Politics

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House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, speaks at a news conference following a Republican political strategy session on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, June 27, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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White House press secretary Jay Carney pauses during his daily news briefing at the White House in Washington on Wednesday, June 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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House Speaker John A. Boehner of Ohio — joined by (from left) House Majority Leader Eric Cantor and Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Renee Ellmers and Bill Flores — speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, June 27, 2012, following a Republican political strategy session. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton shakes hands with Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja on Wednesday, June 27, 2012, at the Government Banquet Hall in Helsinki. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, Pool)

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Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, the joint U.N.-Arab League special envoy for Syria, briefs the press at the United Nations in Geneva on Friday, June 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Keystone, Martial Trezzini)

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton receives a gift June 27, 2012, from Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja at the Government Banquet Hall in Helsinki, Finland. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Rep. Charles Rangel, New York Democrat, shakes hands with a poll worker June 26, 2012, as he arrives to vote in the Democratic primary in New York. (Associated Press)