Politics

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President Obama speaks at a news conference at the NATO summit in Chicago on Monday, May 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

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FILE - In this Thursday, April 26, 2012 file photo, Egyptian presidential candidate Abdel-Moneim Abolfotoh gives a speech during a meeting in Monofeya, about 70 Kilometers (43 miles) north of Cairo, Egypt. Abolfotoh, a moderate Islamist campaigning to be Egypt's next president is gaining support from the country's most hard-line conservatives, including a former jihadist militant group. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File)

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Rolling Thunder, Inc. National Executive Director Artie Muller leads the way during the Rolling Thunder XXII Ride for Freedom along Constitution Avenue in Washington, D.C., Sunday, May 24, 2009. (Rod Lamkey Jr. / The Washington Times)

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The 21st Rolling Thunder takes place around 22nd Street and Constitution Avenue in NW Washington, D.C., Sunday, May 25, 2008. Thousands of motor cyclists, most of them war veterans, depart their gathering place at the Pentagon parking lot for the ride through Virginia and Washington, DC to the Vietnam VeteranÕs Memorial. Rolling Thunder is an annual motorcycle rally held in Washington, DC during the Memorial Day weekend. About 400,000 veterans roar across Washington, DC on their motorcycles as a tribute to American war heroes and to call for the government's recognition and protection of Prisoners of War (POWs) and those Missing in Action (MIAs). (Astrid Riecken/The Washington Times)

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Eight-year-old Mitchell Tonkin, from Pennsylvania, takes a closer look at his flag while waiting to join this year's 'Rolling Thunder' at one of the Pentagon's parking lots near Pentagon City, Va, Sunday, May 27, 2007. Tens of thousands of motor cyclists, of whom many served in the U.S. Military, gathered first on the parking lots around the Pentagon as early as 7am this morning before crossing over to the District on Memorial Bridge then heading towards the U.S. Capitol on Constitution Avenue and finally returning back to the Lincoln Memorial on Independence Avenue. The event draws a huge crowd of visitors to the National Mall and many could hear the 'Rolling Thunder' for several hours. (Astrid Riecken/The Washington Times )

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Tens of thousands of motor cyclists are saluted while joining the 20th anniversary of 'Rolling Thunder' near the Lincoln Memorial NW Washington, D.C., Sunday, May 27, 2007. The cyclists, of whom many served in the U.S. Military, gathered first on the parking lots around the Pentagon in Virginia as early as 7am this morning before crossing over to the District on Memorial Bridge and heading towards the U.S. Capitol on Constitution Avenue before returning back to the Lincoln Memorial on Independence Avenue. The event draws a huge crowd of visitors to the National Mall and many could hear the 'Rolling Thunder' for several hours. (Astrid Riecken/The Washington Times )

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Thousands of motorcyclist stage up at the Pentagon prior to heading toward the Vietnam Memorial as part of the 19th annual Rolling Thunder in Washington, DC, Sunday, May 28, 2006. ( Saul McSween / The Washington Times )

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At the Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall in NW Washington, Michael "Trumpet" Willis pays homage to colleagues who died during the Vietnam war as the 18th annual Rolling Thunder ride takes place, Sunday, May 29, 2005. Willis served in Vietnam in 1971. ( Allison Shelley / The Washington Times )

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Seen here is one of the hundreds of snapshots posted on an internal General Services Administration website of the four-day, $823,000 affair in Las Vegas in 2010.

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International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Yukiya Amano (left) talks with reporters during a news briefing at the conclusion of his meeting with Iran's top nuclear negotiator, Saeed Jalili (right), in Tehran on Monday, May 21, 2012. (AP Photo/IRNA, Adel Pazzyar)

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Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III (10), center left, talks with Washington Redskins wide receiver Santana Moss (89), center right, on the first day of organized team activity at Redskins Park, Ashburn, Va., Monday, May 21, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)