Politics

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Protesters burn an effigy of Philippine President Benigno Aquino III during a rally near the president's Malacanang Palace in Manila on Labor Day, Tuesday, May 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

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**FILE** President Obama waits to speak to troops, veterans and military families at the 3rd Infantry Division headquarters at Fort Stewart, Ga., on April 27, 2012. (Associated Press)

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Homeless families gather Monday outside the D.C. Council chamber after disrupting a public budget hearing to demand funds for homeless services. Inside, council member Jim Graham, Ward 1 Democrat, challenges bar and nightclub owners testifying in favor of extending their hours of operation. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Inside, council member Jim Graham, Ward 1 Democrat, challenges bar and nightclub owners testifying in favor of extending the hours for bars and nightclubs. He proposed a tax increase on alcohol that would offset the added income of the later hours. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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**FILE** Crowds celebrate in front of the White House on May 2, 2011, after President Obama announced that Osama bin Laden had been killed. (Associated Press)

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GOP presidential nominee-in-waiting Mitt Romney said Monday that "even Jimmy Carter" would have authorized the hit on Osama bin Laden. (Associated Press)

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President Obama denied Monday that there had been "any excessive celebration" on the first anniversary of the death of the terrorist leader. (Associated Press)

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Rep. Frank Lucas, Oklahoma Republican, is chairman of the House Agriculture Committee. (Associated Press)

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Lego’s version of the Hulk compared to Hasbro’s Gamma Smash Hulk. (Photo by Joseph Szadkowski/The Washington Times)

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Thor prepares to strike in The Avengers: Hulk’s Helicarrier Breakout Lego set. (Photo by Joseph Szadkowski/The Washington Times)

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President Obama (right) and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda give a joint news conference on Monday, April 30, 2012, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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President Obama (right) and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda meet in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Monday, April 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)