Politics

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House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Mike Rogers (top center), Michigan Republican, and the committee's ranking Democrat, Rep. C.A. "Dutch" Ruppersberger (left), Maryland Democrat, question executives of two major Chinese technology companies Sept. 13, 2012, on Capitol Hill in Washington as lawmakers probe whether China's fast-growing expansion in the U.S. hi-tech market pose a threat to national security. (Associated Press)

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Astronaut Sen. John Glenn (D-Ohio) and his wife Annie depart after a memorial service for Neil Armstrong at the National Cathedral, Washington, D.C., Thursday, September 13, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Carol Armstrong (second from right), wife of late astronaut Neil Armstrong, is escorted Sept. 13, 2012, out of the National Cathedral in Washington following a memorial service for her husband. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Attendees listen to a memorial service for Neil Armstrong at the National Cathedral, Washington, D.C., Thursday, September 13, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks Sept. 13, 2012, during a campaign event at Van Dyck Park in Fairfax, Va. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, accompanied by President Obama, meets Sept. 12, 2012, with State Department personnel in the courtyard of the State Department building in Washington after the president spoke at the White House concerning the recent deaths of Americans in Libya. (Associated Press)

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D.C. Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier and Prince George's County Police Chief Mark Magaw deliver new crime statistics for the D.C. metropolitan area to the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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President Obama speaks during a campaign event at the Cashman Center, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/David Becker)

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Vice President Joseph R. Biden visits with a patron over lunch at Cruisers Diner in Seaman, Ohio. Politicians have always tried to connect with voters, but the 2012 candidates are putting their all into the campaign cliche of pressing the flesh. (Associated Press)