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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reaches to shakes hand with House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio as Vice President Joe Biden looks on, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 24, 2011, after his address to a joint meeting of Congress. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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President Obama (left) and British Prime Minister David Cameron react as they play table tennis with students during a visit to the Globe Academy in London on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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President Obama (left) and British Prime Minister David Cameron high-five as they play table tennis at Globe Academy in south London on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Paul Hackett, Pool)

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President Obama (left) and British Prime Minister David Cameron play table tennis at Globe Academy in south London on May 24, 2011. (Associated Press)

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British Prime Minister David Cameron (second from left) and his wife, Samantha (right), greet President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama outside 10 Downing St. in London on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

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Police officers check a manhole on Whitehall in London ahead of the visit of President Obama to 10 Downing St. on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. Mr. Obama is on a two-day state visit to the United Kingdom. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

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Islamic supporters protest outside Downing Street in London against the visit of President Obama on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. Mr. Obama is on a two-day state visit to the United Kingdom. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

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President Obama talks with Britain's Queen Elizabeth II during a tour of the Queen's Gallery at Buckingham Palace in London on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II (second from left); President Obama; Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, who is Prince Charles' wife; first lady Michelle Obama; and Prince Philip, the queen's husband, take part in the official welcome ceremony outside Buckingham Palace with a honor guard from the Scots Guards at the start of the president's state visit in London on Tuesday, May, 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

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President Obama (center left) and Prince Philip (center) review a Guard of Honor of the Scots Guard sduring an official arrival ceremony at Buckingham Palace in London on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint meeting of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. Behind him are Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. (left) and House Speaker John A. Boehner. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (center front), followed by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor and House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, arrives at the Capitol to address a joint meeting of Congress on Tuesday, May 24, 2011, in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen (left) and Afghan President Hamid Karzai have a joint press conference at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Mustafa Quraishi)

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Explosions illuminate the night sky during a NATO airstrike on Tripoli, Libya, early on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. The alliance's warplanes repeatedly hit the nation's capital in what appears to be the heaviest night of bombing since the start of the air campaign against Col. Moammar Gadhafi's forces. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

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Private art collections such as the Corcoran Gallery of Art would have to pay a 6 percent tax on ticket sales under the 2012 budget proposal submitted by D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray. (Associated Press)

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In this photo released by the U.N. Mission in Sudan (UNMIS), homes burn in the town of Abyei, Sudan, on Monday, May 23, 2011. (AP Photo/UNMIS, Stuart Price)

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu waves to the crowd at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee meeting in Washington on Monday, May 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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An Israeli Arrow interceptor anti-tactical ballistic missile is test-fired in 2007 from an undisclosed location in Israel. It and other major defense projects were developed through a U.S.-Israeli partnership. (Israel Aerospace Industries via Associated Press)

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CBS NEWS VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich answers questions outside CBS studios on Sunday. After the ruckus caused by his comments on Rep. Paul Ryan's Medicare plan, he said groundwork needed to be laid first.