Politics

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**FILE** Speaker of the House John Boehner, Ohio Republican, stands July 24, 2012, next to a portrait of former President George W. Bush as he waits to speaks with reporters following a House GOP caucus meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Associated Press)

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In this Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2012 photo, a Syrian medic helps a wounded man in Maarat Misrin, Idlib province, northern Syria. (AP Photo)

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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department Chief Rodney Monroe talks July 19, 2012, during an interview in his office in Charlotte, N.C. (Associated Press)

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House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, California Republican, speaks Aug. 1, 2012, during a breakfast held by the Christian Science Monitor at the St. Regis Hotel in Washington, D.C. (Michael Bonfigli/Special to the Christian Science Monitor)

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** FILE ** Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks on Wednesday, July 18, 2012, in Bowling Green, Ohio. (Associated Press)

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In this citizen journalism image from Aug. 1, 2012, Syrians chant slogans during a demonstration in Damascus, Syria. Syrian opposition activists say regime forces have swept through neighborhoods south of the capital Damascus in a deadly military operation that has inflicted casualties. (Associated Press/Shaam News Network)

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Free Syrian Army soldiers sit on a sidewalk at the northern town of Sarmada, in Idlib province, Syria, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012. (AP Photo)

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Ted Cruz thanks his wife, Heidi, in front of a cheering crowd after he defeated Republican rival, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, in a runoff election Tuesday for the GOP nomination for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by the retiring Kay Bailey Hutchison. (Houston Chronicle/Johnny Hanson via Associated Press)