Politics

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The Washington Redskins table before the beginning of the National Football League Draft held at Radio City Music Hall, New York, N.Y., Thursday, April 26, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Former Sen. George Allen takes on three Republican Senate rivals Saturday in Roanoke in the first of three debates. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Tea party activist Jamie Radtke, of Chesterfield County, Va., is among four Republicans vying for the party's U.S. Senate nomination. (The Washington Times)

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House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, Chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee John Kline, Minnesota Republican, and Rep. Jeb Hensarling, Texas Republican, speak about a student loans bill on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Voters of all stripes say the economy and job growth are their top priorities, something that Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney sees as an advantage in his bid to unseat the incumbent president. (Associated Press)

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ABC late night host Jimmy Kimmel will be the master of ceremonies for this year's convergence of Hollywood and Washington, otherwise known as the White House Correspondents' Dinner. (Photo provided by White House Correspondent's Association)

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"It's not about who gets the credit; it's about who gets help," said Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski, Maryland Democrat, urging GOP colleagues to support the Violence Against Women Act. (Associated Press)

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Newt Gingrich spent lavishly on his quixotic presidential campaign, including $1.6 million in March alone for travel and $271,000 to himself, according to FEC records. (Associated Press)

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Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz (left) joins Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu (second from right) on a drilling platform Thursday to mark the start of exploratory oil and gas drilling by Turkey in the northern half of ethnically split Cyprus. (Associated Press)

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What appears to be a new missile is transported during a military parade April 15 in Pyongyang to celebrate the centennial of North Korea's founder, Kim Il-sung. Analysts say the missiles are fakes made to hide North Korea's lack of progress on ICBMs. (Associated Press)

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Former Liberian President Charles Taylor takes notes Thursday while awaiting a verdict in his trial for war crimes and crimes against humanity. He was found guilty of 11 charges, including terror, murder, rape and conscripting child soldiers. (Associated Press)

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Csilla Boross as Abigaille and Franco Vassallo as Nabucco (Nebuchadnezzar II) in the Washington National Opera's production of "Nabucco." Its plot includes religious fundamentalism, nation-building, Middle East conflict and genocide. (Photograph provided by Washington National Opera)