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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (center) and Indonesian Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro (left) applaud as Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono strikes a gong to mark the opening of the Jakarta International Defense Dialogue in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Wednesday, March 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
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** FILE ** U.N. peace envoy Kofi Annan speaks to the media after a meeting with Syrian National Council members in Ankara, Turkey, on Tuesday, March 13, 2012. (AP Photo)
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New Hampshire state Rep. David Bates, a Republican, speaks on Tuesday, March 13, 2012, in Concord, N.H., about his bill to repeal the state's gay-marriage law. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)
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Republican presidential candidate and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks at a town hall meeting in the Student Center at Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, La., on Tuesday, March 20, 2012. (AP Photo/The News-Star, Ben Corda)
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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and his wife Ann wave as they leave at an election night event in Schaumburg, Ill., Tuesday, March 20, 2012. Romney won the Illinois Primary. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney reacts while greeting supporters at a rally in Schaumburg, Ill., after the winning the Illinois Republican presidential primary, Tuesday, March 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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Then-Rep. Jesse L. Jackson Jr., Illinois Democrat, and his wife, then-Chicago Alderman Sandi Jackson, embrace at his election-night party on Tuesday, March 20, 2012, in Chicago after his Democratic primary win over former Rep. Debbie Halvorson in Illinois' 2nd District. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green) ** FILE **
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Warren Buffett attends the State Dinner with President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, March 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, right, looks at a computer screen with Google employee Ted Souder, Tuesday, March 20, 2012, at the Chicago Google headquarters, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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In this March 19, 2012, photo, Republican Presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney greets supporters after speaking at the University of Chicago. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
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Attorney John Henry Browne said his client, Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, remembers very little about the night of March 11 when 16 Afghan civilians were slain during a shooting spree. Sgt. Bales stands accused of the killings and is being held at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Rep. Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, introduces a plan on Tuesday, March 20, 2012, to overhaul Medicare. The proposal would have the federal program competing with private plans. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Joel Klein, a former New York City school chancellor, in a report released Tuesday concluded the nation's education system is becoming a national security issue. (Associated Press)
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Oakland Athletics' Derek Norris during a spring training baseball workout Monday, Feb. 27, 2012 in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
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People inspect the scene of a car-bomb attack in Kirkuk on Tuesday. Bombings and shootings in eight cities across Iraq killed 46 and wounded more than 200 as Baghdad prepared to host this year's summit of the Arab world's top leaders. (Associated Press)
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Clashes between Syrian rebels and President Bashar Assad's security forces damaged this apartment building in the Mazzeh neighborhood of Damascus, Syria, on Monday, March 19, 2012. (AP Photo/SANA)
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FILE- This Feb. 7, 2009 file photo shows Herbie Hancock arriving at the Clive Davis pre-Grammy party in Beverly Hills, Calif. Ambassador Herbie Hancock believes what the world needs now is a little jazz diplomacy. The renowned jazz pianist's first major initiative since being named a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador in July is to establish International Jazz Day to be held on April 30 of every year. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II (right) waves after addressing both houses of Parliament in Westminster Hall in London on Tuesday, March 20, 2012, to mark her Diamond Jubilee on the throne. Baroness D'Souza (foreground left), speaker of the House of Lords, and John Bercow (foreground center), speaker of the House of Commons, were among the dignitaries in attendance. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, Pool)
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Mourners attend the funeral of victims of a suicide bombing in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday, March 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)
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Rep. Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, speaks about his budget plan during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, March 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)