Politics

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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney waves as he arrives for a campaign rally at the closed National Gypsum drywall factory in Lorain, Ohio, Thursday, April 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin (8) (left) comes over to celebrate with Caps left wing Alexander Semin (28) as he scores to bring the Capitals up 2-1 in the second period as Washington took on Boston in game four of the National Hockey League's first-round playoffs at the Verizon Center in Washington on Thursday, April 19, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin (8) (left) and left wing Jason Chimera (25) (right) warm up before the Caps took to the ice against the Boston Bruins in game four of the National Hockey League's first-round playoffs at the Verizon Center in Washington on Thursday, April 19, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Washington Capitals teammates celebrate as Caps left wing Alexander Semin (28) (second from left) scores to bring the Capitals up 2-1 in the second period as Washington took on the Boston Bruins in game four of the National Hockey League's first-round playoffs at the Verizon Center in Washington on Thursday, April 19, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Washington Capitals defenseman Dennis Wideman (6), Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin (8), second from left, and Washington Capitals center Brooks Laich (21) celebrate an early goal by Washington Capitals center Marcus Johansson (90), not visible, to put the Washington Capitals ahead 1-0 as they take on the Boston Bruins in game four of National Hockey League first round playoff hockey at the Verizon Center, Washington, D.C., Thursday, April 19, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin (8), left, and Washington Capitals left wing Jason Chimera (25), right, warm up before the Washington Capitals take on the Boston Bruins in game four of National Hockey League first round playoff hockey at the Verizon Center, Washington, D.C., Thursday, April 19, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Afghan security forces rush to a battle in Kabul on Sunday, when militants launched a series of coordinated attacks across the city. The militant group Hizb-i-Islami, which walked out of peace talks last month, returned after their attack was foiled. (Associated Press)

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Sen. Orrin Hatch (center) is facing a re-election challenge from fellow Republicans state Rep. Chris Herrod (left) and former state Sen. Dan Liljenquist. All three participated in a debate April 4. Delegates at a weekend state convention will vote for the party's nominee. Mr. Hatch is seeking a seventh term and two recent polls of likely voters bolster his chances. (The Salt Lake Tribune via Associated Press)

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Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney is winning the support of once-skeptical party leaders at a key gathering in Arizona. (Associated Press)

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It has been harder for President Obama to get his message across to a public whose attention has been diverted by recent scandals involving the behavior of some Secret Service agents and members of the military in Colombia as well as stories of federal bureacrats carousing in Las Vegas at public expense. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, Virginia Republican, speaks on April 13, 2012, at the National Rifle Association convention in St. Louis. (Associated Press)

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Former Sen. John Glenn, Ohio Republican and former NASA astronaut, is joined by former Discovery crew members during the ceremonial arrival of the NASA space shuttle Discovery at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va., on Thursday, April 19, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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India on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2025, test-launched a nuclear-capable intermediate-range ballistic missile that is designed to use the country’s vast network of railways to avoid detection by enemy forces. The Agni Prime missile (not pictured here) was fired from a rail-based launcher pulled by an Indian Railways locomotive. Defense Minister Rajnath Singh said the successful mission demonstrated India’s growing strategic deterrence capabilities. In this photo, India's Agni-V missile, with a range of 3,100 miles, is launched in 2012 from Wheeler Island in the Bay of Bengal. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

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Vehicles transporting North Korean missiles on display over the weekend were made or designed by China, analysts say. Meanwhile, a propaganda billboard in Pyongyang translates as "Let's raise the spirits of winners and build a strong and prosperous nation!" North Korea has yet to launch a multistage missile successfully. (Associated Press)