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Rep. Darrell E. Issa (right) greets D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray (left) and D.C. Council Chairman Kwame R. Brown on Capitol Hill earlier this month. Mr. Gray is seeking authority to set the city's budget year and spend local funds without Congress' prior OK. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Rep. Peter T. King called the Obama administration's collaboration with the makers of a film about Osama bin Laden "potentially dangerous." (Associated Press)
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D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray faced reporters' questions about an aide's indictment after a news conference about street improvements. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said that "millions of children are getting a Third World-education" in the U.S. and that he supports school choice initiatives. He held up the voucher system in the District of Columbia Public Schools as a model that could be used nationwide. He spoke Wednesday before the Latino Coalition's 2012 Small Business Summit in Washington. (Associated Press)
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"We're in an all-out sprint. We know we've got a really important weekend ahead of us." - Maryland Delegate Neil C. Parrott, Washington Republican (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** In this March 31, 2012, photo, Rep. Rick Berg, North Dakota Republican, speaks before the North Dakota GOP Convention in Bismarck, N.D. Berg is running for the Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Kent Conrad. (AP Photo/Will Kincaid, File)
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**FILE** North Dakota Democratic Senate candidate Heidi Heitkamp speaks May 3, 2012, in Minot, N.D. (Associated Press)
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James Canik, deputy director of the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory, searches among the vacuum-sealed DNA samples stored at the Armed Forces Repository of Specimen Samples at Dover Air Force Base. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)
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An Army carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Staff Sgt. Israel P. Nuanes after arrival at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Nuanes died in Afghanistan supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. (Associated Press)
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Letters from 1942 and 1953, which contain DNA, will be used to identify past military service members' remains at the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory at Dover Air Force Base. The lab houses at least 6.7 million boxes of DNA specimen samples. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)
