Politics

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An Iraqi police officer mans a checkpoint in central Baghdad. A U.S. State Department program to train Iraqi police lacks focus, could become a "bottomless pit" of American money, and is not even appreciated by the Iraqi government, a U.S. government watchdog warns in a report. (Associated Press)

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Rep. Ron Paul, Texas Republican, said on NBC's "Meet the Press" Sunday that he wants to end federal student loans, calling it a failed program that has put students in debt when there are no jobs and when the quality of education has deteriorated. As president, he said he would eliminate five federal agencies. (NBC via Associated Press)

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An unidentified Tunisian woman shows ink on her finger after voting in the al-Aouina suburb north of Tunis. Tunisians voted Sunday in their first truly free elections, the culmination of a popular uprising. (Associated Press)

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Tunisians stand in line on Sunday in Menzeh, Tunisia, to vote in their first free elections, which marked the fruition of an uprising that put an end to decades of authoritarian rule and inspired similar rebellions across the Arab world. (Associated Press)

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Andrew Hendricks, the only Air Force cadet at Yale University, may get strange looks but no trouble as he grabs breakfast while wearing his Reserve Officers' Training Corps uniform. "I think it's mainly that people are really curious because they don't see a lot of military influence on campus," said the sophomore from Fairfax Station, Va. (Associated Press)

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Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych says he backs legal changes that could allow the release of jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. Mrs. Tymoshenko received a seven-year jail term on charges of abuse of office in signing a gas deal with Russia. (Associated Press)

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Libyan National Transitional Council chairman Mustafa Abdul-Jalil speaks at Saha Kish Square in Benghazi, Libya, on Sunday, Oct. 23, 2011, as the transitional government declared the liberation of the country after months of bloodshed that culminated in the death of longtime leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

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Argentine President Cristina Fernandez appears at her closing campaign rally in Buenos Aires on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

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** FILE ** Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal thanks supporters during his re-election victory party at the Renaissance Hotel in Baton Rouge, La., on Saturday, Oct. 22, 2011. (AP Photo/New Orleans Times-Picayune, Michael DeMocker)

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Maryland's Devonte Campbell looks at the scoreboard in last seconds of the fourth quarter against Florida State. Florida State won 41-16 on Saturday, Oct. 22, 2011, in Tallahassee, Fla.(AP Photo/Steve Cannon)

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East Carolina quarterback Dominique Davis went 40-for-45 for 372 yards and two touchdowns against Navy on Saturday. East Carolina won 38-35. (AP Photo/Gail Burton)

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Iraqi men watch U.S. President Barack Obama's speech on television at a coffee shop in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Oct. 22, 2011. Iraq's prime minister says disagreements about legal protection for U.S. soldiers scuttled months of negotiations to keep American troops in Iraq beyond this year. Nouri al-Maliki told reporters Saturday that he still wants American help in training Iraqi forces to use military equipment Baghdad is buying from the United States. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

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Activist musician Pete Seeger, 92, center, sings before a crowd of nearly a thousand demonstrators sympathetic to the Occupy Wall Street protests at a brief acoustic concert in Columbus Circle, Saturday, Oct. 22, 2011, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

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** FILE ** In this Sunday, Nov. 16, 2008, file photo, Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdel Aziz arrives at the awards ceremony of the Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud International Prize at King Fahd Cultural center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Saudi TV said Saturday morning Oct. 22, 2011, the kingdom's heir to the throne has died abroad after an illness. He was 85 years old. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

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D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray Oct. 20, 2011, surveys damage to the Washington National Cathedral from the Aug. 23 earthquake (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)

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President Barack Obama speaks in the briefing room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Oct. 21, 2011, where he declared an end to the Iraq war, one of the longest and most divisive conflicts in U.S. history, announcing that all U.S. troops would be withdrawn from the country by year's end. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)