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Virginia Attorney General Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II refused to say for whom he voted in the March 6 Virginia GOP presidential primary. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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** FILE ** In this March 31, 2011, file photo House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, Caliornia Republican, right, accompanied by the committee's ranking Democrat Rep. Elijah Cummings, Maryland Democrat, presides over the committee's hearing on the Freedom of Information Act on Capitol Hill. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
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Republican congressional hopeful Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher says his advisory team is made up of hardworking, beer-drinking, Wal-Mart-shopping "average Joes" rather than the Washington establishment or tea party. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Then-Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., left, talks to plumber Joe Wurzelbacher in Holland, Ohio, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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Republican congressional candidate Samuel Wurzelbacher, who's better known as Joe the Plumber, campaigns Friday, Feb. 24, 2012, in Rocky River, Ohio. Former presidential candidate Herman Cain joined Wurzelbacher on the campaign trail Friday. Wurzelbacher is facing Steve Kraus, a real estate agent from Sandusky, in the state's March 6 primary for the 9th Congressional District. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)
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GOP House hopeful Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, aka "Joe the Plumber," faces long odds in his race against 15-term Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur, seen here campaigning at a luncheon for retired autoworkers in Parma, Ohio, in January. (Associated Press)
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Vice President Joseph R. Biden aggressively entered the 2012 campaign Thursday with a speech at a United Auto Workers hall in Toledo, Ohio. Mr. Biden called out Republican presidential hopefuls for not supporting the auto bailout. (Associated Press)
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Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times
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Protesters in February 2011 gather around then-state Sen. Russell Pearce, author of Arizona's tough immigration law, at a Phoenix courthouse. The Republican was ousted from office in a November recall election. But he is considering another legislative race. An email message to Pearce supporters said he will announce his plans Monday. (Associated Press)
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Syrian riot police stand guard during a rally Thursday supporting President Bashar Assad in Damascus. Thousands poured into the streets of the Syrian capital in a show of support for the Assad regime as soldiers tightened their siege in opposition areas on the one-year anniversary of the country's uprising. (Associated Press)
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Thousands of Egyptian activists and soccer fans on Thursday participate in a march from the headquarters of the al-Ahly club toward the Egyptian general prosecutor's office in downtown Cairo to protest against what they say is the slow pace of procedures taken by the government to find and hold accountable those responsible for soccer violence in Port Said that claimed scores of victims. Arabic on the banner reads, "The glory for martyrs." (Associated Press)
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Palestinians inspect a warehouse which caught fire March 14, 2012, after an Israeli air strike nearby in Gaza City. (Associated Press)
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Palestinians pass by a mural of the late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat (right) and late Hamas founder and spiritual leader Sheik Ahmed Yassin in Gaza City on March 14, 2012. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Bo Xilai, then the Communist Party secretary in Chongqing, rubs his face during a session of the National People's Congress in Beijing on Friday, March 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, speaks to an audience at a town hall meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Wednesday March 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Dennis M. Rivera Pichardo)
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** FILE ** A currency exchange bureau worker counts U.S. dollars, as Iranian bank notes are seen at right with portrait of late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, in downtown Tehran, Iran, in this Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011, file photo. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, file)
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Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin sits on the bench March 15, 2012, after colliding with teammate Mike Knuble during a morning practice at Kettler Capitals Iceplex in Arlington, Va. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Teammates surround Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin on March 15, 2012, as he lays on the ice after a collision with teammate Mike Knuble during a morning practice at Kettler Capitals Iceplex in Arlington, Va. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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** FILE ** U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta (left) meets with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Thursday, March 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Mohammad Ismail, Pool)
