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President Obama speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

** FILE ** Kenyan troops heading to Somalia are pictured near Liboi, Kenya, on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. The troops will stay in southern Somalia until Kenyans feel safe again, the chief of Kenya's armed forces said Saturday. (AP Photo, File)

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Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad al-Maliki (left) and Elias Sanbar, ambassador for Palestine at UNESCO, attend a session of UNESCO's 36th General Conference in Paris on Monday, Oct. 31, 2011. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

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Chad Ware, of Wheeling, Ill., a 1st Lieutenant in the U.S. Army and a member of the U.S. Army running team, wins the 36th Marine Corps Marathon in a time of 2:19:16 in Arlington, Va. on Oct. 30, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)

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Chad Ware, of Wheeling, Ill., a 1st Lieutenant in the U.S. Army and a member of the U.S. Army running team, climbs the final hill to win the 36th Marine Corps Marathon in a time of 2:19:16 in Arlington, Va. on Oct. 30, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)

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Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain arrives at a campaign stop in Talladega, Ala., on Friday. Its name notwithstanding, the group Americans for Herman Cain is not affiliated with the campaign. (Associated Press)

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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a Republican presidential candidate, exits after speaking at an event in Des Moines, Iowa, in May. "I'd love to win Iowa, any of us would. I will be here again and again, campaigning here," Mr. Romney said recently in Sioux City. (Associated Press)

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Popular among Democrats this Halloween? The Mitt Romney over-the-head vinyl mask is sold out nationwide say some sources. (Image from Costumecraze.com)

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Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction co-chairmen Sen. Patty Murray, Washington Democrat, and Rep. Jeb Hensarling, Texas Republican, are being pressed "to stabilize our debt as a share of the economy and assure America's fiscal well-being." (Associated Press)

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's agreement on the prisoner swap shifted Israel's focus "on much more troubling fronts - in distant Iran and in the Arab revolutions around us," a journalist wrote. (Associated Press)

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First lady Michelle Obama, seen with the president and daughters Malia (right) and Sasha, has been a bitter mood lately, heaping criticism on the Republican Party as her husband campaigns for re-election. (Associated Press)

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NCAA Division I Board of Directors passed a number of sweeping measures Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011, most notably allowing conferences to vote on providing up to $2,000 in spending money to college athletes. NCAA President Mark Emmert is shown above. (PRNewsFoto/Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics, Lisa Helfert)

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Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou has been pressed by fellow Socialists to hold talks with opposition parties on an emergency power-sharing deal. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Businessman Herman Cain (left), former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (center) and Texas Gov. Rick Perry are pictured before a Republican presidential debate on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)

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** FILE ** Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, 83, lies on a hospital bed inside the defendants' cage of a Cairo courtroom on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011, as his historic trial begins on charges of corruption and complicity in the killing of protesters during the uprising that ousted him. (AP Photo/Egyptian State Television, File)

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Aung San Suu Kyi (left), Myanmar's democracy icon, and Labor and Social Welfare Minister Aung Kyi (right) listen to questions from reporters during a press conference after their meeting at Seinleikanthar government guest house on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011, in Yangon, Myanmar. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)