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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas attends a meeting of the Palestinian leadership in the West Bank city of Ramallah on May 25, 2011. (Associated Press)
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Motorists drive through floodwaters following a sudden downpour that inundated low-lying areas in Manila, Philippines, on May 24, 2011. (Associated Press)
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President Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron participate in a joint news conference at Lancaster House in London on Wednesday, May 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Democratic candidate for the 26th District Congressional seat, Kathy Hochul arrives at a campaign stop at a restaurant in Amherst, N.Y., Tuesday, May 24, 2011. Hochul is running against Republican Jane Corwin and tea party candidate Jack Davis in the race to succeed Republican Chris Lee. Lee resigned in February after shirtless photos surfaced that he'd sent to a woman on Craigslist. (AP Photo/David Duprey)
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Sen. Tom Coburn, Oklahoma Republican, says of the GAO review of stimulus recipients: "Average Americans are likely wondering why we gave such a huge amount of federal money to tax cheats when our national debt is more than $14 trillion." (Associated Press)
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A day after announcing he is a candidate for president, Tim Pawlenty was in senior-rich Florida on Tuesday calling for fundamental changes in Social Security and other entitlement programs that he says are not sustainable in their current form. (Associated Press)
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Professional poker player Greg Raymer (left) chats with Rep. Joe Barton, Texas Republican, before a press conference Tuesday near the Capitol to urge the legalization of online poker with betting. Mr. Barton and Rep. John Campbell, California Republican, are pushing parallel bills to clarify the laws allowing online poker in the U.S. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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President Obama and Britain's Prince Philip review the Scots Guard during an official arrival ceremony at Buckingham Palace in London on Tuesday. (Associated Press)
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Mr. Obama toast at a state banquet in London's Buckingham Palace on Tuesday. Mr. Obama brought gifts for the queen and other members of the British royal family. (Associated Press)
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Maryland Delegate Neil C. Parrott, Washington County Republican, watches last May in Smithsburg, Md., as Paul Spangler of Emmitsburg, Md., signs a petition against the recently passed Dream Act. (David Hill/The Washington Times)
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Outgoing Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates issues a warning against slashing spending. (Associated Press)
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Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is set to open a third round of Race to the Top education grants Wednesday. (Associated Press)
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FILE--Exiled Saudi dissident Osama bin Laden is seen in Afghanistan in this April 1998 file photo. U.S. authorities are investigating whether four separate cells of terrorists were involved in Tuesday's devastating attacks. At least one set of hijackers is believed to have crossed from Canada and had ties to Bin Laden, law enforcement officials said Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2001. (AP Photo)
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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates speaks at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research in Washington on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio looks on at right as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu makes a statement on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu walks with House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, to make a statement on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu closing remarks are seen as he finishes an address to a joint meeting of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 24, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures while addresses a joint meeting of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 24, 2011. House Speaker House John Boehner of Ohio, right, and Vice President Joe Biden listen behind. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu greets people on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 24, 2011, after addressing a joint meeting of Congress. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Members of Congress stand and applaud as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint meeting of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
