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President Obama (right) and Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta share a laugh with the press corps after the president spoke on the Defense Strategic Review on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012, at the Pentagon in Arlington. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

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** FILE ** Then-Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert gives a statement to the media at his Jerusalem office in March 2009. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, File)

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Mideast Iraq Violence_Live.jpg

People gather at the scene of a bomb attack in Sadr City, east of Baghdad, on Jan. 5, 2012. (Associated Press)

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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (left), accompanied by Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican, campaigns for the GOP presidential nomination at the Boys and Girls Club in Salem, N.H., on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum pumps his fist Jan. 4, 2012, during a campaign stop in Manchester, N.H. (Associated Press)

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Susan Mielbrecht of Moultonborough, N.H., holds a handmade sign at a town-hall meeting at Manchester Central High School in Manchester, N.H., on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012, as Sen. John McCain endorses former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney for the Republican presidential nomination. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney takes photos with and meets supporters following a GOP presidential campaign stop at Manchester Central High School in Manchester, N.H., on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney greets a boy in the crowd in Manchester, N.H., on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012, as he leaves a town-hall-style campaign stop in his bid for the GOP presidential nomination. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney fields a question from a youth in the crowd at a town-hall-style campaign stop at Manchester Central High School in Manchester, N.H., on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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** FILE ** Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (left) and Sen. John McCain shake hands during a Romney presidential campaign stop in Manchester, N.H., on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (behind) and Sen. John McCain embrace in Manchester, N.H., on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012, as the Arizona senator endorses Mr. Romney's bid for the Republican presidential nomination. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (left) fields questions from the crowd during a presidential campaign stop at Manchester Central High School in Manchester, N.H., on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012. Sen. John McCain (right) endorsed Mr. Romney's bid for the GOP presidential nomination during the town-hall meeting. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and Sen. John McCain share a laugh at a town-hall meeting at Manchester Central High School in Manchester, N.H., on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (left) laughs with Sen. John McCain during a town-hall meeting in Manchester, N.H., on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012. The Arizona senator endorsed Mr. Romney for the Republican presidential nomination. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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With less than a week before the nation's first presidential primary, Sen. John McCain (left) endorses former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (right) for the GOP presidential nomination during a town-hall meeting in Manchester, N.H., on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is joined onstage by Sen. John McCain in Manchester, N.H., on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012, as the Arizona senator endorses Mr. Romney's Republican presidential candidacy. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (left) gets the endorsement of Sen. John McCain in his White House bid during a town-hall meeting in Manchester, N.H., on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Sen. John McCain (left) joins former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney at a town-hall meeting in Manchester, N.H., on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012. Mr. McCain, Mr. Romney's rival in 2008 for the GOP presidential nod, endorsed Mr. Romney in this year's White House race. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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With less than a week before the nation's first presidential primary, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (left) is joined onstage by Sen. John McCain in Manchester, N.H., on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012, as Mr. Romney gets the Arizona senator's endorsement in the Republican presidential race. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney greet supporters at a town-hall meeting in Manchester, N.H., on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)