Politics

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Andrew Natsios, the president’s special envoy for Sudan, gestures during a press briefing on Darfur and the U.S.-imposed sanctions, on Tuesday, May 29, 2007, at the State Department in Washington. (Associated Press)

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Virginia senatorial candidate Tim Kaine listens to concerns of the Latino community during a roundtable with Latino business owners on Monday, June 11, 2012, at the South County Government Center in Alexandria. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Demonstrators shout slogans condemning the recent austerity measures announced by the Spanish government, during a protest in front of the Popular Party in Madrid on Friday. Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets to protest a second wave of wage cuts in as many years plus planned austerity measures. (Associated Press)

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A U.S. Air Force honor guard carries the remains of a killed sailor from a C-17 Air Force aircraft at the U.S. air base in Ramstein, Germany, on Oct. 13, 2000. (U.S. Air Force via Associated Press)

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**FILE** Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks July 11, 2012, during NAACP annual convention in Houston. (Associated Press)

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton walks with Hussein Tantawi to a meeting at the Ministry of Defense in Cairo on Sunday. Mrs. Clinton is holding talks with Egypt’s top military leaders to press the military to work with Egypt’s new Islamist leaders on a full transition. (Associated Press)

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Stephanie Cutter, deputy campaign manager for President Obama's 2012 re-election bid, appears on CBS' "Face the Nation" in Washington on Friday, July 15, 2012. (AP Photo/CBS, Chris Usher)

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Egyptian Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi greets U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton before a meeting at the Ministry of Defense in Cairo on Sunday, July 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool)

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This image made from amateur video from Hama Revolution 2011 and accessed by AP video on Friday, July 13, 2012, purports to show families gathered around bodies of victims killed by violence that, according to anti-regime activists, was carried out by Syrian government forces in Tremseh, Syria. (AP Photo/Hama Revolution 2011 via AP video)

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This image made from amateur video from Hama Revolution 2011 and accessed by AP video, Friday, July 13, 2012, purports to show families gathered around bodies of victims killed by violence that, according to anti-regime activists, was carried out by government forces in Tremseh, Syria, about 15 kilometers (nine miles) northwest of the central city of Hama. (AP Photo/ Hama Revolution 2011 via AP video)

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U. S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, left, and Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi laugh during a photo opportunity at their meeting at the Presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, July 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks during the US-ASEAN business forum and dinner in Siem Reap, Cambodia, Friday, July 13, 2012. The next day, Clinton met with Egypt's new president, Mohammed Morsi. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski/Pool)