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**FILE** Republican presidential hopeful and former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty speaks at the AFP RightOnline Conference in Minneapolis on June 18, 2011. (Associated Press/The Star Tribune)
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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who is running for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, meets with employees at Lincoln Financial in Concord, N.H., on Monday, June 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)
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** FILE ** U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. John R. Allen speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Thursday, April 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
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Mikhail Margelov (left), the Kremlin's Mideast envoy, welcomes a Syrian opposition delegation led by Washington-based rights activist Radwan Ziadeh (second from left) and Mulham Al-Droubi (third from left), one of the leaders of Syria's Muslim Brotherhood, prior to a meeting in Moscow on June 28, 2011. (Associated Press)
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D.C. Council member Michael A. Brown, at-large independent, says online gambling is a win-win that can generate millions in public revenue. (The Washington Times)
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton hugs Charimaya Tamang of Nepal, a trafficking victim, as she receives the 2011 Hero Acting to End Modern-Day Slavery Award on Monday at the State Department. The U.S. says 23 nations could face sanctions for failing to do more to fight human trafficking. (Associated Press)
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White House press secretary Jay Carney speaks during his daily news briefing at the White House in Washington on Tuesday, June 21, 2011. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., officially announces her intention to seek the Republican presidential nomination, Monday, June 27, 2011, in Waterloo, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., speaks during her formal announcement to seek the 2012 Republican presidential nomination. Bachmann will make stops in New Hampshire and South Carolina this week. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
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Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., blows a kiss to a supporter after her formal announcement to seek the 2012 Republican presidential nomination. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., gets a hug from her husband Marcus following her formal announcement to seek the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, Monday, June 27, 2011, in Waterloo, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton hugs Charimaya Tamang of Nepal, a trafficking victim, as she receives the 2011 Hero Acting to End Modern-Day Slavery Award on Monday at the State Department. The U.S. says 23 nations could face sanctions for failing to do more to fight human trafficking.
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Associated Press photographs Writing for the majority, Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. said, "Any increase in speech resulting from the Arizona law is of one kind and one kind only: that of publicly financed candidates."
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Troy Brouwer (left), acquired by Washington before the NHL draft Friday, played on all four lines in Chicago.
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Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on Monday contended the Dream Act would reduce the federal deficit by $1.4 billion over the next decade by allowing more illegal immigrants to stay in the country and pay taxes. (Associated Press0
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Rep. Michele Bachmann, Minnesota Republican, waves to supporters before making her formal announcement to seek the 2012 Republican presidential nomination on June 27, 2011, in Waterloo, Iowa. (Associated Press)
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Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich speaks to the media at the Federal Courthouse in Chicago on June 27, 2011. Blagojevich has been convicted of 17 of the 20 charges against him, including all 11 charges related to his attempt to sell or trade President Obama's vacated Senate seat. At right is his wife Patti. (Associated Press)
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Rep. Michele Bachmann, Minnesota Republican, waves to the crowd as she officially announces her intent to seek the GOP presidential nomination on Monday, June 27, 2011, in Waterloo, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Marc Grossman, U.S. special representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan, speaks during a press conference at a meeting of the International Contact Group in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday, June 27, 2011. Mr. Grossman said Pakistan must prove it wants an end to the war by preventing militants from hiding out on its soil and enabling those who launch attacks on the Afghan side of the border. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)
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Rep. Michele Bachmann, Minnesota Republican, greets supporters after a "welcome home" event in her hometown of Waterloo, Iowa, on June 26, 2011. (Associated Press/ The Star Tribune)
