Politics

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President Obama talks about the economy at the White House in Washington on Friday, June 8, 2012. (Associated Press)

Former D.C. Council Chairman Kwame R. Brown (left) enters the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse for his plea hearing in Washington, D.C., Friday, June 8, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov (right) and Russian President Vladimir Putin exchange documents June 4, 2012, after their talks in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan. Putin and Karimov signed the Declaration of Enhanced Strategic Partnership between the two countries and the Memorandum of Understanding at their talks in Tashkent. (Associated Press/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Presidential Press Service)

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**FILE** Russian police detain a protester June 6, 2012, near the Kremlin in Moscow. Russian President Vladimir Putin has taken a harder line against the opposition since returning to the presidency a month ago. (Associated Press)

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Free Syrian Army members raise their weapons June 7, 2012, during a training session on the outskirts of Idlib, Syria. (Associated Press)

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A Pakistani man injured in a bomb blast is wheeled June 8, 2012 on a stretcher to a hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan. The bomb tore through a bus carrying government employees and other civilians in northwestern Pakistan, killing several people in an attack that served as a reminder of the continued militant threat despite a significant drop in violence over the past year, officials said. (Associated Press)

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Interior Secretary Kenneth L. Salazar may hold discussions about how to proceed with a disputed memorial honoring Dwight D. Eisenhower. (Associated Press)

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House Speaker John A. Boehner says during a news conference he is confident Congress will pass a transportation bill sooner or later this year. (Associated Press)