Politics

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Rep. Ron Paul, Texas Republican, doesn’t want the GOP to forget he’s still a candidate for president, so he has told his staff to offer financial assistance to get “pro-liberty delegates” who can’t afford the cost of travel and lodging to the convention in Tampa, Fla. (Associated Press)

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Illustration Praying Hands by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

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For faithful right-wingers, the vote by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. to uphold President Obama’s health care law is akin to a romance gone wrong. “He’s suddenly like a fiance who makes out with your best friend at your engagement party in front of all your guests,” a New York-based therapist says. (Associated Press)

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Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta is greeted Tuesday by Egyptian Defense Minister Mohamed Hussein Tantawi in Cairo. Mr. Panetta also met for the first time with Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi. (Associated Press)

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Washington Redskins linebacker Ryan Kerrigan (91) arrives for afternoon practice during the Washington Redskins training camp at Redskins Park, Ashburn, Va., Washington, D.C., Monday, July 30, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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This undated handout photo provided by the U.S. Air Force shows a MQ-9 Reaper, armed with GBU-12 Paveway II laser guided munitions and AGM-114 Hellfire missiles, piloted by Col. Lex Turner during a combat mission over southern Afghanistan. U.S. and Pakistani officials say Pakistan’s intelligence chief will head to Washington late this month to resume counterterrorism talks suspended over a deadly border incident last year that killed two dozen Pakistani troops. (AP Photo/Lt. Col. Leslie Pratt, US Air Force)

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An Emarati and a U.S. military representative talk next to an MQ-1 Predator spy plane at the 2007 Dubai Airshow in the United Arab Emirates. The United States has in the works possible arms deals totaling more than $11.3 billion to Gulf states including Qatar and Kuwait as part of its strategy to contain Iran and protect shipping. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** An Iranian security guard stands Sept. 28, 2011, at the Maroun Petrochemical plant at the Imam Khomeini port in southwestern Iran. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** House Speaker John Boehner, Ohio Republican, talks July 24, 2012, to reporters following a closed-door political strategy session at the Capitol in Washington. (Associated Press)

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Presiding Prelate of the Covenant International Fellowship of Churches Bishop Janice Hollis, from Philadelphia, Pa., joins Wiliam Owen, president and founder of the Coalition of African-American Pastors, to launch a national campaign to oppose President Obama's support of gay marriage during a press conference at the National Press Club on Tuesday, July 31, 2012, in Washington D.C. "He does not have a pass," Hollis says in response to the general belief that President Obama is going to win the majority of the African American vote. The CAAP say they are urging black pastors around the country to oppose the president's actions and withdraw support for him in the upcoming November elections. (Raymond Thompson/The Washington Times)