Politics

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Iran was high on the agenda as President Obama met with British Prime Minister David Cameron at the White House on Wednesday. (Associated Press)

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Mitt Romney tells Fox News' Megyn Kelly on "America Live" Wednesday that very conservative voters who don't support him now will favor him against Barack Obama. (Associated Press)

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Sen. Barbara Boxer, California Democrat, co-wrote the transportation bill that was passed by the Senate on Wednesday by a 74-22 vote. (Associated Press)

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Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum speaks at a town hall meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Wednesday. The former senator from Pennsylvania hopes to do well in Puerto Rico's Republican primary on Sunday. (Associated Press)

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"[W]e have a problem here," Sen. Lisa Murkowski, Alaska Republican, says at a hearing about the Obama administration's record on energy production. (Associated Press)

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George Clooney answers questions from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on horrors he saw while visiting Sudan. With him are human rights activist John Prendergast (center) and Jonathan Temin of the United States Institute of Peace. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad answers questions in an open session in parliament in Tehran on Wednesday, the first president in the country's history to be hauled before the legislature, a serious blow to his standing in a conflict pitting him against lawmakers. (Associated Press)

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A Fateh missile of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps is launched in a September 2009 drill near the city of Qom, 80 miles south of Tehran, in a show of force. Iran would likely retaliate for an Israeli attack with such missiles. (Associated Press)

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An Israeli air force F-16I fighter plane sits at the ready in a hangar at Ramon Air Force Base in southern Israel. The F-16I, which is equipped with external fuel tanks, is reportedly capable of reaching Iranian airspace without refueling. It could carry U.S.-made bunker-busting bombs that drill below ground before exploding. (Associated Press)

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sits in the cockpit of a F-15I fighter jet during a visit to the Hatzerim Air Force base in southern Israel in 2009. Long-range F-15Is and F-16Is ("I" for Israel) would likely be used in a strike against Iran's nuclear program. (Associated Press)

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A coalition opposed to Maryland raising the tax on gasoline to pay for transportation projects rallies in front of the Maryland State House on March 14, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama pose for an official photo with British Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife, Samantha, at the White House on March 14, 2012, before a State Dinner. (Associated Press)

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Transportation and Security Administration workers screen passengers at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport last month. Some air travelers over the age of 75 will soon get a break at airport security checkpoints under a test program. (Associated Press)

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Nuns were among the protesters at a South Korean rally against the trade pact, which went into effect at midnight Wednesday. (Associated Press)

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From left, Samantha Cameron, wife of British Prime Minister David Cameron, first lady Michelle Obama, British Prime Minister David Cameron and President Barack Obama wave from the balcony of the White House, Wednesday, March 14, 2012, during a state arrival ceremony on the South Lawn. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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A Chinese military band conductor rehearses before the closing session of the annual National People's Congress in Beijing's Great Hall of the People on Wednesday. (Associated Press)

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Fatuma Hassan Noor (top, left) and her daughter Amal Ahmed take a break from military training in Ibanda, Uganda. Fellow Somalis are being trained through a European Union program designed to provide a force that will contribute to the stabilization of Somalia. Ms. Noor instructs trainees in combat medical care using a mannequin (above). (Associated Press)