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Afghan security forces celebrate Tuesday during a ceremony transferring authority from NATO-led troops to them in an area west of Kabul. The turnover to Afghan troops and police is to be finished by 2014. (Associated Press)
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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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Mayor Vincent L. Gray has said he thinks a recall effort against him and Council Chairman Kwame R. Brown is "ill-advised." (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Richard Cordray, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (left), shakes hands with Sen. Tim Johnson, South Dakota Democrat and chairman of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, after a hearing on Capitol Hill on Tuesday. The committee held the hearing to review the first semiannual report of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. (Andrew Harnik/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)
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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, surrounded by volunteers working the phones, makes calls to voters from his presidential campaign headquarters in Tampa, Fla., on Jan. 31, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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President Obama sits Jan., 31, 2012, inside a Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 during his visit to the Washington Auto Show at the Washington Convention Center in Washington. (Associated Press)
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Bosnian veteran soldiers collect money for their war-time enemies in Gorazde, 100 kilometers east of Sarajevo, on Jan. 16, 2012. (Associated Press)
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President Obama, sitting next to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta (center) and Transportation Secretary Raymond LaHood (right), speaks Jan. 31, 2012, during a cabinet meeting at the White House. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Former Royal Bank of Scotland CEO Fred Goodwin, pictured in 2007, has been stripped of his knighthood by the British government. (AP Photo /Danny Lawson, File)
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FBI Director Robert Mueller (left) and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper (right) are greeted by Sen. Saxby Chambliss, Georgia Republican and vice chairman of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, in the Hart Senate Office Building in D.C., before a hearing on worldwide threats. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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A condom, similar to those distributed at the African National Congress party's centenary celebrations early January, is photographed Jan. 31, 2012, in Johannesburg. A South African health official says that 1.35 million of the condoms are being recalled amid charges some broke during intercourse and were porous. (Associated Press)
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (center), followed by his wife, Sara, casts his vote during the Likud party primary elections in Jerusalem on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
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Anti-regime protesters hold up a Syrian army defector as they chant slogans against Syrian President Bashar Assad during an evening protest in the Rastan area of Syria's Homs province on Monday, Jan. 30, 2012. (AP Photo)
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Sen. Scott P. Brown, Massachusetts Republican, warned his colleagues to avoid unrelated amendments so the Stock Act can sail through Congress this week. (Associated Press)
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Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose (1) battles for the ball against Washington Wizards guard John Wall (2) as guard Nick Young looks on during the first half of an NBA game, Monday, Jan. 30, 2012, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
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Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich, with wife Callista beside him, meets with potential voters Wednesday at Wings Plus Restaurant in Coral Springs, Fla. The state's GOP primary is Tuesday. (Associated Press)
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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (right), returns a shipbuilder's hard hat as he campaigns Saturday at Eastern Shipbuilding in Pensacola, Fla. Mr. Romney is leading in the polls in the run-up to the state's Republican presidential primary election Tuesday. (Associated Press)
