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Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr., accompanied by his wife, Mary Kaye, announces he is ending his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination on Monday, Jan. 16, 2012, in Myrtle Beach, S.C. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall stands against a rising sun in Washington on Martin Luther King Day, Monday, Jan. 16, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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People are silhouetted by the early morning sun as they leave the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall in Washington on Monday, Jan. 16, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Terry Riddick of Oxon Hill reads a passage on the wall at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall in Washington on Monday, Jan. 16, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Mike Todd (right) and his wife, Sharon Pringle-Todd, of Alexandria watch as speakers offer remarks during the wreath-laying ceremony at the foot of the Stone of Hope at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall in Washington on Monday, Jan. 16, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Beverly Steed (center) of Washington joins others in song under the shadow of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall in Washington on Monday, Jan. 16, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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The Rev. Al Sharpton (center) carries a wreath with Harry E. Johnson (left), president and CEO of the Washington, D.C., Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation Inc., and Washington Mayor Vincent C. Gray (right) during the foundation's wreath-laying ceremony at the foot of the Stone of Hope at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall in Washington on Monday, Jan. 16, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Alicia Watkins of Washington arrives for the wreath-laying ceremony at the foot of the Stone of Hope at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall in Washington on Monday, Jan. 16, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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People arrive in the bitter cold at sunrise for the wreath-laying ceremony at the foot of the Stone of Hope at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall in Washington on Monday, Jan. 16, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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The shadows of people are seen in the early morning light as they arrive for the wreath-laying ceremony at the foot of the Stone of Hope at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall in Washington on Monday, Jan. 16, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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The moon is seen in the sky above the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall in Washington on Monday, Jan. 16, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Sandra Everett of Springdale, Md., holds her 7-year-old granddaughter, Jada Shepherd, as they pay a visit to the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall in Washington on Monday, Jan. 16, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Visitors photograph the statue of Martin Luther King Jr. during the wreath-laying ceremony at the foot of the Stone of Hope at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall in Washington on Monday, Jan. 16, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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President Obama participates Jan. 16, 2012, in a community service project in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. at the Browne Education Campus in Washington. (Associated Press)
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Iraqi security forces inspect the scene of a car-bomb attack outside Mosul, Iraq, 225 miles northwest of Baghdad, on Monday, Jan. 16, 2012. (AP Photo)
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Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani speaks Dec. 5, 2011, during an interview with the Associated Press at his residence in Lahore, Pakistan. (Associated Press)
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Martin Luther King III (third from right), the son of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., stands Sunday with his wife, Arndrea, and daughter, Yolanda, before the memorial dedicated to his father on the Mall in Washington. Americans are honoring Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday, 83 years after his birth. (Associated Press)
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"We've spent months on things that used to happen just matter-of-factly. I would hope that they understand that everything doesn't have to be a fight," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, said.
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Mercedes Bagceci, an Army specialist, and her husband, Ismail, look over information for Ismail, who was among military spouses looking for work at the Military Spouse Career Forum and Hiring Fair at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Mercedes Bagceci, an Army specialist, and her husband, Ismail, who met in Iraq, attended a job fair in the District dedicated to helping military spouses. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
