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Rep. Anthony D. Weiner and his wife, Huma Abedin, arrive at their home in the New York borough of Queens on Thursday, June 16, 2011, before he left for a press conference to announce his resignation from Congress. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

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Course workers post the pairings and scoreboard before the first round of the U.S. Open at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md., on Thursday, June 16, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, tells reporters she will not use her weekly press briefing on Thursday, June 16, 2011, to comment on the scandal surrounding Rep. Anthony D. Weiner, New York Democrat, who is expected to resign his seat Thursday afternoon. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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This photo combo shows Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Arizona Democrat. At left, Giffords takes part in a reenactment of her swearing-in on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Jan. 5, 2011, three days before she was shot as she met with constituents in Tucson, Ariz. At right, Giffords is seen May 17, 2011, at TIRR Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston, the day after the launch of space shuttle Endeavour and the day before she had her cranioplasty. (Associated Press/Susan Walsh/P.K. Weis)

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** FILE ** A smoke and dust cloud from an explosion rises into the sky after a NATO airstrike in Tripoli, Libya, Tuesday, June 7, 2011. Moammar Gadhafi vowed to fight to the death in a defiant speech Tuesday after NATO military craft unleashed a ferocious series of daytime airstrikes on Tripoli. (AP Photo/Abdel Meguid al-Fergany)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Rep. Darrell Issa, California Republican and chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, heard testimony Wednesday from ATF agents about their frustrations with now-halted Fast and Furious operation.

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Ken Venturi's score card, on display at the Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md., Thursday, June 9, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Yemeni army officers and soldiers who have defected salute during a demonstration Wednesday by anti-government protestors demanding the resignation of President Ali Abdullah Saleh in the capital. Islamic militants emboldened by months of turmoil launched a surprise dawn attack Wednesday on a southern city, seizing entire neighborhoods after gunfights with government forces.

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House Speaker John Boehner finishes a news conference following a political strategy session on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 14, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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This undated photo released by the U.S. Marshals Service, Wednesday, June 15, 2011, shows former U.S. Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., who pleaded not guilty to conspiracy and campaign law violations in early June. (AP Photo/U.S. Marshals Service)

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White House press secretary Jay Carney gives his daily news briefing at the White House on Wednesday, June 15, 2011, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks during the first New Hampshire Republican presidential debate at St. Anselm College in Manchester, N.H., Monday, June 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

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Rod Blagojevich got far more scandal news coverage than Rep. Anthony D. Weiner, New York Democrat, according to a Pew Research Center analysis. (AP Photo)

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Anti-government protesters shout slogans during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa, Yemen, on Tuesday, June 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

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Female anti-government protestors, chant slogans during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Taiz, Yemen, Tuesday, June 14, 2011. Markings in Arabic on the demonstrators hands state, "Youth of the Freedom." (AP Photo/Anees Mahyoub)

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A local resident walks near a house (center) on Wednesday, June 15, 2011, where al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was caught and killed in Abbottabad, Pakistan, in early May. (AP Photo/Aqeel Ahmed)

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House Speaker John Boehner talks to the press following a political strategy session on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 14, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a Republican presidential hopeful, talks with a woman eating breakfast at the counter of a diner as they are surrounded by photographers and reporters during a campaign stop in Derry, N.H., on Tuesday. Many of the GOP candidates took advantage of campaigning in the state after Monday evening's Republican presidential debate.

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Thousands of commercial vehicles cross the Ambassador Bridge, as viewed from Windsor, Ontario, every day. (Associated Press)

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