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Washington Wizards guard Shelvin Mack passes the ball at practice during training camp at the Verizon Center, Tuesday, December 13, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)
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Washington Wizards guard John Wall practices during training camp at the Verizon Center on Dec. 13, 2011. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Washington Wizards guard Jordan Crawford practices during training camp at the Verizon Center, Tuesday, December 13, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)
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House Speaker John Boehner, Ohio Republican, meets Dec. 13, 2011, with reporters on Capitol Hill before a crucial vote on a GOP effort to renew an extension of the payroll-tax cut. (Associated Press)
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House Speaker John Boehner (center), Ohio Republican, and fellow Republican leaders meet Dec. 13, 2011, with reporters on Capitol Hill before a crucial vote on a GOP effort to renew an extension of the payroll-tax cut. From second from left are Rep. Renee Ellmers of North Carolina, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Dave Camp of Michigan, Boehner, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington, House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy of California, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia, and Rep. Jeb Hensarling of Texas. (Associated Press)
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Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich participates in a one-on-one GOP presidential candidate debate with former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman in Manchester, N.H., on Monday, Dec. 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
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President Barack Obama meets with Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, Dec. 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Newt Gingrich, answering media questions in South Carolina in November, has made a point of ridiculing the press during his presidential campaign, but without the free coverage he's received, his money-challenged campaign might never have gotten off the ground. (Associated Press)
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Zalman Shoval, a senior adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and a former ambassador to the U.S., says Middle Eastern nations, with the exception of Israel, will lose confidence in the U.S. if Iran develops nuclear weapons. (J.M. Eddins Jr./The Washington Times)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Sen. Carl Levin said he doesn't know if a veto can be overridden, should President Obama go that route regarding the handling of al Qaeda terrorists.
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House control would give Democrats the ability to block bills supported by Gov. John Kasich and Senate Republicans. (Associated Press)
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki makes a point at a joint news conference with President Obama on Monday at the White House. (Associated Press)
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President Obama, accompanied by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, speaks during a news conference at the White House on Dec. 12, 2011. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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President Obama meets with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki at the White House on Dec. 12, 2011. (Associated Press)
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Mikhail Prokhorov, one of Russia's richest tycoons and the owner of the New Jersey Nets, announces his candidacy to run against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin for Russia's presidency on Monday, Dec. 12, 2011, in Moscow. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)
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Maryland State Senator Brian E. Frosh (D-Montgomery County) takes time on a bustling Bethesda Avenue during the lunch hour in downtown Bethesda, Md, Friday, December 9, 2011. Montgomery County has become the power base for Democrats, as the region grows and Baltimore, the old power base shrinks. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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** FILE ** Rep. Jeff Landry, Louisiana Republican, holds a sign during a speech by President Obama to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Philippine President Benigno Aquino III (left) addresses the National Criminal Justice Summit in Manila on Monday, Dec. 5, 2011, as Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona (right) and Anti-Graft Court Presiding Justice Francisco Villaluz Jr. listen. (AP Photo/Malacanang Palace Photo Bureau, Gil Nartea)
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** FILE ** Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich speaks Dec. 10, 2011, during a GOP presidential debate in Des Moines, Iowa. (Associated Press)
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An unidentified Chinese fishing-boat captain (center) suspected of stabbing two South Korean coast guard officers is led by police officers to a coast guard office in Incheon, South Korea, after his arrest on Monday, Dec. 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Ha Sa-hun)
