Politics

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President Obama speaks in the White House in Washington on Wednesday, May 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Smoke rises above the Adams County Correctional Center in Natchez, Miss., on Sunday, May 20, 2012, during an inmate disturbance. (AP Photos/Natchez Democrat, Lauren Wood)

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Washington Metropolitan Police Department property clerk approves release of Lt. Augustine Kim's firearms. Photo by Emily Miller for The Washington Times.

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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks in Hillsborough, N.H., Friday, May 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

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A crowd watches as a member of the Army Golden Knights lands after parachuting out of a plane at the Joint Service Open House & Air Show on Sunday at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland. This year marked the 55th anniversary of the show that includes both vintage and present-day aircraft. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Democratic Rep. Mark Ferrandino, sponsor of the civil unions bill, testifies before the House State Affairs Committee in Denver earlier this month. (Associated Press)

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The crowd watches as one of the Army Golden Knights lands after jumping out of a plane at the Joint Service Open House & Air Show. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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President Obama shakes hands with Afghan President Hamid Karzai during their meeting at the NATO summit in Chicago on Sunday. Mr. Karzai thanked Americans for the help their "taxpayers' money" has done in Afghanistan. (Associated Press)

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Jury selection for the insider trading trial of Rajat Gupta (left), the former board member for Goldman Sachs and Procter & Gamble, begins on Monday. He is charged with one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud and five counts of securities fraud. (Associated Press)

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Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell's executive order directs that new voter-registration cards be sent to every active voter in the state. (Associated Press)

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Mitt Romney has invoked the 10th Amendment to defend why he signed a state-level health law as governor of Massachusetts in 2006, only to oppose a similar program now at the federal level. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** President Obama cited a respect for states' rights in connection with his "evolution" toward supporting gay marriage. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (right) introduces and congratulates Sen.-elect Scott P. Brown, Massachusetts Republican, at his Boston victory party on Jan. 19, 2010, after he won the seat vacated by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy. (Associated Press)