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Protesters Emily Keel, left, of Robersonville, North Carolina and Kit Kittridge, right, of Quilcene, Washington with Code Pink set up a "Peace Ribbon" in Freedom Plaza which honors those who have lost their lives in Afghanistan and Iraq, Washington, DC, October 6, 2011. Hundreds of protesters upset about a variety of issues from the ongoing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to corporate greed and jobs at Freedom Plaza before marching to the White House, Chamber of Commerce and along K Street in Northwest. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)

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Protester Bob Bowes from Somerville, Massachusetts holds an american flag which has corporate logos instead of starts at a protest for a variety of issues from the ongoing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to corporate greed and jobs at Freedom Plaza in Washington, DC, October 6, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)

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Art Brennan, a retired superior court judge from New Hampshire gives out advice on how to deal with police and what to do if arrested to protesters, upset about a variety of issues from the ongoing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to corporate greed and jobs, as they gather at Freedom Plaza before marching to the White House, Chamber of Commerce and along K Street in NW Washington, DC, October 6, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)

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A suspicious vehicle shuts down traffic along Pennsylvania Avenue between 12th and 14th Streets while trying to enter the Reagan Building as hundreds of protesters upset about a variety of issues from the ongoing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to corporate greed and jobs gather across the street at Freedom Plaza before marching to the White House, Chamber of Commerce and along K Street in NW Washington, DC, October 6, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)

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Henry Brann, left, and others play together at a drum circle as hundreds of protesters upset about a variety of issues from the ongoing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to corporate greed and jobs gather at Freedom Plaza before marching to the White House, Chamber of Commerce and along K Street in NW Washington, DC, October 6, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)s

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Protesters Eric Sponaugle, center, Colleen Clementine, second from right, and Banjo Youngblood, right, are woken and asked to move by police officers after spending the night near Mcpherson Square before joining hundreds of protesters upset about a variety of issues from the ongoing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to corporate greed and jobs gather at Freedom Plaza before marching to the White House, Chamber of Commerce and along K Street in NW Washington, DC, October 6, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)

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Under Secretary General Nicolae Ceausescu's 25-year dictatorship, all of Romania was a monument to his greatness.

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President Obama speaks during a news conference at the White House on Oct. 6, 2011. (Associated Press)

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President Obama speaks during a news conference at the White House on Oct. 6, 2011. (Associated Press)

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California Highway Patrol Officer Duane Nokes takes David Joseph Pedersen into custody following a traffic stop on Marysville Road and Gettys Court in Yuba City on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011. Pedersen and his girlfriend Holly Ann Grigsby are wanted for a murder in Washington state and the disappearance of a teenager in Oregon. (AP Photo/Appeal Democrat, David Bitton)

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin tells an investment forum in Moscow on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011, that Russia is strong enough to withstand economic shocks. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)

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House Speaker John Boehner, Ohio Republican, addresses the third annual Washington Ideas Forum at the Newseum in Washington on Oct. 6, 2011. (Associated Press)

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President Obama gestures during a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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President Barack Obama gestures during a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai delivers a lecture in New Delhi on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011, the second day of his two-day official visit to India. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)

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Demonstrators against the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad hold a banner with the Muslim crescent, Christian cross, Alawite-sect sword, the name of Imam Ali, and the Arabic words "The Syrian people is one" on Monday, Oct. 3, 2011, in Homs, Syria. (AP Photo/Citizen journalist via the Union of Homs City Neighborhood)

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Syrian citizens walk in an alley of Hamidiyah popular market decorated by portraits of Syrian President Bashar Assad and Syrian flags in Damascus, Syria, on Oct. 5, 2011. European countries criticized Russia and China on Wednesday for vetoing a U.N. Security Council resolution that threatened sanctions against Syria if it didn't halt its crackdown on civilians. (Associated Press)

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Hundreds of Afghans march in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011, to demand the immediate withdrawal of international military forces. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

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** FILE ** Republican presidential candidate Texas Gov. Rick Perry answers a question as Republican presidential candidate former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney listens during a Republican presidential candidate debate at the Reagan Library Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011, in Simi Valley, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)