Politics

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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney meets Polish veterans from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars as he visits the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday, July 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Sen. Tom Harkin, Iowa Democrat, holds the four-volume report asserting that for-profit colleges often hit students with exorbitant tuition, aggressive recruiting and abysmal outcomes. Monday, July 30, 2012, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Associated Press)

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Judge Robert E. Bacharach was nominated by President Obama for a seat on the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals. Votes to break a Republican-led filibuster in the Senate fell short of the 60 required. (Associated Press)

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Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich was quick to defend presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney when he irked Palestinians with a remark during his visit to Israel. (Raymond Thompson/The Washington Times)

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**FILE** Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (left), has a light moment with Wesley Bush, CEO of Northrop Grumman, and Democratic Rep. Gerald E. Connolly (right) on July 30, 2012, after speaking at a “stop sequestration rally” in Arlington. In January, $1.2 trillion in congressional sequestration cuts could affect the U.S. military and other government operations. Analysts say 2.14 million jobs could be lost. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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** FILE ** Mitt Romney, the presumptive Republican nominee, and his wife, Ann, arrive in Gdansk, Poland, on Monday, July 30, 2012. (Associated Press)

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Rep. Barney Frank, a member of the committee drawing up the Democratic Party platform, said the draft document includes language backing gay marriage. The Republican platform is expected to still define marriage as the union of a man and a woman. (Associated Press)

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Rookie Robert Griffin III says mastering throwing techniques is a matter of repetition. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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In November 2008, Cassandra Calderon and her sister, Jennifer Calderon, of Manassas volunteered to campaign for Sen. Barack Obama. Dennis Barrow, a volunteer from the District, praises their efforts. Obama supporters came to Virginia to encourage people to vote for Mr. Obama. (The Washington Times)