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**FILE** Afghan special forces are seen June 22, 2012, outside the Spozhmai hotel at Lake Qargha, just north of Kabul, Afghanistan, where security officials say Taliban insurgents have killed at least 17 people, most of them civilians, in an attack that began before midnight. (Associated Press)

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Protesters demonstrate outside Parliament in the Plaza de Armas in Asuncion, Paraguay, on Thursday against lawmakers' approval to impeach Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo. Paraguay's opposition-controlled Congress voted Thursday to begin impeachment proceedings against Mr. Lugo for his role in a deadly clash involving landless farmers and announced that the former Roman Catholic bishop's impeachment trial would begin on Friday in the Senate. The protester's sign reads in Spanish "Lawmakers, we won't let you rob our democracy!" (Associated Press)

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Shannon Westfield, 20, (left) and Jane Kernan, 16, make calls for Mitt Romney in Fairfax wearing T-shirts with a QR code that voters can zap with their smartphones to learn more about the GOP presidential hopeful. In May, Mr. Romney's fundraising almost matched President Obama's, taking in $58 million. (Associated Press)

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White House press secretary Jay Carney called the House committee's probe a "fishing expedition." House Speaker John A. Boehner said the president's actions prove the White House was involved in a cover-up.

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Leah Bush, chief medical examiner for the Commonwealth of Virginia, seen here with the facial approximations of three unidentified men whose remains were found in Northern Virginia between 2003 and 2011, explains that the reconstructions are made with neutral coloring so as not to sway any potential identifiers that this might — or might not — be their loved one. The three approximations were unveiled Thursday, June 21, 2012 in Manassas, Va., and will remain on display at the office of the chief medical examiner. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney (right), campaigning with Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, talks to reporters in Aston, Pa., in April 2012. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, greets attendees at the NALEO (National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials) conference in Orlando, Fla., Thursday, June 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack listens to U.S. Trade Representative Ronald Kirk (left) during a Senate Finance Committee hearing Thursday on Russia joining the World Trade Organization and the administration's views on the implications for the United States. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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House Speaker Michael E. Busch said Thursday that House members plan to discuss a compromise, but he thinks they have made enough concessions and will likely stand firm on the tax issue. 'Does that mean the dialogue ends? No," said Mr. Busch. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)