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President Obama and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak are welcomed by local schoolchildren during a rainy state arrival ceremony on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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President Obama welcomes South Korean President Lee Myung-bak during a state arrival ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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South Korean President Lee Myung-bak reaches out to local schoolchildren during a rainy state arrival ceremony with President Obama on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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President Obama welcomes South Korean President Lee Myung-bak during a state arrival ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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President Obama welcomes South Korean President Lee Myung-bak during a state arrival ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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President Obama smiles as he welcomes South Korean President Lee Myung-bak during a rainy state arrival ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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President Obama greets South Korean President Lee Myung-bak during a state arrival ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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President Obama welcomes South Korean President Lee Myung-bak during a state arrival ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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President Obama welcomes South Korean President Lee Myung-bak during a state arrival ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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South Korean protesters stage a rally against a free trade agreement between South Korea and the United States in Seoul on Oct. 13, 2011. The letters on the signs read "Opposed FTA between South Korea and the United States." (Associated Press)
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South Korean President Lee Myung-bak is escorted in the rain to his car at the Pentagon on Oct. 12, 2011, after his meeting with Defense Secretary Leon Panetta. (Associated Press)
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Israeli border police fire tear gas towards Palestinians during clashes outside the Ofer military prison near the West Bank city of Ramallah on Oct. 12, 2011. (Associated Press)
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A U.S. Predator unmanned drone armed with a missile sits on the tarmac of Kandahar military airport in Afghanistan in June 2010. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta has praised the Predator for its precision-targeting ability, which minimizes collateral damage. (Associated Press)
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Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain addresses New Hampshire state lawmakers at the Statehouse in Concord, N.H., on Wednesday. Mr. Cain is surging in Republican presidential-preference polls. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Sen. Thad Cochran (left), Mississippi Republican, is pictured with then-Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, a fellow GOP member, in 2011. (Associated Press)
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South Korean President Lee Myung-bak says passage of the U.S.-Korea free-trade pact should boost trade between the two countries more than 50 percent by 2015. He spoke at a luncheon Wednesday in Washington. (Associated Press)
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The Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams (left) meets with Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe at the State House in Harare, Zimbabwe, on Monday to deliver a report detailing incidents of intimidation at Anglican churches. (Associated Press)
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Rapper Kanye West mixes in with the "Occupy Wall Street" protests in New York's Zuccotti Park. (Associated Press)
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This booking photo released by the Metropolitan Nashville Police shows state Rep. Curry Todd, Collierville Republican, who was arrested Oct. 11, 2011, on charges of drunken driving and possession of a gun while under the influence. (Associated Press/Metropolitan Nashville Police)
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Egyptian Christians protest outside St. Mark's Cathedral in Cairo against the country's military ruling council on Monday, Oct. 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)