Politics

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** FILE ** President Barack Obama, sitting next to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, right, speaks during a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meets Feb. 1, 2012, with election monitors in Moscow. (Associated Press/RIA Novosti)

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Syrian rebels take their position behind a wall as they fire their guns during a battle with Syrian government forces in the Rastan area of Homs province in central Syria on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. (AP Photo)

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** FILE ** Afghan policemen walk ahead of the U.S. soldiers with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) during a foot patrol in Kandahar, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, in this Jan. 7, 2012, file photo. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan, File)

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** FILE ** Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney celebrates his Florida primary election win at the Tampa Convention Center in Tampa, Fla., on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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People in the crowd cheer election results as they await the arrival of Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney at the Tampa Convention Center in Tampa, Fla., Tuesday, January 31, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)

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People in the crowd cheer election results as they await the arrival of Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney at the Tampa Convention Center in Tampa, Fla., Tuesday, January 31, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)

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People in the crowd cheer election results as they await the arrival of Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney at the Tampa Convention Center in Tampa, Fla., Tuesday, January 31, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)

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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney is joined by his wife Ann and other family members on stage as he arrives to deliver his speech to the crowd at the Tampa Convention Center in Tampa, Fla., Tuesday, January 31, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)

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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney is joined by his wife Ann and other family members on stage as he arrives to deliver his speech to the crowd at the Tampa Convention Center in Tampa, Fla., Tuesday, January 31, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)

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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney is joined by his wife Ann and other family members on stage as he arrives to deliver his speech to the crowd at the Tampa Convention Center in Tampa, Fla., Tuesday, January 31, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)

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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is joined by his wife Ann and other family members on stage as he arrives to deliver his speech to the crowd at the Tampa Convention Center in Tampa, Fla., Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Ann Romney is greeted by supporters as she arrives to introduce her husband, Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney at the Tampa Convention Center in Tampa, Fla., Tuesday, January 31, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)

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Ann Romney is greeted by supporters as she arrives to introduce her husband, Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney at the Tampa Convention Center in Tampa, Fla., Tuesday, January 31, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)

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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, visits with campaign workers in his "War Room" with advisers during the Florida primary election at the Tampa Convention Center in Tampa, Fla., Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)