Politics

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**FILE** Labor Secretary Hilda Solis speaks Aug. 30, 2011, at the National Press Club in Washington. (Associated Press)

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Syrian security forces raid a neighborhood in Daraa, Syria, in this citizen journalism image provided by the Local Coordination Committees in Syria and accessed on Friday, April 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Local Coordination Committees in Syria)

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**FILE ** People cheer during President Omar al-Bashir's speech in Khartoum, Sudan, on April 20, 2012. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Rep. Peter King, New York Republican, speaks March 10, 2011, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Associated Press)

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Analysis of campaign coverage by the Pew Research Center involving more than 11,000 news outlets says GOP candidate Mitt Romney received the lion's share of attention after the Michigan primary, when his nomination became "essentially inevitable." (Associated Press)

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"I'd say it's a reasonable question and that the White House ought to be conducting its own internal investigation of White House personnel who were in Cartagena, just to make sure that none of them were involved in this kind of inappropriate behavior," said Sen. Joe Lieberman, chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee. (Associated Press/CBS News)

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The political dogfight turned to dogs with the story of Ann and Mitt Romney strapping a crate onto the roof of their station wagon — with the dog inside — for a family vacation. "The dog loved it," Mrs. Romney said. (Associated Press)

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The re-election of longtime incumbent Rep. Roscoe G. Bartlett (right) this year is not a foregone conclusion thanks to a redistricting that moved a chunk of Montgomery County and its Democratic voters into the 6th District. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)

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** FILE ** In this April 22, 2012, file photo, Holly Ann Haley, 4, gets vaccinations at the doctor's office in Berlin, Vt., although the state continues to be embroiled in a debate about continuing to allowing parents to have their children skip the immunizations required for most to attend school. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks Feb. 7, 2012, during an election night rally in Denver. (Associated Press)

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Republican opposition to reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act in its current form will "absolutely" be used against them as a campaign issue, according to (from left) Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, of New Hampshire, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, of California, and Sen. Patty Murray, of Washington, all Democrats. (Associated Press)

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James Kirchhausen and his dog Major wait April 20, 2012, for Republican presidential candidate and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich to arrive at a campaign stop in Buffalo, N.Y. (Associated Press)

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Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo attends a news conference after meeting Friday with Argentina's ambassador in Madrid. The European Union also has protested Argentina's movement on YPF. (Associated Press)