Politics

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This citizen journalism image purports to show the site of a crashed Syrian military helicopter that was reported to be hit during fighting between government forces and rebels in Damascus. Authenticity could not be verified. (Shaam News via Associated Press)

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Many empty chairs are seen in the Louisiana delegate section on the convention floor as Chairman of the Republican National Committee Reince Priebus gavels the Republican National Convention open in Tampa, Fla., on Monday, Aug. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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Specialists watch from the New York Stock Exchange in September 2011 as President Obama makes a speech. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq stock indexes have both fared better in Mr. Obama’s first term than in those of five previous presidents. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** U.S. Army Sgt. Anthony Peden (left), 25, and Pvt. Isaac Aguigui, 19, are led away in handcuffs Dec. 12, 2011, after appearing before a magistrate judge at the Long County Sheriff's Office in Ludowici, Ga. Peden and Aguigui are two of four soldiers in Georgia charged with killing a former comrade and his girlfriend to protect an anarchist militia group they formed that stockpiled assault weapons and plotted a range of anti-government attacks. (Associated Press)

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sThis undated image taken from the Mexican Attorney General’s Office rewards program website on Aug. 23, 2012, shows the alleged leader of Zetas cartel, Miguel Angel Trevino Morales, alias Z-40. A split in the leadership of Mexico’s violent Zetas cartel has led to the rise of Trevino Morales, elevating him to the status of public enemy number one for both his friends and his enemies. (AP Photo/Mexican Attorney General’s Office website)

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, checks out the stage Aug. 27, 2012, at the Republican National Convention inside the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Tampa, Fla. (Associated Press)

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Massachusetts Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren waves Aug. 23, 2012, as she campaigns in Methuen, Mass. She is accompanied by Methuen Mayor Stephen Zanni. (Associated Press)

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Sharon Dale of Fort Worth, Texas, cheers as she and her husband, Kennith, watch a video for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Aug. 27, 2012, at the Republican National Convention, inside a mostly empty Tampa Bay Times Forum in Tampa, Fla. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Reince Priebus, Chairman of the Republican National Committee, performs a symbolic gaveling Aug. 27, 2012, for the start of the Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Tampa, Fla. After making the declaration to a mostly empty room, Priebus promptly called a recess ahead of Tropical Storm Isaac, which was heading towards the city. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)