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Del Marsh, Alabama Senate president pro tem, contends that the federal government has "looked the other way" about immigration law enforcement in the state. (Associated Press)

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Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (center), Arizona Democrat, appears on the floor of the House of Representatives on Monday. Ms. Giffords was on the floor for the first time since her shooting earlier this year, attending a vote on the debt-standoff compromise. (Associated Press)

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Washington Redskins wide receiver Jabar Gaffney (10) goes through stretching exercises during training camp at Redskins Park in Ashburn, Va., Tuesday, August 2, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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At the end of 2015, the Metropolitan Police Department employed fewer than 3,800 officers, well below the 4,200 officers that leaders have said were needed to police the District. (The Washington Times/File)

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President Clinton celebrates his 50th birthday on Aug. 18, 1996, with a 300-pound American flag cake. President Obama's 50th, being celebrated at Chicago's Aragon Ballroom on Wednesday, promises to be equally lavish. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, 83 years old and ailing, goes on trial Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011 on charges of corruption and ordering the killing of protesters during the 18-day uprising that toppled him. Many Egyptians are celebrating the chance at retribution against a longtime authoritarian ruler. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

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Illustration: Discrimination by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

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PHOTOGRAPHS PROVIDED BY AMRAPALI MEDIA VISION Diminutive actor Raghubir Yadav plays Adolf Hitler in the Indian movie "Dear Friend Hitler," based on two letters Mahatma Gandhi wrote to the Fuhrer beseeching him to avoid war. Avijit Dutt plays Gandhi.

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"It is clear that Tehran seeks a weak Iraq and an Iraq more dependent upon and more beholden to a Persian worldview," Adm. Mike Mullen said. (Associated Press)

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President Obama walks out Aug. 2, 2011, to deliver a statement at the White House following the Senate's passing of the debt ceiling agreement. (Associated Press)

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Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (in business suit, front-center) leads a group of military officers away from the mausoleum of modern Turkey's founder Kemal Ataturk on Monday after the military's annual meeting in the capital of Ankara. (Associated Press)

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Gen. Necdet Ozel is the newly appointed land forces commander and acting military chief of staff. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** President Obama lays a wreath at the National Sept. 11 Memorial at Ground Zero in New York on May 5, 2011. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Sen. Mark R. Warner, Virginia Democrat, speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2011, after the Senate passed the debt ceiling plan. (The Washington Times)

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From left, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speak to the media after the Senate passed the debt ceiling plan, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)