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Supporters of same sex marriage celebrate after Senate members voted and approved same-sex marriage at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y., Friday, June 24, 2011. New York lawmakers narrowly voted to legalize same-sex marriage Friday, handing activists a breakthrough victory in the state where the gay rights movement was born. New York will become the sixth state where gay couples can wed and the biggest by far.(AP Photo/Hans Pennink)
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Washington Nationals interim manager John McLaren speaks during a news conference before an interleague baseball game between the Nationals and the Chicago White Sox, Friday, June 24, 2011, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS When gay supporters at a New York fundraiser pressed President Obama on whether he supports same-sex marriage, he said "gay couples deserve the same legal rights as every other couple" but avoided giving a definitive answer.
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Former Prince George's County Executive Jack B. Johnson speaks to the media outside the U.S. Federal Courthouse, in Greenbelt, Md., Tuesday, May 17, 2011. Johnson's wife, Leslie Johnson, intends to plea guilty to charges next week. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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** FILE ** In this file photo of Thursday, June 16, 2011, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia, right, stands with House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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NBA Commissioner David Stern, left, poses with the No. 18 draft pick, Florida State's Chris Singleton, who was selected by the Washington Wizards in the NBA basketball draft Thursday, June 23, 2011, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)
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Jan Vesely, center, was taken by the Washington Wizards with the No. 6 pick in the NBA draft. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
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"This legislation modernizes our patent system to help create private-sector jobs and keep America on the leading edge of innovation," said House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, as lawmakers voted to align the U.S. patent system closer with those of other countries. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Phil Mendelson, chairman of the Committee on Public Safety and the Judiciary, said, “The biggest issue here ... has to be the lack of clarity.” (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Supporters of Thai prime minister candidate Yingluck Shinawatra cheer her arrival during a rally in Bangkok. She is in a tight race with incumbent Abhisit Vejjajiva, who has been in power for 30 months. The nation's voters go to the polls on July 3.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Supporters of Thai prime minister candidate Yingluck Shinawatra cheer her arrival during a rally in Bangkok. She is in a tight race with incumbent Abhisit Vejjajiva, who has been in power for 30 months. The nation's voters go to the polls on July 3.ASSOCIATED PRESS VOTER FAVORITE: Yingluck Shinawatra, sister of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, kicks off every campaign stop by asking crowds if they miss him. Her brother was overthrown by the military.
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"Anyone but Obama": A motto for Republicans who just can't pick an electable candidate from the changing field of presidential hopefuls. (Image from Americantees.com)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Syrian refugees forced north by a crackdown on protesters pass a Turkish military vehicle as they cross the border near Guvecci, Turkey, on Thursday.
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** FILE ** Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen speaks during a media availability at the Pentagon on Thursday, June 16, 2011, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton talks on June 23, 2011,with Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (left), Massachusetts Democrat, and the committee's ranking Republican, Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana, on Capitol Hill prior to testifying before the committee on American policies in Afghanistan and Pakistan. (Associated Press)
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton testifies June 23, 2011, on Capitol Hill before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee about American policies in Afghanistan and Pakistan. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, Virginia Republican, meets with reporters in his office at the Capitol in Washington, on June 13, 2011. (Associated Press)
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Syrians living in makeshift tents inside Syria near the Turkish border village of Guvecci are seen shortly before Turkey's Red Cresdent distribute free food alongside Turkey-Syria border near the Turkish village of Guvecci in Hatay province, Turkey, on June 22, 2011. (Associated Press)
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Spc. Gavin Fruge, 22, of Crowley, La., left, watches a rebroadcast of President Barack Obama's speech on proposed troop withdrawal with fellow soldiers at Kandahar Airfield Thursday, June 23, 2011, in Kandahar, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS SACRIFICE: Army soldiers carry a casket containing the remains of Sgt. James W. Harvey II on Wednesday at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware. The remainder of the 33,000 troop "surge" that President Obama ordered to Afghanistan in December 2009 will be withdrawn before September 2012.
