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** FILE ** Richard Cordray, assistant director of enforcement for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), listens as Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner (not pictured) speaks to the media on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011, in Washington, to encourage Congress to approve Mr. Cordray's nomination to head the CFPB. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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** FILE ** Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov holds a press conference during the annual gathering of NATO foreign ministers at the alliance's headquarters in Brussels on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, Pool)
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Republican presidential candidate and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich addresses the 2012 Republican Presidential Candidates Forum, hosted by the Republican Jewish Coalition, on Dec. 7, 2011, in Washington. (Associated Press)
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives with European People's Party President Wilfried Martens for the 20th Congress of the EPP in Marseille, France, on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)
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Jefferson Island, a 20-acre island in the Chesapeake Bay, is on the market for $3,950,000. The five-bedroom house on the island can be upgraded to a year-round home. There is also a three-bedroom guest house.
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Occupy D.C. protesters stand off with police as they block 14th and K streets NW in Washington on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)
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Occupy DC protesters are arrested as they block the intersection of 14th St. NW and K St. NW in Washington, D.C. on December 7, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)
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Jamie Radtke, Tea Party candidate for U.S. Senate (left), talks with supporter Tommy Moser (center) of Rockingham County, Va., at a protest outside a debate between Tim Kaine and George Allen. Third-party candidates were excluded from participating in the debate in Richmond on Wednesday. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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** FILE ** Tim Kaine, U.S. Senate candidate and former Virginia governor. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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CALM BEFORE THE STORM: Tim Kaine (right) and George Allen greet each other in the hallway before beginning the first debate of the 2012 Senate campaign at the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond on Wednesday. Both of the Senate candidates are former Virginia governors. Issues at the 90-minute debate included "personhood" and budgets. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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President Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper appeared in front of reporters Dec. 7, 2011, to answer questions after meeting at the White House about border issues, including the Keystone oil pipeline project. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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** FILE ** Texas Gov. Rick Perry addresses the 2012 Republican Presidential Candidates Forum, hosted by the Republican Jewish Coalition, on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011, in Washington. (Associated Press)
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Occupy DC protestors lie down across K St. NW at the intersection with 14th St. NW in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 7, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)
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Occupy DC protestors lie down across K St. NW at the intersection with 14th St. NW in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 7, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)
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A protest march organized by the Service Employees International Union winds through downtown on to I St. NW on the way to join an Occupy DC protest on K St. NW in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 7, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)
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U.S. Senate candidate and Former Virginia governor George Allen (R)speaks to reporters following the first debate of the 2012 campaign against U.S. Senate Candidate Tim Kaine (D), also a Former Virginia governor, at the annual AP Day at the Virginia State Capitol, Richmond, VA, Wednesday, December 7, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)
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U.S. Senate candidate and Former Virginia governor Tim Kaine (D) speaks to reporters following the first debate of the 2012 campaign against U.S. Senate Candidate George Allen (R), also a Former Virginia governor, at the annual AP Day at the Virginia State Capitol, Richmond, VA, Wednesday, December 7, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)
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U.S. Senate candidate Jamie Radtke (R), left, talks with supporter Tommy Moser, right, of Rockingham County, VA at a protest outside a debate between Former Virginia governors and current U.S. Senate candidates Tim Kaine (D) and George Allen (R), which third party candidates were excluded from participating at the Virginia State Capitol, Richmond, VA, Wednesday, December 7, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)
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A group of Tea Party activists and supporters of U.S. Senate candidate Jamie Radtke (R) protest outside a debate between Former Virginia governors and current U.S. Senate candidates Tim Kaine (D) and George Allen (R), which third party candidates were excluded from participating at the Virginia State Capitol, Richmond, VA, Wednesday, December 7, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)
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Former Virginia governors and current U.S. Senate candidates Tim Kaine (D), center, and George Allen (R), right, shake hands following their first debate for the 2012 campaign held at the annual AP Day at the Virginia State Capitol, Richmond, VA, Wednesday, December 7, 2011. Also pictured is Moderator Bob Gibson, Director of the Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)
