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Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), left, stitches on the official 9/11 National flag while Jeff Parness, founder and chairman of the New York Says Thank You Foundation and his son, Josh, look on. The flag was at the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, July 14, 2011. This flag was flying south of the World Trade Center in New York City on Sept. 11, 2001, and now it is making its way around the country and is being stitched back together by Americans. When it is completed, it will hang in the official Sept. 11 memorial in New York City. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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** FILE ** Two U.S. Capitol Police officers exchange salutes as they change command while guarding the official 9/11 National flag during a stitching ceremony in the Kennedy Caucus Room in the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, July 14, 2011. An American flag that was flying just south of the World Trade Center in New York City on Sept. 11, 2001, is making its way around the country and being stitched back together. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Sen. Charles E. Schumer (left), New York Democrat, and Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin, Maryland Democrat, take part in a news conference about the debt limit on Thursday, July 14, 2011, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton participate in a joint briefing at the State Department in Washington on Wednesday, July 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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President Obama sits with House Speaker John Boehner (left), Ohio Republican, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (second from right), Kentucky Republican, and Sen. Dick Durbin, Illinois Democrat, as he meets on July 13, 2011, with Republican and Democratic leaders regarding the debt ceiling in the Cabinet Room of the White House. (Associated Press)
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'ZOOMING': Rep. Michele Bachman, who is moving up in national opinion polls, will have to broaden her appeal if she wants to win the presidential nomination, Republican analysts say. (Associated Press)
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Sgt. James T. Hackemer, who lost both legs in a roadside bombing in the Iraq war, receives a van through Help Our Military Heroes in Beltsville, Md., in March 2011. (AP Photo/Help Our Military Heroes, Marybeth Vandergrift)
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From left: France's Gaetane Thiney, United States' Abby Wambach and France's Sandrine Soubeyrand go for the ball during the semifinal match between France and the United States at the Women’s Soccer World Cup in Moenchengladbach, Germany, on July 13, 2011. (Associated Press)
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky (left), with Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl of Arizona, said he no longer thinks a debt solution is possible "as long as this president is in the Oval Office." Mr. McConnell proposed a backup plan that would, in effect, let the president increase the nation's debt limit with only Democratic votes. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** President Obama acknowledges family members and friends of U.S. Army Sgt. First Class Leroy Arthur Petry of Santa Fe, N.M., during a ceremony at the White House during which Petry was awarded the Medal of Honor for his valor in Afghanistan. (Associated Press)
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Mahmoud Jibril (left), executive head of the Libyan opposition's National Transition Council, speaks with Belgian Foreign Minister Steven Vanackere after a meeting at the Egmont Palace in Brussels on Wednesday, July 13, 2011. Libyan opposition leaders are on a two-day visit to the Belgian capital to meet with Belgian, European Union and NATO delegations. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
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**FILE PHOTO ** The controversy over racial preferences in higher education admissions may lead colleges and universities to reexamine how to legally create racial diversity. (Associated Press)
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Former first lady Nancy Reagan, left, is escorted by former President George W. Bush following the funeral for former first lady Betty Ford at St. Margaret's Episcopal Church Tuesday, July 12, 2011, in Palm Desert, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, Pool)
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, center, and first lady Michelle Obama stand together during the funeral for former first lady Betty Ford at St. Margaret's Episcopal Church Tuesday, July 12, 2011, in Palm Desert, Calif. Former President George W. Bush is at back. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, Pool) ** FILE **
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Tommy Wells, Ward 6 Councilmember, speaks during a legislative session at the John A. Wilson Building, in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, July 12, 2011. Council Chair Kwame Brown stripped Wells of his chairmanship of the Committee on Public Works and Transportation (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Tourists Cecilia Leon, left, and her children Nicole, 8, and Kevin, 12, from East Elmhurst, NY, cool off in the pool at the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, July 12, 2011. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)
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Happy Sermsri, from Thailand, and Betty Giarratana, from Fredericksburg, Va. stay cool under an umbrella near the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, July 12, 2011. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)
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Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, third right, talks at the National Assembly in Khartoum, Sudan, Tuesday, July 12, 2011.Sudan's president says his country will issue a new currency following the loss of oil revenues resulting from South Sudan's independence last week. (AP Photo/Abd Raouf)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS A military honor guard carries the casket of former first lady Betty Ford to a funeral service Tuesday at St. Margaret's Episcopal Church in Palm Desert, Calif. First lady Michelle Obama and former President George W. Bush were among those in attendance. Mrs. Ford died Friday at age 93.
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This is a 2011 photo of Tyler Clippard of the Washington Nationals baseball team. This image reflects the Washington Nationals active roster as of Feb. 25, 2011 when this image was taken.†(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
