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Alyce Dixon, center, a 104-year-old District resident who served in a military post office in France during WWII, speaks to the press with Kwame Brown, left, chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, and Eleanor Holmes Norton, right, the District's delegate to Congress, during a rededication ceremony following renovations of the District of Columbia WWI Memorial in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 10, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)
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Jonnie Collins, of Alexandria, Va., a retired Army Sergeant 1st Class who serving in two tours in Vietnam, listens to a speaker at a rededication ceremony following renovations of the District of Columbia WWI Memorial in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 10, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)
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Alyce Dixon, left, a 104-year-old District resident who served in a military post office in France during WWII, attends a rededication ceremony following renovations of the District of Columbia WWI Memorial in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 10, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)
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Washington D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray speaks with a supporter during a rededication ceremony following renovations of the District of Columbia WWI Memorial in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 10, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)
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** FILE ** Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, right, addresses a group of CEOs, including Goldman Sachs Chairman and CEO Lloyd Blankfein, center, during a meeting about hiring veterans hosted by the Goldman Sachs Foundation at the company's headquarters in New York, Monday, Nov. 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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Sen. Dianne Feinstein, accompanied by Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011, about the Senate Judiciary Committee's action on legislation to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act. Mrs. Feinstein is the lead sponsor of the Respect for Marriage Act. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Jefferson County Commission President David Carrington signs the Chapter 9 bankruptcy papers in his office at the Jefferson County Courthouse in Birmingham, Ala., on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011. (AP Photo/The Birmingham News, Joe Songer)
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** FILE ** In this Aug. 9, 1974, file photo, Richard Nixon says goodbye to members of his staff outside the White House in Washington as he boards a helicopter for Andrews Air Force Base after resigning the presidency in Washington. (AP Photo/File)
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Republican presidential candidate Texas Gov. Rick Perry points to his head as he speaks during a Republican Presidential Debate at Oakland University in Auburn Hills, Mich., Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011. At right is Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
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** FILE ** Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain speaks during a GOP presidential debate at Oakland University in Auburn Hills, Mich., on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
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"Republicans will now have the responsibility and accountability ... of governing both Houses," Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell said at the Capitol in Richmond on Wednesday. (Associated Press)
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Protesters carrying a Goddess of Liberty march through Hong Kong in late May ahead of the 22nd anniversary of China's crackdown on the pro-democracy movement in Beijing. (Associated Press)
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Protesters came with signs depicting Li Ka-shing, Hong Kong's richest man, to vent their anger about skyrocketing property prices and government policies on July 1, the 14th anniversary of the former British colony's return to Chinese rule. (Associated Press)
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Arizona state Sen. Russell Pearce discusses the campaign in Mesa, Ariz. Mr. Pearce, the sponsor of Arizona's groundbreaking immigration enforcement law, lost the state's recall election to Jerry Lewis. The recall election, forced by a petition drive, is the first for an Arizona legislator. (Associated Press)
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Illustration: Workers by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times
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Israeli government minister Uzi Landau likens European leaders' efforts to get Iran to curb its nuclear program to Britain's early “appeasement” diplomacy with Adolf Hitler. (Associated Press)
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Syrian protesters throw eggs at Abdul-Aziz al-Khair (left), a member of the Syrian National Coordination Committee, and other opposition leaders as they try to enter Arab League headquarters in Cairo on Wednesday. They were supposed to hold talks with the organization's chief on violence in Syria. (Associated Press)
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Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, son of the late Libyan leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi, is wanted by the International Criminal Court, as well as by Libya's new leaders, who overthrew his father's regime. The younger Gadhafi fled the country. (Associated Press)
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Samuel Seaboy, of Mandan, N.D., listens to testimony on Monday at the North Dakota Capitol in Bismarck about legislation that would allow the University of North Dakota to drop its Fighting Sioux nickname and an American Indian head logo. Mr. Seaboy said he opposed the bill. (Associated Press)
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President Barack Obama makes an unscheduled visit to the African American Policy in Action Leadership Conference, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
