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Anti-government protesters and relatives of a defected army soldier, who was killed recently in clashes with Yemeni security forces, carry his body during a funeral procession in Sanaa, Yemen, on June 10, 2011. (Associated Press)

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Munitions are fired into the night sky in Sanaa, Yemen, on June 9, 2011, as supporters of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh celebrate news that Saleh's health is stable after being wounded in a rocket attack on his compound. (Associated Press)

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A Syrian refugee holds a baby in a camp set up by Turkish Red Cresdent in Turkish town of Yayladagi in Hatay province, Turkey, Friday, June 10, 2011. The region borders Turkey, which said Wednesday it would open the border to Syrians fleeing violence. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates speaks during a media conference after a meeting of NATO defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Thursday, June 9, 2011. NATO defense ministers shift their focus from Libya to Afghanistan during talks on Thursday. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

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Rep. Anthony D. Weiner, New York Democrat, closes the front door of his building as he arrives at his house in the Queens borough of New York, Thursday, June 9, 2011. Weiner admitted four days ago that he had Tweeted sexually charged messages and photos to at least six women and lied about it. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

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Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney meets with entrepreneurs in Detroit on Thursday. He also was picketed by auto workers near there. (Associated Press)

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Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney meets with Krysalis Fit CEO Jennine Hynes at Bizdom University in Detroit on Thursday. Bizdom is a business development center to help people in Michigan. It provides real-world training, mentorship and support for entrepreneurs. (Associated Press)

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William Hanusek (above), of Alexandria, served in the U.S. Army at Guadalcanal in the Pacific during World War II. He was among the veterans and civilians who talked about their wartime experience with students Thursday at Rocky Run Middle School in Chantilly. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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William Hanusek (above), of Alexandria, served in the U.S. Army at Guadalcanal in the Pacific during World War II. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Students in the Rocky Run Middle School advanced year-long theatre salute during a musical performance of "This is the Army Mr. Jones" for World War II veterans during the school's annual World War II Day on Thursday, June 9, 2011. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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CIA Director Leon Panetta testifies June 9, 2011, on Capitol Hill before the Senate Armed Service Committee hearing on his nomination. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich, a former House speaker, addresses the Seacoast Republican Women at a breakfast meeting at the Portsmouth Country Club in Portsmouth, N.H., on Thursday, May 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks during a news conference at the Emirates Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Thursday, June 9, 2011, following the Third Contact Group Meeting on Libya. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool)

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CIA Director Leon E. Panetta testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, June 9, 2011, before the Senate Armed Service Committee hearing on his nomination as secretary of defense. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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A Yemeni army officer stands on duty at a checkpoint in Sanaa, Yemen, on Thursday, June 9, 2011. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

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The back porch of the home at 9913 Indian Queen Point Road in Fort Washington offers spectacular sunset and water views.

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** FILE ** In this Jan. 15, 2008, file photo, Republican presidential hopeful former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks to supporters after winning the Michigan primary in Southfield, Mich. Romney makes his first campaign swing through Michigan this week since officially kicking off his 2012 campaign six days ago. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

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A pro-unification activist prepares to display a reunification banner before a protest demanding inter-Korea talks in front of the government complex in Seoul on Thursday, June 9, 2011. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates (right) and NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen attend a round-table meeting of NATO defense ministers in Brussels on Thursday, June 9, 2011. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

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D.C. United rookie defender Ethan White (left) heads the ball against Portland forward Kenny Cooper during United's 3-2 road victory May 29.