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Washington Redskins' Roy Helu, left, is tackled by New York Giants' Jason Pierre-Paul during the second quarter. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)
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Washington Redskins' Josh Wilson, right, breaks up a pass intended for New York Giants' Hakeem Nicks during the second quarter. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)
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New York Giants' Kenny Phillips, left, intercepts a pass intended for Washington Redskins' Jabar Gaffney during the first quarter. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)
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Rep. Michele Bachmann plans to touch all 99 of Iowa's counties over the final three weeks of the campaign leading up to the state's Jan. 3 caucuses. She made 13 campaign stops Saturday. (Associated Press)
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New York Giants' Eli Manning reacts after throwing an interception during the fourth quarter against the Washington Redskins, Sunday, Dec. 18, 2011, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)
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Atifete Jahjaga, president of Kosovo, is eager for her new country to join the European Union. She talked Thursday with editors and reporters at The Washington Times. (J.M. Eddins Jr./The Washington Times)
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In this Sunday, Dec. 18, 2011, photo provided by CBS News, Republican presidential candidate and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich appears on CBS's "Face the Nation" in Washington. Gingrich continued to level harsh attacks on the judicial branch Sunday, saying as president he would consider dispatching U.S. marshals to force judges to appear before Congress to explain controversial decisions. (AP Photo/CBS News, Chris Usher)
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**FILE** Michael McFaul testifies on Oct. 12, 2011, on Capitol Hill in Washington before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on his nomination as U.S. ambassador to Moscow. (Associated Press)
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Republican presidential candidate former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, the current front-runner, has gained favor with tea party supporters, despite the fact he has been an insider for more than three decades in Washington politics. (Associated Press)
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Amy Kremer (right) and Mark Williams (second from right) wave flags during the Tea Party Express rally at the state Republican convention in Santa Clara, Calif., on Saturday, March 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)
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**FILE** U.S. Army soldiers from the 1st Cavalry Division, the last American unit to leave Iraq, arrive at Camp Virginia in Kuwait. (Associated Press)
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Demonstrators march past Christmas decorations in downtown Lisbon on Wednesday on their way to the finance ministry. They are protesting the government's proposal to increase the hours of work in a week. Portugal needed a $103 billion bailout earlier this year as its high debt load pushed it close to bankruptcy. The government is enacting an austerity program of pay cuts and tax hikes. The posters say "Increase in the work hours is robbing in the salary." (Associated Press)
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Army Pfc. Bradley Manning (second from left) is escorted from a courthouse in handcuffs on Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011, at Fort Meade, Md. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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A member of the Iraqi army waves the national flag after a ceremony signing over Camp Adder, near Nasiriyah in Iraq, the last United States base in the country, to the Iraqi air force on Friday, Dec. 16, 2011. (AP Photo/Lucas Jackson, Pool)
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The oil-drilling platform Kolskaya is seen in the Sea of Okhotsk off Russia's Far East coast in an undated photograph. (AP Photo/Arktikmorneftegazrazvedka)
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Shadows of Syrians are reflected on a giant poster of Syrian President Bashar Assad during a rally in support of the leader in Damascus, Syria, on Friday, Dec. 16, 2011. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)
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The last convoy of solders from the U.S. Army's 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, crosses the border from Iraq into Kuwait on Sunday, Dec. 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
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In this Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011, photo, a U.S. Army soldier from 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, based at Fort Hood, Texas, sits on top of his armored vehicle at Camp Adder during final preparations for the last American convoy to leave Iraq. The U.S. military says the last American troops have left Iraq as the nearly nine-year war ends. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo) ** FILE **
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A Kuwaiti border guard watches a convoy from the U.S. Army's 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division crossing the border from Iraq into Kuwait, Sunday, Dec. 18, 2011. The brigade's special troops battalion are the last American soldiers to leave Iraq. The U.S. military says the last American troops have left Iraq as the nearly nine-year war ends. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks during a town-hall meeting on Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011, in Charleston, S.C., while campaigning for the Republican presidential nomination. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)
