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President Barack Obama arrives for a campaign rally at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Va., Saturday, May 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
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President Obama, whose appearances filled stadiums with enthusiastic crowds in 2008, officially kicked off his re-election campaign Saturday in Columbus, Ohio with first lady Michelle Obama before 14,000 supporters, leaving about a quarter of the seats empty. (Associated Press)
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Tea Party Patriots co-founder Jenny Beth Martin disputes any pundit or press claims that the tea party movement is dead or irrelevant. (Image from Jenny Beth Martin)
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Jase Peeples watches a television broadcast of President Obama declaring his support of same-sex marriage Wednesday, May 9, 2012, at The Mix bar in San Francisco. Obama announced that he now supports same-sex marriage, reversing his longstanding opposition amid growing pressure from the Democratic base. Peeples, who has lived with his partner for nine years, welcomed the news. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
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With 260 points, senior attackman Steele Stanwick (right) is Virginia's all-time leader and 21st on the NCAA career scoring list. (Associated Press)
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South African Energy Minister Dipuo Peters (left), here with former South African President Thabo Mbeki (center) in 2005, says new nuclear technology is safe. (Associated Press)
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Charles Krause, a former international correspondent, starting collecting political artwork in his travels. Now he runs the Charles Krause/Reporting Fine Art gallery out of his condominium in downtown Washington. Behind him are works by Leonhard Lapin. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Jon Stewart appears onstage at The 2012 Comedy Awards in New York, Saturday, April 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)
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American pianist and composer Burt Bacharach was to receive the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song from President Obama on Wednesday night along with his longtime lyricist, Hal David. It is named for George and Ira Gershwin. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, speaks April 26, 2012, at a news conference on Capitol Hill. (Associated Press)
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President Obama is pictured on a monitor in the White House briefing room in Washington on Wednesday, May 9, 2012, during an interview with ABC News in which he said he supports gay marriage. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, speaks at a campaign stop at KP Kauffman Co., an oil and gas production and drilling company, in Fort Lupton, Colo., on Wednesday, May 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley (left) is joined by state Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. (second from left), House Speaker Michael E. Busch (second from right) and Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown for a press conference to discuss the special legislative session beginning May 14, at the Maryland Statehouse in Annapolis on Wednesday, May 9, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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** FILE ** President Obama speaks at the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies dinner in Washington, April 8, 2012. (Associated Press)
