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Sen. Rand Paul (R- Ky.) addresses delegates at the Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Tampa, Fla. on Wednesday, August 29, 2012.t

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at the Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Tampa, Fla. on Wednesday, August 29, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/ The Washington Times)

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Sen. Rand Paul (R- Ky.) addresses delegates at the Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Tampa, Fla. on Wednesday, August 29, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/ The Washington Times)

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Sen. Rand Paul (R- Ky.) addresses delegates at the Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Tampa, Fla. on Wednesday, August 29, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/ The Washington Times)

Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell takes a picture of his daughter Jeanine McDonnell, who served as a U.S. Army Signal Corps officer in Iraq, as she introduced Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., at the Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Tampa, Fla. on Wednesday, August 29, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/ The Washington Times)

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Senator John McCain, Ariz., addresses delegates at the Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Tampa, Fla. on Wednesday, August 29, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/ The Washington Times)

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Senator John McCain, Ariz., addresses delegates at the Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Tampa, Fla. on Wednesday, August 29, 2012. (Rod Lamkey, Jr./ The Washington Times)

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Senator John McCain, Ariz., addresses delegates at the Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Tampa, Fla. on Wednesday, August 29, 2012.(Andrew Harnik/ The Washington Times)

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Senator John McCain, Ariz., addresses delegates at the Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Tampa, Fla. on Wednesday, August 29, 2012. (Rod Lamkey, Jr./ The Washington Times)

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Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, addresses delegates at the Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum on Wednesday. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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A Ron Paul supporter declares his allegiance to the Texas Republican, who made an unsuccessful bid for the party’s presidential nomination this year. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel Yona Metzger, right, and Berlin Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal brief the media at the Federal Press Conference organization in Berlin, Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012. Israel's chief rabbi is in Germany for talks aimed at smoothing over controversy over the legality of circumcising young boys. German lawmakers have called for the government to draft a law this fall explicitly permitting 'medically correct circumcision'. That call came after a Cologne court concluded in June that circumcision amounts to bodily harm. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

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A girl takes a photo next to the empty Delaware and Oregon seats at the Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Florida on Wednesday. The traditional “blue state” delegations found themselves seated at the back of the hall. The delegation from Michigan, where Mitt Romney was born and raised, is front row, center stage. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)