Politics

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FILE - In this March 1, 2012, file photo House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, talks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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** FILE ** Brian Brown, president of the National Organization for Marriage, speaks at a rally for opponents of same-sex marriage in Augusta, Maine, in August 2010. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

** FILE ** In this Dec. 1, 2011, file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney meets with former President George H.W. Bush in Houston. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan, File)

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This handout frame grab from video, provided by House Television, shows Rep. Bobby Rush, an Illinois Democrat, wearing a hoodie on the floor of the House on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 28, 2012. (AP Photo/House Television)

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** FILE ** Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney meets with former President George H.W. Bush in Houston on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

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Canadian soldiers (right), part of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), attend a graduation ceremony for Afghan soldiers at a military training center in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday, March 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

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Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks in Annapolis, Md., Tuesday, March 27, 2012, after a a visit to Maryland State House. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich speaks during a campaign stop at Salisbury University on Tuesday, March 27, 2012, in Salisbury, Md. (AP Photo/The Daily Times, Laura Emmons)

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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney talks with Jay Leno during his appearance on NBC's "The Tonight Show" in Burbank, Calif., on Tuesday, March 27, 2012. (AP Photo/NBC, Paul Drinkwater)

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Before the D.C. Council on Tuesday, (from left) Chief Financial Officer Natwar M. Gandhi, Mayor Vincent C. Gray and budget director Eric Goulet arrive to testify on the mayor's fiscal 2013 budget. Mr. Gray's budget proposal would close a $172 million gap through $102 million in cuts and $70 million in new revenue. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Metropolitan Police Department Chief Cathy L. Lanier and Paul Quander, the District's deputy mayor for public safety, gave testimony Tuesday to the D.C. Council on Mayor Vincent C. Gray's budget proposal for fiscal year 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS People in Mali wait outside a travel agency Tuesday to buy tickets. The country's airport reopened almost a week after a military coup. The body representing nations in western Africa suspended Mali and put a peacekeeping force on standby.

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Soldiers stand guard Tuesday outside the headquarters of coup leader Capt. Amadou Haya Sanogo at a military base near Bamako, Mali. Already, the U.S., the European Union and France have cut off aid. Additional sanctions from the region would be a further blow to the junta.

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** FILE ** Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton, parents of Trayvon Martin. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Demonstrators for and against President Obama's health care law march outside the Supreme Court on Tuesday. The Obama administration has argued Congress' taxing powers are a justification for the law's individual mandate. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Mitt Romney has said he won't abandon the conservative positions he took in the Republican primaries, including those on illegal immigration. (Associated Press)

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Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and President Obama meet Tuesday on the last day of the Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul. (Associated Press)

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Rep. Henry Cuellar, Texas Democrat. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

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Daryl Parks (from left), president of the National Bar Association; the Martin family lawyer, Benjamin Crump; and Trayvon Martin's parents, Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton, stand during a moment of prayer for Trayvon during a House Judiciary Committee Democratic briefing on racial profiling and hate crimes on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, March 27, 2012. In front is Rebecca Monroe of the Department of Justice. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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This map, released by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, shows the likely effects from a 10-kiloton nuclear device set off a few blocks north of the White House. (AP Photo/FEMA)