Politics

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The dedication of the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial, postponed in August because of Hurricane Irene, has been rescheduled for Oct. 16. D.C.-rights advocates will use the occasion to hold a rally and march. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Homeland Security Secretary Janet A. Napolitano, FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III and National Counterterrorism Center Director Matthew G. Olsen testify Tuesday on Capitol Hill before the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs committee. Ms. Napolitano said the government will introduce a different airport pat-down policy for children under 12 in the coming months. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)

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Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks during a Republican debate on Sept. 13, 2011, in Tampa, Fla. (Associated Press)

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L.F. Eason of Cary, N.C., voices his opposition to a state constitutional amendment that would say marriage between a man and a woman is the only legaldomestic union in North Carolina, at a rally in Raleigh on Tuesday, the day the state Senate voted to put the marriage issue to a vote in 2012. (Associated Press)

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An Afghan soldier takes position near the building which is occupied by militants in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sept. 13, 2011. Taliban insurgents fired rocket-propelled grenades and assault rifles at the U.S. Embassy, NATO headquarters and other buildings in the heart of the Afghan capital Tuesday in a brazen attack two days after the United States marked the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks. (Associated Press)

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Anti-government protesters wave Bahraini flags during a peaceful march Friday in Muqsha, Bahrain. Bahrain's “Arab Spring” crisis is moving into its eighth month. (Associated Press)

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On Monday, Sept. 12, 2011, Palestinians in the West Bank city of Ramallah hold signs depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a pirate during a demonstration supporting the Palestinian bid for statehood. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

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Praying behind the Legislative Building in Raleigh, N.C., on Monday, Sept. 12, 2011, in support of a state constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage are (from left) Herbert Rosser and wife Carol of Wake County, N.C., and John Markham and wife Elizabeth of Raleigh. (AP Photo/Ted Richardson)

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U.S. TV commentator Glenn Beck gestures as he speaks in the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem, Monday, July 11, 2011. Conservative U.S. television commentator Glenn Beck received several rounds of applause by Israeli lawmakers as he voiced his unequivocal support for Israel during a visit to Jerusalem. He spoke Monday before a packed parliamentary committee. (Associated Press)

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CIA Director David H. Petraeus (right) and James Clapper, director of national intelligence, testify during a joint hearing of the U.S. House and Senate intelligence committees at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011. The intelligence chiefs briefed lawmakers on the state of intelligence reform 10 years after the Sept. 11 attacks. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at the State Department in Washington on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel gestures during a joint news conference with the Finnish Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen (not pictured) after a meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011. Mrs. Angela Merkel sought to calm market fears that Greece is heading for a chaotic default on its debts as Europe struggles to contain a crippling financial crisis. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

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'HERE IT IS': President Obama presents a copy of his American Jobs Act bill on Monday during a statement challenging Congress to pass it quickly. (Associated Press)

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A wounded passenger is carried out of a train after it crashed in Buenos Aires on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011. At least seven people were killed and 162 injured in the rush-hour crash, which involved two passenger trains and the bus, the driver of which drove around barriers in an attempt to beat the trains, Argentine authorities said. (AP Photo/Rodolfo Pezzoni, DyN)

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An Afghan soldier takes position near the building which is occupied by militants in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sept. 13, 2011. Taliban insurgents fired rocket-propelled grenades and assault rifles at the U.S. Embassy, NATO headquarters and other buildings in the heart of the Afghan capital in a brazen attack two days after the United States marked the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks. (Associated Press)

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Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. (right) administers the oath of office to David H. Petraeus during Mr. Petraeus' swearing-in ceremony as CIA director on Tuesday, Sept., 6, 2011, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. Holding the Bible is Mr. Petraeus' wife, Holly Knowlton Petraeus. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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** FILE ** Members of the Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests (SNAP) — (from left) Barbara Blaine, Winfried Fesselmann, Emmanuel Henckens and Peter Isely — attend a press conference on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011, in Voorburg, Netherlands, near The Hague, where a rights group has asked the International Criminal Court to investigate the sexual abuse of children by Roman Catholic clergy. (AP Photo/Rob Keeris)

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** FILE ** In this Sunday, Feb. 6, 2011, file photo, U.S. hikers Shane Bauer, left, and Josh Fattal, attend their trail at the Tehran Revolutionary Court, Iran. The website of Iran's state TV reported Saturday, Aug. 20, 2011, that two American hikers held in Iran have been sentenced to 8 years in jail each. (AP Photo/Press TV, File)

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"I'm very concerned our president has pursued labor policies that are destructive to industry, to hiring and to job growth," said former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a Republican presidential candidate. (Associated Press)

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Republican presidential candidates former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, left, and Texas Gov. Rick Perry gesture during a Republican debate Monday, Sept. 12, 2011, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Mike Carlson)