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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney campaigns Jan. 13, 2012, at the University of South Carolina Aiken in Aiken, S.C. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks Jan. 12, 2012, during a news conference the State Department in Washington with Algerian Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci. (Associated Press)

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President Obama delivers remarks on government reform on Friday, Jan. 13, 2012, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney laughs as he meets supporters at Cherokee Trike and More in Greer, S.C., Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Spartanburg Herald-Journal, Michael Justus)

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Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrives Jan. 8, 2012, at the international airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela. Ahmadinejad visited Venezuela as part of his tour aimed at showing off relationships with some of Tehran's close allies, while tensions grow over the country's threats to block oil shipments in retaliation for tighter U.S. sanctions. (Associated Press)

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This image from amateur video made available by the Ugarit News group and shot Jan. 12, 2012, purports to show protesters demonstrating against the killing of a French journalist in Daraa, Syria. (Associated Press/Ugarit News Group via APTN)

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** FILE ** In this Dec. 22, 2011, file photo released by Press Information Department, Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, right, talks with Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari during their meeting at President House in Islamabad, Pakistan. (AP Photo/Press Information Department, HO, File)

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Rep. Tim Scott of South Carolina will join Fox News' Mike Huckabee in Charleston on Saturday for a Republican presidential candidate forum. (Photo courtesy Tim Scott)

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President Obama waves as he leaves after speaking at a campaign event at the University of Illinois at Chicago on Wednesday. With at least five more fundraisers this week, Mr. Obama added to his already hefty campaign warchest. (Associated Press)

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"It's time for Trustmark to immediately rescind the rates, issue refunds to consumers or publicly explain their refusal to do so," HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said of the company that refused to follow new federal regulations. (Associated Press)

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President Obama made a recess appointment to enable Richard Cordray (behind him) to begin serving as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Mr. Obama made three other recess appointments. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a Republican presidential candidate, campaigns at Cherokee Trike and More in Greer, S.C., on Thursday. (Associated Press)

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Aftermath: Police inspect a crime scene where three teenagers were shot Thursday in the Congress Heights neighborhood of Southeast Washington. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

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D.C. Council member Marion Barry arrives near the scene of the shootings of three male teens in Southeast Washington on Jan. 12. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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The wreckage of a modified Black Hawk helicopter lies in the compound in Pakistan where Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. forces last May. (Associated Press)

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President Ma Ying-jeou (left) is greeted by supporters at an election rally Thursday in New Taipei City, Taiwan. Mr. Ma is being challenged in Taiwan's presidential election by Tsai Ing-wen (right). Ms. Tsai's party rejects unification with China.

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White House spokesman Jay Carney speaks Jan. 12, 2012, during the daily briefing at the White House. (Associated Press)

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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks Jan. 12, 2012, during a campaign stop at the Palm Beach Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Fla. (Associated Press)

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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney campaigns Jan. 12, 2012, at Cherokee Trike and More in Greer, S.C. (Associated Press/Spartanburg Herald-Journal)