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Lt. Robert Alvarado (right) of the D.C. Fire Department speaks to fellow firefighters before entering Mayor Vincent C. Gray's State of the District address Tuesday at Sixth & I Historic Synagogue. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Mayor Vincent C. Gray delivers the 2012 State of the District Address at the Sixth and I Historic Synagogue in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, February 7, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)
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Washington D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray delivers the 2012 State of the District Address at the Sixth and I Historic Synagogue in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, February 7, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)
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Mayor Vincent C. Gray gets a thumbs-up from D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson as he arrives to deliver the 2012 State of the District Address at the Sixth and I Historic Synagogue in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, February 7, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)
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Mayor Vincent C. Gray stands quietly in the back during the invocation by Reverend Dexter Nutall, New Bethel Baptist Church, before delivering the 2012 State of the District Address at the Sixth and I Historic Synagogue in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, February 7, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)
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Washington D.C. Council Chairman Kwame Brown (left) chats with Councilmembers Muriel Bowser (Ward 4, center) and Jack Evans (Ward 2, right) as they await the arrival of Washington D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray, for the 2012 State of the District Address at the Sixth and I Historic Synagogue in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, February 7, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)
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Washington D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray arrives to give his 2012 State of the District Address at the Sixth and I Historic Synagogue in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, February 7, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)
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** FILE ** Washington D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services Chief Kenneth B. Ellerbe (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)
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Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl of Arizona, accompanied by fellow Republicans Sen. John Barrasso of Wyoming (left) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky (right), criticizes Democrats on the deadlocked bipartisan payroll-tax conference panel Tuesday at a news conference. (Associated Press)
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, with his House counterpart, has circumvented the committee conference system by brokering "grand bargains." (Associated Press)
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GAME OVER: In a letter to the D.C. Council, Mayor Vincent C. Gray supported repeal of iGaming and called for transparency in any rebid. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Children wait to shake hands with Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney in Loveland, Colo., on Tuesday, a day for caucuses in Colorado and Minnesota. (Associated Press)
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BIG MOMENT: Children wait to shake hands with Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney at a campaign rally in Loveland, Colo., on Tuesday, a day for caucuses in Colorado and Minnesota. Critics say it's time to take a look at the value of caucuses. (Associated Press)
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Lt. Robert Alvarado (right) of the D.C. Fire Department speaks to fellow firefighters before entering Mayor Vincent C. Gray's State of the District address Tuesday at Sixth & I Historic Synagogue. Firefighters made no overt political statements before the speech after many participated in a walkout Jan. 24 protesting department leadership issues. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Washington D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray delivers the 2012 State of the District Address at the Sixth and I Historic Synagogue in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, February 7, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)
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Washington D.C. Fire Department Lt. Robert Alvarado talks to a group of firefighters as they prepare to attend Mayor Vincent C. Gray's 2012 State of the District Address at the Sixth and I Historic Synagogue in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, February 7, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)
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Washington D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray delivers the 2012 State of the District Address at the Sixth and I Historic Synagogue in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, February 7, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)
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** FILE ** South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson, here with Gov. Nikki Haley in June, argues in a lawsuit filed in February that the U.S. Justice Department erred in blocking the state from requiring voters to show government-issued photo identification to vote. The requirement "will not disenfranchise any potential South Carolina voter," he said. (Jeremy Lock/Special to The Washington Times)
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George Washington point guard Tony Taylor, shown against Atlantic 10 rival Xavier, has averaged 21 points the past three games. (Associated Press)
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The Republican National Committee's answer to President Obama's swanky fashion-inspired campaign fundraising: the "Super Pac" flip flop. (image from Republican National Committee)
