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Lee Westwood, of England, approaches the first tee to start his final round of the U.S. Open at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md., Sunday, June 19, 2011. (Rod Lamkey, Jr./The Washington Times)
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Y.E. Yang, of South Korea, reacts to a missed putt on the third hole during the final round of the U.S. Open at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md., Sunday, June 19, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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A fan waves and Irish flag on the first fairway during the final round of the U.S. Open at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md., Sunday, June 19, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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"If the NLRB had its way, then once you plant your flag in a union state, then you can never leave," said Rep. Trey Gowdy, South Carolina Republican, of the ramifications for businesses. (Jeremy Lock/Special to The Washington Times)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Sunday held out the possibility of a temporary debt limit increase while budget talks continue.
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President Barack Obama gestures in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex, Wednesday, June 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Texas Gov. Rick Perry acknowledges the crowd before speaking at the Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans on Saturday. Mr. Perry spoke from a script in a departure from his usual practice of moving around the stage and making eye contact.
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Associated Press Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf, seen here in March before taking office, speaks to an electoral observer as he casts his vote in Cairo during a referendum on constitutional amendments. Mr. Sharaf now favors postponing parliamentary elections scheduled for September until a new constitution is drafted.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (above right) meets with Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov on Saturday in the West Bank. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) plans visits soon to Poland, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria regarding the Palestinian statehood issue.
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In this photo taken on a government-organized tour, members of the media and others examine the remains of a damaged residential building in Tripoli, Libya, on June 19, 2011. (Associated Press)
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A German soldier with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) guards a road at the site of a suicide attack on a German military convoy, in Kunduz, north of Kabul, Afghanistan on June 19, 2011. (Associated Press)
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Refugee women look out from their tented home inside a Syrian refugee camp just at the border in Turkey near Turkish village of Boynuyogun in Hatay province, Turkey, on June 18, 2011, during a press tour organized by the Turkish authorities. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** Pakistani army soldiers beside the wepoans and ammuniations confiscated from alleged militants in Mamad Gat, in Pakistan's Mohmand tribal region along the Afghan border on June 1, 2011. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** In this photo taken on Nov. 12, 2003, then Palestinian Finance Minister Salam Fayad (center), former government General Secretary Hasan Abu-Lebdeh (right) and former Labor Minister Ghassan Khatib (left) sit in an unknown office in the West Bank city of Ramallah. (Associated Press)
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Greek main opposition conservative leader Antonis Samaras addresses the Parliament in Athens on June 19, 2011. (Associated Press)
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Afghan police officers secure an area close to a police station which came under attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, June 18, 2011. Men dressed in Afghan army uniforms stormed the police station near the presidential palace and opened fire said Mohammed Honayon, an eyewitness said. President Hamid Karzai said Saturday that Afghanistan and the United States are engaged in peace talks with the Taliban, even as insurgents stormed a police station killing three people. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
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President Barack Obama, left, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, right, and Ohio Gov. John Kasich are on the first green as they play golf at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Saturday, June 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Refugee children look out from a fence, from inside a Syrian refugee camp just at the border in Turkey near Turkish village of Boynuyogun in Hatay province, Turkey, Friday, June 18, 2011, during a press tour organized by the Turkish authorities. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)
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** FILE ** Businessman Herman Cain waves as he takes the stage before the first New Hampshire Republican presidential debate at St. Anselm College in Manchester, N.H., Monday, June 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
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** FILE ** New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, left, speaks to reporters after meeting with senators during a closed door Republican conference on gay marriage, Thursday, June 16, 2011, in Albany, N.Y. Conflicting interests and political maneuvering threatened to stall a vote in New York on whether to legalize gay marriage, viewed by advocates and opponents alike as a pivotal moment in the years-long debate.(AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
