Politics

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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney addresses a crowd in Collinsville, Ill., during a stop on his presidential campaign on Saturday, March 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

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Newly elected German President Joachim Gauck reacts after he was chosen by a special federal assembly in Berlin on Sunday, March 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

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Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum speaks during a campaign appearance at Herrin High School in Herrin, Ill., on Saturday, March 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Alan Rogers, The Southern)

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A Syrian rebel runs with his AK-47 toward a Syrian army checkpoint in a suburb of Damascus, Syria, on Saturday, March 17, 2012. (AP Photo)

A Syrian rebel runs with his AK-47 toward a Syrian army checkpoint in a suburb of Damascus, Syria, on Saturday March 17, 2012. Two suicide bombers detonated cars packed with explosives in near-simultaneous attacks on heavily guarded intelligence and security buildings in the Syrian capital Damascus Saturday, killing at least 27 people. (AP Photo)

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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney shops for produce during a campaign stop on Saturday, March 17, 2012, in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, right, greets supporters after campaigning at a Lewis and Clark Township Caucus Saturday, March 17, 2012, in Hazelwood, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

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Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, greets supporters at Westminster Christian Academy Saturday, March 17, 2012, in Town and Country, Mo. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

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** FILE ** Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney shakes hands during a campaign stop on Saturday, March 17, 2012, in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian security forces gather in front of a damaged building near the aviation intelligence department, which was attacked by one of two explosions, in Damascus, Syria, on Saturday, March 17, 2012. (AP Photo/SANA)

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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney campaigns at Pancakes Eggcetera, Friday, March 16, 2012, in Rosemont, Ill. (AP Photo/Robert Ray)

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In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Iranian aid supplies are seen unloaded from a plane at a Damascus airport in Syria on March 15, 2012. The Arabic words on the Iranian flags which attached on the boxes read: "Tribute of love and loyalty from the people of Iran to the dear Syrian people, left, and A gift from Islamic Iran to lofty Syria, right." (Associated Press/SANA)

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President Obama speaks March, 16, 2012, during a 'Lawyers for Obama Luncheon' fundraiser at the Palmer House Hotel in Chicago. (Associated Press)

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This image made from amateur video and released by Shaam News Network on March 15, 2012, purports to show an attack on a castle in Hama, Syria. (Associated Press/Shaam News Network via APTN)

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In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Iranian aid supplies are seen unloaded from a plane at a Damascus airport in Syria on March 15, 2012. (Associated Press/SANA)

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Actor George Clooney (center); Rep. James P. Moran (back), Virginia Democrat; and Mr. Clooney's father, Nick Clooney (right), are arrested on Friday, March 16, 2012, during a protest at the Sudanese Embassy in Washington. The demonstrators were protesting the escalating humanitarian emergency in Sudan that threatens the lives of 500,000 people. (Associated Press)

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A group of Syrians fleeing violence in their country walk March 15, 2012, towards the Turkish border near Reyhanli, Turkey. (Associated Press)

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Foreign visitors walk by displays of mock North Korea's Scud-B missile (right) and other South Korean missiles at Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul on March 16, 2012. (Associated Press)

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In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian police officers demonstrate their skills March 15, 2012, during the graduation of instructor officers on fighting techniques under the supervision of North Korean experts at Bassel Assad police academy in Damascus, Syria. (Associated Press/SANA)

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Jim McGrath, chairman of the Tenants Advocacy Coalition, expresses his support yesterday for the nomination of Betty Noel to the D.C. Public Service Commission, outside of the John A. Wilson Building. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)