Politics

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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney hosts a small-business roundtable July 23, 2012, during a campaign stop at Endural LLC in Costa Mesa, Calif. (Associated Press)

D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray tries to offer his remarks to the crowd while being shouted down by activists seeking housing for people with HIV/AIDS as he tries to deliver his speech to the crowd at the XIX International AIDS Conference at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., Monday, July 23, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson, interviewed at The Washington Times, says he will not release his tax returns because he has suffered losses in recent years. debates. He also said he has more executive experience than Mitt Romney and President Obama combined, but needs to get into national debates for voters to understand that he’s the choice for voters unhappy with both of them. (Raymond Thompson/The Washington Times)

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People inspect the scene of a bomb attack Monday in Madain, about 15 miles southeast of Baghdad. The attack came soon after al Qaeda declared a new offensive. (Associated Press)

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In this image made from amateur video, a Free Syrian Army soldier Monday points toward a military tank set on fire during clashes with government troops in Aleppo. The Syrian regime acknowledged for the first time Monday that it possessed stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons. (Ugarit News via Associated Press)