Politics

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President Obama speaks at the White House on Oct 21, 2011, addressing the status of U.S. forces in Iraq. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** A U.S. army soldier transfers a container at Camp Sather, part of the sprawling U.S. military Victory Base Complex that is set to close in Baghdad on Oct. 15, 2011. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** In this Aug. 23, 2011, file photo, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., speaks at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Rufi Etxeberria (second left), Basque pro independence politician of the outlawed Batasuna party, speaks at a press conference in San Sebastian, Spain, on Oct. 21, 2011, the day after ETA announced the end of its armed struggle. (Associated Press)

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President Obama is applauded at the White House on Oct. 21, 2011, after signing the Colombian Free Trade Agreement. From left: Labor Secretary Hilda Solis; Boeing CEO Jim McNerney; U.S. trade representative Ron Kirk; Rep. Dave Camp, Michigan Republican; Xerox CEO Ursula Burns; Rep. Greg Meeks, New York Democrat; Ernst and Young CEO James Turley and Rep. David Dreier, California Republican. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** In this March 22, 2005, photo, Syrian President Bashar Assad, left, talks to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi prior the 17th League of Arab States' summit in Algiers. (AP Photo/Nabil)

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Pakistani army soldiers salute the coffins of their colleagues killed in a gun battle with militants during a funeral prayer in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Oct. 21, 2011. Militants attacked a group of paramilitary soldiers conducting a search operation in Pakistan's Khyber tribal area the previous night, sparking fighting that killed three soldiers and 34 militants, said Farooq Khan, a senior government official in the area. (Associated Press)

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Sen. Robert Garagiola, Maryland Senate majority leader, left, talks with Sen. Nancy Jacobs during a joint hearing for a fiscal briefing by the Department of Legislative Services at the state house in Annapolis, Md. on Oct. 20, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)

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Libyan-Americans celebrate the death of Col. Moammar Gadhafi on Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House on Oct. 20, 2011. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi gestures during a 2010 ceremony to mark the 40th anniversary of the evacuation of American military base personnel from Libya.

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Col. Moammar Gadhafi (left) is greeted by Egyptian Prime Minister Gamal Abdel Nasser during the dictator's first visit to Egypt after his military coup in Libya.

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Quarterback C.J. Brown was familiar with zone reads and four-wideout formations upon arriving at Maryland. (Associated Press)

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Republican presidential candidate former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks Thursday during an economic roundtable at the Treynor State Bank in Treynor, Iowa. He promised to return “again and again, campaigning here. I'd love to win Iowa. Any of us would.” (Associated Press)

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is greeted by Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul on Thursday. She stressed the U.S. commitment to the Afghan peace process. (Associated Press)

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Thousands of high school students and citizens march in the streets of Ankara, the Turkish capital, on Thursday to denounce the killing of 24 soldiers by Kurdish rebels as the military pressed ahead with its air and ground offensive against the insurgents across the Iraqi border. (Associated Press)

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin on Thursday after a meeting on the financial crisis. Europe's efforts to solve its debt crisis plunged into disarray after Germany and France could not bridge their differences in time for a summit Sunday. (Associated Press)