Politics

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** FILE ** In this Monday, April, 9, 2007, file photo Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, speaks at a ceremony in Iran's nuclear enrichment facility in Natanz, 300 Kilometers (186 miles) south of capital Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian, File)

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State Sen. Deb Fischer raises her hands with her sons Morgan, left, and Adam after winning the Republican primary for the U.S. Senate Tuesday, May 15, 2012, in Lincoln, Neb. Fischer will face Democrat Bob Kerrey in the November general election. (AP Photo/The Omaha World-Herald,Mark Davis)

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XXX DON'T USE THIS CAPTION XXX Kenyan McDuffie, a candidate to replace Harry Thomas for Ward 5 city councilmember, comes to cast his vote in the special election with his wife Princess, right, and his two daughters Kesi, 5, and Jozi, 2, at Mt. Bethel Baptist Church on Rhode Island Avenue in northwest, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, May 15, 2012 (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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New York resident Melissa Garcia Velez from Colombia speaks during a rally in March in Union Square in New York. The rally was one of many around the country to focus attention on the issue of illegal immigration. A lawsuit filed Monday by illegal-immigrant students and some House Democrats challenges filibusters and would rewrite the way the Senate operates, if successful. (Associated Press)

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More than 100 people rallied outside the State House in to support emergency legislation that would muzzle the far-reaching opinion on pit bulls and pit bull mixes. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio speaks at the Peter G. Peterson Foundation's 2012 Fiscal Summit, Tuesday, May 15, 2012, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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Colorado House Speaker Frank McNulty talks in the House chamber at the Capitol in Denver on Monday, May 14, 2012, after lawmakers rejected a civil-unions bill in front of hundreds of observers. It was the second time within a week the bill failed. (AP Photo/Denver Post, Helen H. Richardson)

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Kenyan McDuffie, a candidate to replace Harry Thomas for Ward 5 city councilmember, comes to cast his vote in the special election with his wife Princess, right, and his two daughters Kesi, 5, and Jozi, 2, at Mt. Bethel Baptist Church on Rhode Island Avenue in northwest, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, May 15, 2012 (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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First lady Michelle Obama was a guest in February on Ellen DeGeneres' talk show. Miss DeGeneres is "not just a comedian," said Cappy McGarr, a Kennedy Center board member. "She's really a miracle worker. She got the president to dance, the first lady to do pushups and [Republican] Tom DeLay to laugh." (Warner Bros. via Associated Press)