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** FILE ** In this April 8, 2008, file photo provided by the Iranian President's Office, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, center, visits the Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility some 200 miles (322 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran. Iran has begun uranium enrichment at a new underground site well protected from possible airstrikes, a leading hardline newspaper reported Sunday, Jan. 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Iranian President's Office, File)
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** FILE ** The guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd responds to a distress call from the master of the Iranian-flagged fishing dhow Al Molai, who claimed he was being held captive by pirates in the Arabian Sea on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy)
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Republican presidential candidate former House Speaker Newt Gingrich shakes hands during a campaign stop in Hudson, N.H., Monday, Jan. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney campaigns for the Republican presidential nomination at McKelvie Intermediate School in Bedford, N.H., on Monday, Jan. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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With his family behind him, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney campaigns for the Republican presidential nomination at McKelvie Intermediate School in Bedford, N.H., on Monday, Jan. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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People visit the site of an explosion in the Pakistani tribal area of Khyber near Peshawar, Pakistan, on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
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** FILE ** Assemblyman Alex DeCroce, who died Monday night, was Republican leader in the New Jersey Assembly. (AP Photo/Brian Branch-Price, File)
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Syrian President Bashar Assad delivers a two-hour speech at Damascus University in Damascus, Syria, on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Syrian State Television via APTN)
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Kim Jong-un, North Korea's new young leader, rides a horse at an undisclosed place in North Korea in this undated image made from KRT video that aired on Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/KRT via APTN)
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** FILE ** Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum speaks at a campaign stop in Nashua, N.H. (Associated Press)
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The bearded satirist who calls himself Vermin Supreme heckles Republican presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul after the Texas congressman made a campaign stop at Moe Joe's Family Restaurant in Manchester, N.H., on Monday. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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One day before the nation's first presidential primary of 2012, Karen Santorum looks from the window of an SUV as a melee breaks out as Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum and members of his family make their way to their car while unidentified individuals and Manchester police shove and push to open a clear way from the venue after Mr. Santorum make an appearance at a campaign rally at Jillian's Billiards Club in Manchester, N.H., Monday, January 9, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)
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One day before the nation's first presidential primary of 2012, a melee breaks out as Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum and members of his family make their way to their car while unidentified individuals and Manchester police shove and push to open a clear way from the venue after Mr. Santorum make an appearance at a campaign rally at Jillian's Billiards Club in Manchester, N.H., Monday, January 9, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)
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One day before the nation's first presidential primary of 2012, a melee breaks out as Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum and members of his family make their way to their car while unidentified individuals and Manchester police shove and push to open a clear way from the venue after Mr. Santorum make an appearance at a campaign rally at Jillian's Billiards Club in Manchester, N.H., Monday, January 9, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)
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One day before the nation's first presidential primary of 2012, a melee breaks out as Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum (right), his wife Karen (left) and members of his family make their way to their car while unidentified individuals and Manchester police shove and push to open a clear way from the venue after Mr. Santorum make an appearance at a campaign rally at Jillian's Billiards Club in Manchester, N.H., Monday, January 9, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)
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FINAL HOURS: One day before the first presidential primary, Republican Rep. Ron Paul of Texas visits MoeJoe's Family Restaurant in Manchester, N.H. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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A day before the first presidential primary of the year, former Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks to the Nashua Rotary Club in Nashua, N.H., on Monday. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman Jr., a Republican presidential candidate, can be seen through a window - along with the reflections of those who support him - as he conducts an interview in a building at Eagle Square in Manchester, N.H., on Monday. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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INVOLVED: D.C. Council member Phil Mendelson wrote a letter to Chancellor Kaya Henderson. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)
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Chancellor Kaya Henderson has received a letter from D.C. Council member Phil Mendelson about the DCPS and an allegation of child sexual abuse. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)