's House of Delegates, celebrates after the delegates voted to suspend the strike against the school district Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

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House Foreign Affairs Committee member Rep. Dan Burton, Indiana Republican, is upset that U.S. aid may be flowing to countries in the Mideast that are attacking and trashing U.S. embassies. He mounted a futile protest during debate last week. (Associated Press)

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Missouri Rep. W. Todd Akin’s standing in the Republican Party plummeted after his comments in August about “legitimate rape” caused a national uproar. He has until Tuesday to decide to stay in the senate race against Democratic incumbent Claire McCaskill, who is leading in the polls. (Associated Press)

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“In a global economy, we cannot afford to educate these foreign graduates in the U.S. and then send them back home to work for our competitors. For America to be to the world’s economic leader, we must have access to the world’s best talent.” - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith, Texas Republican (Associated Press)

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"These [state] laws are designed in my view to intimidate and prevent U.S. citizens from casting legitimate ballots." - Rep. Rick Larsen, Washington Democrat. (Associated Press)

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A coal miner cheers Mitt Romney, a few weeks before he officially became the GOP presidential nominee, at a campaign stop in Beallsville, Ohio. The miners fear what Obama administration policies will do to their livelihoods as well as their families' way of life in Appalachia. (Associated Press)