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ROD LAMKEY JR./THE WASHINGTON TIMES UNDER OATH: Cherita Whiting testifies at an oversight hearing before the Government Operations Committee on Monday.
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Actor Jeff Bridges has some fun with "Super Sprowtz" during a rally to launch the Share Our Strength No Kid Hungry campaign at Bancroft Elementary in Arlington on Tuesday. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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"At a time when Congress is single-mindedly focused on our federal debt, how can we blindly maintain policies that foot the bill for students to attend schools that have proven to be such a bad investment?” said Sen. Tom Harkin, Iowa Democrat and chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.
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Council Chairman Kwame R. Brown (right) announces a closed-door session of council at the John A. Wilson Building on Tuesday as council member Harry Thomas Jr. sits beside him in a conference room. Mr. Brown later said that an announcement will be made Wednesday on whether Mr. Thomas faces sanctions in light a misuse of funds allegation.(DREW ANGERER/THE WASHINGTON TIMES)
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Associated Press Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, a Republican presidential hopeful, outlines his proposals for jump-starting the economy in an address at the University of Chicago on Tuesday.
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NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Tuesday that Russia cannot be a direct participant in a planned missile-defense system. "NATO cannot outsource to nonmembers collective defense obligations which bind its members," he said. (Associated Press)
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President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel take part in a joint news conference in the East Room at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, June 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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This photo was released by the Syrian official news agency, SANA, which said Syrian policemen were carrying the coffins of their comrades. Residents fearing retaliation fled the northern region of Jisr al-Shughour, where authorities said weekend clashes between armed men and government troops killed 120 security forces. (Associated Press)
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French tourist Juilette, who did not give her surname, sits on her luggage at the Jorge Newbery Airport in Buenos Aires after her flight to Uruguay was canceled because of an ash cloud from Chile's Peyuhue volcano. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel answers a question during a joint news conference with President Obama in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Tuesday, June 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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President Obama welcomes German Chancellor Angela Merkel during an arrival ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on Tuesday, June 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Rep. Anthony D. Weiner, New York Democrat, leaves a news conference in New York on Monday, June 6, 2011, after admitting to sending a lewd photo of himself in underwear to a college student. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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President Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel walk across the South Lawn of the White House on June 7, 2011, during an arrival ceremony. (Associated Press)
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Obama walk across the South Lawn of the White House on June 7, 2011, during an arrival ceremony. (Associated Press)
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A plume of smoke rises following an airstrike in Tripoli, Libya, on May 24, 2011. The Obama administration reached out Tuesday to the Libyan rebels and said Moammar Gadhafi would "inevitably" be forced from power as the U.S.-backed NATO coalition launched a withering bombardment on the Libyan leader's stronghold of Tripoli. (Associated Press)
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Yemeni children and female anti-government protesters celebrate President Ali Abdullah Saleh's departure to Saudi Arabia, in Sanaa, Yemen, on June 6, 2011. (Associated Press)
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In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA and according to them, Syrian policemen carry the coffins of their comrades who were killed in recent violence in the country, during their funeral procession at the Police Hospital in Damascus, Syria on June 7, 2011. (Associated Press/SANA)
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D.C. Attorney General Irvin B. Nathan said a five-month investigation by his office found that more than $300,000 intended for youth baseball programs and other charitable purposes as part of the 2008 budget made its way to Harry Thomas Jr. for his personal use. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)
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The city government has accused D.C. Council member Harry Thomas Jr. of using grant money and donations for trips and expenditures. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Associated Press CONTRITE: Rep. Anthony D. Weiner, New York Democrat, on Monday confesses to “destructive” and “inappropriate” sexual behavior online.
