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Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, who is running for the Republican presidential nomination, speaks during a campaign stop at the Knights of Columbus in Lincoln Park, Mich., on Friday, Feb. 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich talks to reporters during a visit to the state capital on Friday, Feb. 24, 2012 in Olympia, Wash. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Pro-Syrian demonstrators protest Feb. 24, 2012, outside the Cartago Hotel where the Conference on Syria is held in Tunis, Tunisia. (Associated Press)
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People chant slogans against Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad's regime during a demonstration Feb. 24., 2012, in Kafar Taharim, northern Syria. (Associated Press)
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks on Friday, Feb. 24, 2012, to the Detroit Economic Club at Ford Field in Detroit. (Associated Press)
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Senate Republican leader, Sen. Thomas Norment, James City Republican, left, and Democratic leader Sen. Richard Saslaw, Fairfax Democrat, leave the Senate floor after a vote on the budget at the Capitol in Richmond, Va., Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
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Palestinian supporters of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine wave their party's red flags during a Feb. 23, 2012, rally in Gaza City celebrating 43 years since its founding. (Associated Press)
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sits next to British foreign minister William Hague at the start of the Conference on Syria in Tunis, Tunisia, on Feb. 24, 2012. (Associated Press)
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin speaks on Friday, Feb. 24, 2012, during a meeting with Canadian and Russian ice hockey stars and veterans at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow. (Associated Press)
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Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer speaks Feb. 22, 2012, to the media after a Republican presidential debate among the 2012 candidates in Mesa, Ariz. (Associated Press)
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Afghans walk past tires that were burnt by protesters during an anti-U.S. demonstration in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Feb. 22, 2012. (Associated Press)
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Syrian student protesters chant slogans during a Feb. 22, 2012, demonstration against Syrian President Bashar Assad at the Aleppo University's Square, in the northern city of Aleppo, Syria. (Associated Press/Local Coordination Committees in Syria)
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State Sen. Richard Saslaw, Fairfax Democrat, gives a thumbs down signal for the budget vote at the Capitol in Richmond, Va., Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012. There was not a majority on Senators voting for the budget bill which did not pass. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
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**FILE** President Obama, accompanied by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, announces the revamp of his contraception policy requiring religious institutions to fully pay for birth control on Feb. 10, 2012, at the White House. (Associated Press)
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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, autographs a baseball as he greets the crowd after a Tea Party town hall event in Milford, Mich., Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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Rep. Ron Paul's budget plans include eliminating five Cabinet departments, ending operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, and cutting federal programs. (Idaho Statesman via Associated Press)
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Maryland State Sens. Nancy C. Jacobs, a Republican representing Cecil and Harford counties, and Allan H. Kittleman, a Republican representing Carroll and Howard counties, chat Feb. 23, 2012, at the State House in Annapolis, as the Senate passed the Civil Marriage Protection Act. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Maryland Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr., Prince George’s Democrat, watches over the proceedings at the State House in Annapolis. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Maryland State Sen. Edward R. Reilly, Anne Arundel County Republican, looks over paperwork Feb. 23, 2012, at the State House in Annapolis, as the Senate passed the Civil Marriage Protection Act. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Maryland State Sen. Bryan W. Simonaire, Anne Arundel County Republican, reads Feb. 23, 2012, from the book "King & King," which at the end shows a drawing of two princes kissing, as the Senate passed the Civil Marriage Protection Act at the State House in Annapolis. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
