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Former House Speaker and Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich and his wife, Callista, arrive at the Reagan Library for a Republican presidential candidate debate Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011, in Simi Valley, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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Republican presidential candidate former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman arrives at the Reagan Library for a Republican presidential candidate debate Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011, in Simi Valley, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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Republican presidential candidate businessman Herman Cain arrives at the Reagan Library for a Republican presidential candidate debate Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011, in Simi Valley, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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** FILE ** Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (left) and Texas Gov. Rick Perry participate in a Republican presidential candidate debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011, in Simi Valley, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS An officer stands watch at an entrance to the U.S. Open in New York. Extra precautions are being taken at sports events Sunday, the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.

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

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Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius called the charging of 91 people with participating in Medicare fraud schemes "a powerful warning to those who would try to defraud taxpayers and Medicare beneficiaries." (Associated Press)

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President Obama speaks in the East Room the White House in Washington on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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** FILE ** Stewart D. Nozette is seen in an Oct. 19, 2009, surveillance video in which he told an undercover FBI agent that he had given the agent "some of most classified information that there is." (Justice Department via Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Republican presidential candidates Michele Bachmann, left, Mitt Romney, second from left, Rick Perry, second from right, and Ron Paul stand together before a Republican presidential candidate debate at the Reagan Library Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011, in Simi Valley, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Texas Gov. Rick Perry arrives for a Republican presidential debate at the Ronald Reagan Library in Simi Valley, Calif., on Wednesday. Mr. Perry introduced himself to a national audience and appeared with his GOP rivals on the same stage for the first time since entering the race last month.

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Teammates say new nose tackle Barry Cofield's athleticism allows him to do more than just stop the run. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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John Brennan, assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism, said Wednesday that “we cannot relent” in the war against al Qaeda, despite the death of Osama bin Laden. (Associated Press)

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Erskine Bowles, co-chairman of the president's deficit reduction commission. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Kenyan teachers march in the streets of Nairobi on Tuesday. More than 200,000 teachers went on strike to protest the diversion of government funds meant to hire more teachers to alleviate overcrowding of classrooms, said the chairman of the country's biggest teachers union.

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Illustration: Red tape by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

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A crane collapses at Washington National Cathedral causing one injury and damage to a nearby building and crushing parked cars in Washington, DC, Wednesday September 7, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)

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A crane collapses at Washington National Cathedral causing one injury and damage to a nearby building and crushing parked cars in Washington, DC, Wednesday September 7, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)

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** FILE ** A U.S. Special Forces soldier trains troops from Senegal in combat techniques in Kati, Mali, during a joint training exercise with units from several African armies in the Sahara Desert in June 2010. Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb wants to put its footprint on the Arab Spring now that violence is fueling the uprisings. (AP Photo/Alfred de Montesquiou, File)

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An anti-Syrian-regime protester waves a Syrian revolutionary flag during a demonstration in Cairo on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011, to show support for Syrian protesters. The Arabic placard reads, "Syrian people say: No for talks, get out." (AP Photo)