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President Obama and Ambassador Eklil Ahmad Hakimi of Afghanistan are pictured in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (Photo courtesy of www.embassyofafghanistan.org)
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A gold pot is displayed for sale Feb. 16, 2012, in a booth from China at the International Jewelry Fair in Hong Kong. (Associated Press)
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North Korean soldiers goose-step below a portrait of the late North Korean leader Kim Jong-il during a military parade at Kumsusan Memorial Palace in Pyongyang, North Korea, to commemorate Kim's 70th birthday on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)
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A Syrian rebel looks out after Syrian army tanks enter the northwestern city of Idlib, Syria, on Feb. 14, 2012. (Associated Press)
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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney greets supporters at a campaign rally in Kentwood, Mich., Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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Rep. Patrick Meehan explores the finer points of monitoring social media while protecting First Amendment rights at a Homeland Security Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence hearing Thursday. (photo from Rep. Meehan)
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TRAILING: Rick Santorum has won four states but just three delegates so far. Mitt Romney also has won four states but has 73 delegates. He is waging a strong effort to beat Mr. Santorum in Michigan. (Associated Press)
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Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney speaks at a campaign rally in Mesa, Ariz., on Monday. Arizona holds its GOP presidential primary on Feb. 28, the same day as Michigan, the home state of the former Massachusetts governor. (Associated Press)
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LightSquared CEO Sanjiv Ahuja accuses the government of bowing to pressure in blocking his wireless broadband network. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said that self-insuring religious employers will be exempted from a contraception coverage mandate. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. joined her Tuesday for the release of a health care fraud and abuse control program report. (Associated Press)
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Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich pauses during a campaign stop at the Tulare World Ag Expo Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012, in Tulare, Calif. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Joined by other Republican House members, House Speaker William J. Howell (at podium), of Stafford, points to a chart during a Republican caucus news conference on Wednesday held to rebut criticism that broad-based concerns took a back seat in the General Assembly to "socially conservative issues." (Associated Press)
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In this March 24, 2011 photo, fans take in a spring training baseball game between the Washington Nationals and Detroit Tigers in Lakeland, Fla. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Chicago police arrest activists during a 2003 anti-war demonstration. A city alderman is pushing an ordinance barring electronic-device blackouts by police at the May G-8 and NATO summits.
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Vice President Joe Biden meets with Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Somalis march through the streets of Mogadishu at a government-organized rally against the militant group al-Shabab on Wednesday. Many of the demonstrators were protesting the recent merger between al Qaeda and al-Shabab. (Associated Press)
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Al-Shabab fighters march with their weapons during military exercises on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia, in February 2011. Over the past year, al-Shabab has lost much of the territory it held. (Associated Press)
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Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich pauses during a campaign stop at the Tulare World Ag Expo on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012, in Tulare, Calif., as he bids for the Republican presidential nomination. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping speaks Feb. 15, 2012, to the US-China Business Council in Washington. (Associated Press)
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House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, accompanied by fellow GOP leaders, talks on Feb. 15, 2012, about an accord on the payroll tax cut negotiations during a news conference on Capitol Hill. From left are Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington, Mr. Boehner, House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy of California and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia. (Associated Press)
