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** FILE ** In this April 1, 2011, file photo, David Buerger, an elections specialist with the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, inspects recall petitions filed against Sen. Dan Kapanke, R-LaCrosse, in his Madison, Wis., office. Tuesday's election targeting Buerger and five other Republicans could swing majority control of the state Senate to the Democrats, giving them the power to block the GOP agenda. (AP Photo/Wisconsin State Journal, John Hart, File)
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President Obama speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington on Monday, Aug. 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Lebanese intellectuals and journalists protest during a vigil sit-in to show their support to the Syrian protesters who demonstrate against the Syrian President Bashar Assad, at the Martyrs square, in downtown of Beirut, Lebanon, on Monday, Aug. 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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President Obama pauses as he speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House on Monday, Aug. 8, 2011, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks during a national call to prayer Saturday in Houston. Mr. Perry is expected to announce his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination this weekend, a development that would affect the way people interpret the closely watched Iowa straw poll. (Associated Press)
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FreedomWorks President Matt Kibbe's message to the White House: "Time to get out of the tea party's way." (Photo provided by FreedomWorks)
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STATE OF ECONOMY: "This is something we can do immediately, something we can do as soon as Congress gets back," President Obama says while seeking to inject a glimmer of hope into a gloomy economic picture. (Associated Press)
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In this image made from amateur video released by Ugarit News and accessed via The Associated Press Television News on Monday, Aug. 8, 2011, show protestors on the street in Deir el-Zour on Sunday Aug. 7, 2011. The besieged Syrian city of Deir el-Zour came under fresh artillery fire early Monday as a deadly military assault left President Bashar Assad's regime increasingly isolated, with Arab nations forcefully joining the international chorus of condemnation for the first time. The renewed violence in the eastern city of Deir el-Zour comes a day after at least 42 people were killed there in an intensifying government crackdown on protesters. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via APTN)
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TransCanada's $7 billion Keystone XL pipeline is designed to carry crude oil from tar sands near Hardisty, Alberta, to the Gulf Coast. It must first receive approval through the U.S. State Department's permitting process, but it has been stuck there for three years in part because of environmental concerns. (Associated Press)
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House pages cluster around President Obama before his State of the Union speech In January. After nearly 200 years, the House program is ending. The high school students served as messengers for lawmakers while getting a front-row seat to learn about Congress. (Associated Press)
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D.C. Council member Yvette Alexander was cleared of wrongdoing by the Office of Campaign Finance but unexamined expenditures by her constitutent-services fund keep questions - and the possibility of an appeal to the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics - alive.
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"We can't sit here in Washington and turn a deaf ear to what's going on around the country. Right now, Congress is pretty disfunctional. They're not getting stuff done." - Education Secretary Arne Duncan
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** FILE ** Rep. Darrell Issa, California Republican, is chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. (Jeremy Lock/Special to The Washington Times)
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** FILE ** Peruvian President Ollanta Humala is pictured at his swearing-in ceremony in 2011. (Associated Press)
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Peruvian congresswoman Martha Chavez shouts as she points to a copy of Peru's 1993 Constitution that was approved during the Alberto Fujimori regime. Supporters of the earlier regime tried to shout down the new president during his swearing-in.
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President Obama pauses as he speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House on Aug. 8, 2011. (Associated Press)
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Washington Redskins fullback Darrel Young moves up the field during drills on Monday, Aug. 8, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Washington Redskins fullback Darrel Young pulls down a pass during training camp drills on Monday, Aug. 8, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Washington Redskins quarterback Ben Chappell (2) drops back for a pass during training camp at Redskins Park on Monday, Aug. 8, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Washington Redskins cornerback DeAngelo Hall takes a water break during stretching exercises on Monday, Aug. 8, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
