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Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of Myanmar's National League for Democracy party, speaks at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012. The Asia Society co-hosted the event. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi speaks Sept. 18, 2012, at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (left) greets Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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White House press secretary Jay Carney gives his daily news briefing at the White House in Washington on Tuesday, Sept., 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney boards his campaign plane in Santa Ana, Calif., on Sept. 18, 2012, as he travels to Salt Lake City for campaign events. (Associated Press)

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (right) meets with Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi at the State Department in Washington on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

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Margaret Massimo of New York photographs her former college roommate Masako Chen, originally from China, as she poses with her certificate of citizenship on Sept. 17, 2012, at the National Archives Building in Washington, after a naturalization ceremony to commemorate the 225th anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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French native and D.C. resident Dominique Bagnato (right) is greeted by his wife, Tesa Conlin, and their two daughters Mila Bagnato-Conlin (left), 7, and Bliss Bagnato-Conlin, 11, after he and 224 others were sworn in as U.S. citizens on Sept. 17, 2012, at the National Archives Building in Washington, during a naturalization ceremony to commemorate the 225th anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Dominique Bagnato (center), originally from France, waves a U.S. flag to his waiting family after he and 224 others were sworn in as U.S. citizens on Sept. 17, 2012, at the National Archives Building in Washington, during a naturalization ceremony to commemorate the 225th anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Oto Paz (left), originally from Colombia, hugs Julio Guity after both were sworn in as U.S. citizens Sept. 17, 2012, at the National Archives Building in Washington, during a naturalization ceremony to commemorate the 225th anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Duc Nguyen, originally from Vietnam, accepts his certificate of citizenship after being sworn in along with 224 others on Sept. 17, 2012, at the National Archives Building in Washington, during a naturalization ceremony to commemorate the 225th anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)