Politics

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The All Hands on Deck program initiated by D.C. Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier places extra police on the streets during designated weekends. (The Washington Times)

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A life-size model of an Advanced High Performance Reconnaissance Light Aircraft plane is unveiled at a ceremony in Pretoria, South Africa, on Tuesday. The aircraft is the first all-African military plane that can be used for peacekeeping missions and reconnaissance work and is armed to defend itself. (Associated Press)

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William F. Weld, a former Republican governor of Massachusetts, is among the lawyers who will be assisting Solyndra LLC. (Associated Press)

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President Obama holds ups his proposed American Jobs Act legislation while speaking at Abraham Lincoln High School in Denver on Sept. 27, 2011. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** A Saudi woman drives a car in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the nation's capital, as part of a campaign to defy a ban on women driving, in an image made from video released on Friday, June 17, 2011, by Change.org. (AP Photo/Change.org)

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Actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson (left) introduces President Obama at a Democratic fundraiser at the House of Blues in West Hollywood, Calif., on Monday, Sept. 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, smiles after talking about the short-term funding bill that the Senate passed on Monday, Sept. 26, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou speaks at the annual conference of the Federation of German Industry (BDI) in Berlin on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

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Alex Ovechkin (8) of the Washington Capitals gets welcomed as he comes out for warm ups before preseason hockey at the Verizon Center in Washington, DC, Monday, September 26, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, is joined by fellow Democrats (from left) Sens. Mary L. Landrieu of Louisiana, Chuck Schumer of New York and Debbie Stabenow of Michigan after Monday's vote on a short-term funding bill. (Associated Press)

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'HAVE A HEART': Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a Republican presidential hopeful, is taking some heat from conservatives over his position on in-state tuition for illegal immigrants. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** In this 2011 file photo, Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam (left) voiced his support for President Obama's education reform proposal, which frees states from the "failing" schools designation and other mandates of the Bush-era No Child Left Behind law. (Associated Press)

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Rep. John Kline, Minnesota Republican, called the waiver approach to overhauling the No Child Left Behind law "a dangerous precedent." (Associated Press)

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Campaigns treasurer Kinde Durkee is accused of siphoning nearly $700,000 from a California lawmaker. And several of her Democratic clients face the prospect of funds-handling violations. (Associated Press)

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Mark Amodei speaks at a victory party in Reno, Nev., on Sept. 13, 2011, after defeating Democrat Kate Marshall in a special election for Nevada's 2nd Congressional District. Amodei's daughters Erin (left) and Ryanne were among the supporters on hand. (Associated Press)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Humberto Moreira (above) is head of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, which ruled Mexico for 71 years until 2000 and is aiming to regain power. However, Treasury Secretary Ernesto Cordero, who wants to be the presidential candidate for the National Action Party, has launched an investigation into finances in Coahuila state, where Mr. Moreira was governor until January.