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With less than a week before the nation's first presidential primary, Republican presidential candidate and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich is joined by his wife Callista as they arrive for an education town hall meeting at the Holiday Inn, in Concord, NH, Wednesday, January 4, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)

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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney is joined on stage by Sen. Kelly Ayotte R-NH (left) and South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley (R) (right) as they introduce him to the crowd at the Pinkerton Academy in Derry, NH, Saturday, January 7, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)

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Republican presidential candidate and former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman, Jr., and his wife Mary Kaye visit customers at the Main Street Station Diner in Plymouth, NH, Saturday, January 7, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)

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With three days before the New Hampshire Primary, Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney addresses a crowd at the Pinkerton Academy in Derry, NH, Saturday, January 7, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)

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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney is joined on stage by Sen. Kelly Ayotte R-NH (left) and South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley (R) (right) as they introduce him to the crowd at the Pinkerton Academy in Derry, NH, Saturday, January 7, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)

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Republican presidential candidate and former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman, Jr., talks with Michael Harrington (left) and his wife Dorothy (center) of Beverly, Mass., as he and his wife Mary Kaye make their exit after visiting customers at the Main Street Station Diner in Plymouth, NH, Saturday, January 7, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)

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Ward 5 resident Zachary Sims, outside the U.S. District Courthouse on Friday where former D.C. Council member Harry Thomas Jr. pleaded guilty to tax fraud and stealing city funds (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, listens as he is introduced by Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., as he campaigns at Pinkerton Academy in Derry, N.H., Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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In this Jan. 6, 2012, photo released by the Korean Central News Agency and distributed in Tokyo by the Korea News Service, North Korean farmers hold a rally in support for the country's Worker's Party policies in Nampo, North Korea. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service)

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Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich shakes hands at campaign town meeting in Salem, N.H., Friday, Jan. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, campaigns at a "spaghetti dinner" held at Tilton School in Tilton, N.H., Friday, Jan. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Gul Rahman Qazi, center, head of an Afghan investigative commission speaks during a media conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012. Afghan President Karzai had charged the commission with investigating the detention of some hundreds of suspected militants and the investigative commission has accused the U.S. military of abusing detainees at its largest prison. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

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Washington Capitals center Nicklas Backstrom has passed his final baseline test and is now close to returning to the lineup. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

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With just four days before the nation's first presidential primary in New Hampshire, Republican presidential candidate and U.S. Rep. Ron Paul R-TX, delivers his speech to a large crowd during a campaign stop at Nashua Jet Aviation at Biore Field Airport in Nashua, NH, Friday, January 6, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)

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Republican presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul, Texas Republican, smiles as he signs autographs Jan. 6, 2012, during a campaign rally in Nashua, N.H. (Associated Press)

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Former D.C. Council member Harry Thomas Jr., 51, and his family exit the U.S. District Courthouse in D.C., on Jan. 6, 2012, after Thomas pleaded guilty to felony counts of stealing more than $350,000 in taxpayer funds and failing to report income on his tax returns. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

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Former D.C. Council member Harry Thomas Jr., 51, speaks with reporters Jan. 6, 2012, outside the U.S. District Courthouse in D.C., after pleading guilty to felony counts of stealing more than $350,000 in taxpayer funds and failing to report income on his tax returns. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)