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Afghanistan's Minister of National Defense Abdul Rahim Wardak meets April 10, 2012, with Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta at the Pentagon. (Associated Press)

The American flag is unfurled in the outfield as the Washington Nationals host the Cincinnati Reds during the Nationals' home opener, in Washington, D.C., Thursday, April 12, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Doolittle sits above the U.S. Army Air Force insignia on his B-25 bomber, which crashed in China. Without enough fuel for a round trip, his men flew to China after the raid. (Associated Press)

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President Roosevelt pins the Medal of Honor on Doolittle at the White House on May 19, 1942, as his wife, Josephine Daniels Doolittle, watches. The flier also was promoted to brigadier general. (Associated Press)

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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney waves before addressing an audience April 11, 2012, during a campaign event in Warwick, R.I. (Associated Press)

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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks to a crowd during a campaign event in Warwick, R.I., on April 11, 2012. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Ann Romney, wife of Republican presidential candidate Gov. Mitt Romney, talks in Chicago on March 19, 2012, with audience members after her husband spoke at the University of Chicago. (Associated Press)

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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks to a crowd April 11, 2012, during a campaign event in Warwick, R.I. (Associated Press)

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Secretary of Commerce John E. Bryson is calling for congressional action on a bill to streamline the quality of patent applications and speed up processing. (Associated Press)

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House Ways and Means Committee Chairman David Camp, Michigan Republican, has asked the IRS to specify how it will use a half-billion dollars it's getting to implement the new health care law. Republicans are revamping their strategy against Obamacare. (Associated Press)

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Washington Capitals goalie Braden Holtby (70) heads out to the ice for a morning practice at Kettler Capitals Iceplex, Arlington, Va., Tuesday, April 10, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Mitt Romney argues in Hartford, Conn., on Wednesday that he is the better candidate for women. "The real war on women is being waged by the president's failed economic policies," he said. President Obama won 56 percent of the female vote in 2008. (Associated Press)

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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is interviewed by Martha MacCallum, co-anchor of "America's Newsroom" on the Fox News Channel in New York, Wednesday, April 11, 2012. On Tuesday, Romney made clear that he would assault Obama's character as well, saying the president is not inept at economic policy, but he actively dislikes business. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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**FILE** Barnaba Benjamin Marial (right), the South Sudanese minister of information, and military spokesman Philip Aguer brief the media on March 27, 2012, in Juba, South Sudan, about recent fighting between Sudanese and South Sudanese forces along the north-south border. (Associated Press)

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Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan (left), the U.N.-Arab League special envoy to Syria, speaks during a joint press conference with Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi in Tehran on Wednesday, April 11, 2012. Mr. Annan appealed to Iran, Syria's ally, to support his plan to end the violence wracking that Arab country. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

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Members of the Greek government attend a Cabinet meeting at the Parliament in Athens on Wednesday, April 11, 2012. Prime Minister Lucas Papademos formally will ask President Karolos Papoulias for a general election on May 6. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

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Japan Self-Defense Force members work April 11, 2011, on a unit of Japan Air Self-Defense Force's PAC-3 surface to air missile deployed in Ishigaki, Japan's southern most prefecture of Okinawa. Japan is on alert for North Korea's rocket which is expected to launch between April 12-16. (Associated Press/Kyodo News)

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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney smiles as he is introduced April 10, 2012, by Sen. Pat Toomey, Pennsylvania Republican, at the spring reception for the Republican Committee of Chester County in Mendenhall, Pa. (Associated Press)

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin speaks to the State Duma, the Russian parliament's lower house, in Moscow on Wednesday, April 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker greets supporters in Dane, Wis., Tuesday in the first of six campaign stops across the state intended to let him greet voters personally as he and Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch fight recall efforts. The primary is May 5 and the general election is June 5. (Associated Press)