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U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, speaks during a news conference at his newly opened Iowa campaign office, Tuesday, May 10, 2011, in Ankeny, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS DIAGNOSIS: "Our plan was a state solution to a state problem," Mitt Romney said about Massachusetts' health care reform.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Mitt Romney said that as president he would grant more power and flexibility to states by block-granting Medicaid payments and easing federal standards during an address Thursday at the University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center in Ann Arbor.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Rep. Darrell Issa, California Democrat, said a White House bid to force prospective federal contractors to disclose their political donations smacks of "Chicago hardball politics" during a grilling Thursday of White House procurement official Daniel I. Gordon.
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Former U.S. President Bill Clinton gives the commencement address at West Virginia University Sunday, May 16, 2010 in Morgantown, W.Va. Clinton delivered the commencement address to about 1,000 graduates of the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences. (AP Photo/Dale Sparks)
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Kizza Besigye (background center right) waves to supporters beside his wife Winnie Byayima (left) as he returns from Nairobi after medical treatment on the day of the inauguration of his longtime political rival, President Yoweri Museveni. (Associated Press
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Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni (center, wearing a hat) inspects a guard after being sworn in as president at Kololo Airstrip in the capital city of Kampala on May 12, 2011. Mr. Museveni is starting a fourth term that will extend his rule to 30 years. (Associated Press)
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Wild boars (Sus scrofa) in an enclosure at the Revierfoersterei (forester's range) Hakenfelde in the northwestern part of Berlin. (Harald Franzen/Special to The Washington Times)
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One of two Americans arrested for wanting to carry out a terror plot in New York City on May 12, 2011 had expressed interest in bombing the Empire State Building. (Associated Press)
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D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray (left) and City Council Chairman Kwame Brown are sworn in May 12 on Capitol Hill as they prepare to testify at a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee hearing on the city's budget. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif ., right, talks with Washington D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray, left, and City Council Chairman Kwame Brown, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 12, 2011, prior to the start of a House Health Care, DC, Census, and the National Archives subcommittee hearing on the city's budget. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)
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**FILE** Supporters of the Pakistani religious party Jamaat-e-Islami rally in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on May 6 to condemn the killing of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and U.S. drone attacks on Pakistani tribal areas. The banner reads, "We condemn U.S. interference and drone attacks." (Associated Press)
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**FILE** In this photo from May 3, 2011, Army Sgt.1st Class Lonell Zimmerman, of Vineland, N.J., looks over some papers as he attends a Cherry Hill, N.J., job fair aimed at helping military and former military members transition to civilian jobs. (Associated Press)
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Nebraska Attorney General and Senate candidate Jon Bruning, a Republican, accepted the endorsement of the Tea Party Express on Wednesday. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** This May 3, 2011 file photo shows a view of Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, the day after a U.S. military raid that ended with the death of the al-Qaida leader. (AP Photo/Aqeel Ahmed, File)
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A Tunisian migrant arriving from Italy is led away by French police after being detained at a worker's residence. The influx of Tunisian migrants influx has strained relations between France and Tunisia. (Associated Press)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Republicans (from left) Rep. Mick Mulvaney of South Carolina, Rep. Renee Ellmers of North Carolina and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia leave a Wednesday news conference where they announced a strengthened revival of the "YouCut" plan.
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Rep. Austin Scott, Georgia Republican **FILE**
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, a 2012 Republican presidential candidate, will deliver a major speech Thursday at the University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center. The center is part of UM's medical school, where researchers are "vigorously" pursuing stem cell research.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS "This kind of interference is inappropriate," said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid about GOP pressure on the NLRB regarding Boeing's plan for a South Carolina plant.
