Politics

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** FILE ** A Syrian walks by a building destroyed in an airstrike in Aleppo, Syria, on Friday, Aug. 17, 2012. The growing use of air power by the Syrian regime has caused a spike in civilian casualties, activists say. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

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U.S. Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, talks to American service members with the International Security Assistance Forces in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday, Aug. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/D. Myles Cullen, Department of Defense)

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State Rep. Doug Collins, left, leaves a voting booth after casting his ballot along with his wife Lisa, right, Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012, in Gainesville, Ga. Republican voters in north Georgia chose Rep. Collins, a lawmaker with ties to the governor, over conservative talk show host Martha Zoller. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, arrives at Wilson Air Center in Houston to attend fundraising events on Tuesday. Mr. Romney in July outraised President Obama in all but 11 states. (Associated Press)

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“It doesn’t matter how many times it’s been in their platform, it’s still wrong. This is his platform that was written at his campaign’s direction, and look, they still have a week to correct it.” said Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee. (Associated Press)

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George Allen (top) and Tim Kaine, former Virginia governors campaigning to represent the state in the U.S. Senate, are wooing female voters. Mr. Kaine’s initial TV ads are placed in shows with strong female audiences. He stresses his record, which Mr. Allen’s campaign counters, saying he was not “particularly successful.” (Associated Press)

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Rep. W. Todd Akin, Missouri Republican, talks with reporters about his Senate candidacy. He has apologized for insensitive remarks about rape but the Republican Party still wants him to drop out of the race. (Associated Press)

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Rep. Ron Paul, Texas Republican, will be feted at a “We are the Future” rally in Tampa, Fla., on the day before the start of the GOP convention there. Among the celebrants will be the son of the party’s 1964 presidential nominee. (Photo provided by Ron Paul campaign)

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In this photograph made on Friday, Feb. 17, 2012, rows of housing containers formerly occupied by the US military are seen at Baghdad, airport. Iraqi government plans to move here some 3,300 members of the People's Mujahedeen Organization of Iran, who spent past three decades at Camp Ashraf, northeast of Baghdad. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)