Politics

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Rep. Barney Frank (left), Massachusetts Democrat, and Jim Ready pose July 7, 2012, at their wedding reception. Frank married his longtime partner in a ceremony officiated by Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick in Newton, Mass. (Associated Press/Fotique, Jaime E. Connolly)

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (right) and Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar poses July 8, 2012, before a bilateral meeting at a hotel in Tokyo. (Associated Press)

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Libyan men hold their elections ID cards while celebrating election day in Tripoli, Libya, Saturday, July 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)

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**FILE** House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio speaks June 28, 2012, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Associated Press)

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A Chevy ad sits next to Herman Cain's commentary criticizing President Obama's bailout of the U.S. automobile industry — in particular the administration's support of GM's flagship "green" car, the Chevy Volt, in this screenshot of his new website (CainTV.com).

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President Barack Obama speaks before signing HR 4348, the Surface Transportation Bill, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, July 6, 2012. The bill maintains jobs on transportation projects and prevents interest rate increases on new loans to millions of college students. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, walks with President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai to a press conference at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Saturday, July 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool)

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, greets troops before departing Kabul International Airport Saturday July 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool)

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Senate Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, left, and Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, right, smile as the vote is taken for a bill authorizing about $4.5 billion in funding for a high-speed rail system, at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, July 6, 2012. The bill, which would allow the state to begin selling $2.6 billion in voter-approved bonds, was approved by a 21-16 vote and now goes to Gov. Jerry Brown who has supports the measure. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)